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Ninth Circuit Drowns Out Alkaline Water Suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action alleging Trader Joe’s misled consumers by representing its Alkaline Water product as “ionized to achieve the perfect balance.” In rejecting plaintiff’ allegations that the advertising referred to balancing the consumer’

CVC Files Motion in Opposition to Broad Priority Motion

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

In its turn, Junior Party The University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its motion in opposition to Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (collectively, "Broad")

A Strike Against the Sandbox: Practical Results of Oracle v. Google

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

If you want to make big money, offer something that people want, but no one else can offer. The Portuguese sourced spices in the Fifteenth Century. Rockefeller locked up East Coast oil distribution in the Nineteenth Century.

The Made in America Tax Plan: The Biden Administration Outlines its Tax Reform Proposals

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

On March 31, 2021, the White House released a factsheet describing the “American Jobs Plan”, a $2.3 trillion proposal for infrastructure spending that also contains certain significant tax credits, and the “Made in America Tax Plan”, a tax proposal that would generate revenue to pay for the Ameri

Quo Vadis: A Foodie Tale

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

Do you know where your last meal came from? Can you trace your vegetables to the field where they were grown? Do you know where the goat whose milk was used to make your feta lives? Why would you even want to know the answers to those questions?

7th Circuit Affirms Denial of Equitable Tolling of Statute of Limitations Under SOX

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

On March 22, 2021, the Seventh Circuit affirmed a decision by the ARB dismissing a whistleblower retaliation complaint under SOX for failure to file within the 180-day statutory deadline.  Xanthopoulos v. U.S. Department of Labor, No.

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 7

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

Welcome to this seventh issue of the 2021 edition of Unprecedented. There is a lot of good news around the COVID-19 pandemic. Easter weekend saw the United States mark another vaccination milestone, with 4 million doses administered in a single day.

CFPB Reports to Congress on FDCPA

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

On March 22, 2021, the CFPB submitted its annual report to Congress on the efforts of the CFPB and FTC during 2020 to administer and enforce the FDCPA.

NLRB General Counsel Promises “Vigorous” Enforcement of Employees’ Rights to Engage in Workplace Advocacy Related to Social Issues and Health and Safety Concerns

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

On March 31, 2021, the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel Peter Ohr issued a Memorandum entitled “Effectuation of the National Labor Relations Act through Vigorous Enforcement of Mutual Aid or Protection and Inherently Concerted Doctrines” to all Regional Directors.

Decoding “Reasonableness” Under California’s IoT Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21

The law governing Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the United States (US) is rapidly evolving.

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