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TTAB Weighs in on Registrability of CBD Trademarks

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

In a precedential decision earlier this year, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board thinned some of the haze surrounding the registrability of trademarks for hemp-derived CBD products. In line with the U.S.

California Attorney General Further Modifies the CCPA and California Privacy Rights Act Appears Likely to Pass this November

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

Privacy regulation is here to stay in California and likely to only become more difficult for businesses in California.

COVID-19 OSHA Reporting Requirements for Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published new guidance clarifying when to report work-related hospitalizations and fatalities caused by COVID-19 to OSHA.

Israeli Government Encourages Companies to Publish Corporate Responsibility Reports

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

A recently launched government program aims to encourage companies to publish social responsibility reports, or ESG (environmental, social, and government) responsibility reports.

Right To Recall Laws Continue To Proliferate Throughout California

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

The public health crisis caused by COVID-19 has caused lawmakers up and down California to consider new and previously unheard of ways to protect employees.  While most of these methods have involved protections for existing employees, many jurisdictions are considering ways to protect employees

Northern District Of Illinois Dismisses A Putative Securities Class Action Alleging Failure To Disclose Fraudulent Channel Stuffing In Connection With A Merger Of Two Large Packaged Foods Companies

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

On October 15, 2020, Judge Martha M.

Fraser v. Canada: Supreme Court Expands Substantive Equality Rights

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

The Supreme Court of Canada recently grappled with issues of adverse effect discrimination and gender equality in the context of a government job-sharing program, and the treatment of job-sharing under a statutory pension plan. In Fraser v.

Can the Government Terminate a Contract for Convenience When It Does Not Actually Terminate the Contract for Convenience?

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

Court of Federal Claims rules that the government “constructively” terminated a contractor for convenience when it did not order the quantities specified in the contract. The “constructive termination for convenience” doctrine requires the establishment of three elements....

Utah Update on Coronavirus Premises Liability Protection

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

As the coronavirus pandemic continues throughout the country, a key question for business owners is whether they can be held liable for exposure to coronavirus.

Lessons Learned from the Goldman Sachs FCPA Enforcement Settlement (Part III of III)

By EsqSocial Corporation 27/10/20

Goldman Sachs has a new leadership role – unfortunately, it is for corruption.  It would be a serious mistake to characterize or describe the Goldman corruption scheme as the result of a few, bad actors.  Instead, Goldman suffered this scandal because of a culture and a weak set of controls craft

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