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Low Vaccination Rate Among Senior Housing Staff Poses Problems. Are There Any Solutions?

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

Florida Trend (citing the Tampa Bay Times) recently reported that while 93% of assisted living residents have received at least one dose of the COVD-19 vaccine, vaccination rates of staff are lagging across the state....

Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal of ADA Lawsuit for Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a retaliation suit under the ADA, where the claim was not included in, and did not relate to, the plaintiff’s original administrative charge filed with the EEOC ......

What to Look For in Enterprise Legal Management Software

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

Enterprise legal management software turboboosts legal operations and brings new levels of operational efficiency to corporate legal departments.

New EU Guidance Creates Legal Uncertainty for Merger Control and a De Facto ‘Killer Acquisition’ Review Power

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

The new Article 22 EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) Guidance released by the European Commission (EC) enables the EC to review any acquisition, even those that do not qualify for notification under national (or EU) merger control rules....

On-Duty Law Enforcement Officers are Entitled to Invoke Marsy’s Law Victim Confidentiality

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

Marsy’s Law was approved by Florida voters in the 2018 general election and amended Article I, Section 16 of the Florida Constitution to provide substantive rights to crime victims.  The Amendment provides crime victims the constitutional right to privacy regarding records that could be used to l

FDA extends enforcement discretion for UFI food facility registration requirement to December 2022

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

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The Assignability of Contracts

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

There are many situations, both in real estate transactions and in non-real estate transactions, when a party to a contract wishes to transfer, or assign, its contractual rights to somebody else.

Post-Bostock Harassment Claims Must Still Show Plaintiff Treated Differently Based on Sex

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

In last year’s landmark Bostock decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited under Title VII. In its earlier Oncale decision, the Court concluded that same-sex sexual harassment claims were covered under Title VII....

Supreme Court Finds Google’s Use of Oracle’s Java Code in Android Operating System to Be Fair Use

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

On April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States held that Google’s use of certain Java Application Programming Interfaces (API) in its Android operating system was not copyright infringement and instead constituted fair use of Oracle’s Sun Java API because Google  used “only what was nee

Update: US Supreme Court Addresses Specific Personal Jurisdiction Again

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21

Nation’s highest court rejects narrow causation test for specific jurisdiction and affirms requirement that forum contacts “relate to” the claim. In the 2017 case Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v.

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