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Getting Your Fees Along the Way

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

Can’t wait until you win the case to get your attorney fees? Consider seeking an interim fee award based on your success along the way. Awarding interim fees (i.e., a fee award made before the case is completed) is an accepted procedure in federal...

3 Business Lessons From Michelle Phan's YouTube Copyright Suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

YouTube star Michelle Phan has been slapped with a copyright-infringement lawsuit over her use of background music in her makeup tutorials.The do-it-yourself online makeup sensation is accused of rising to commercial success by illegally using copyrighted music by artists like Deadmau5 and Kaskad

They are coming for your client’s data. What will you do if they succeed?

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

Data security breaches—no industry is immune. These hackers can phish, spoof, skim, packet sniff, and key log their way into your system. Once a hacker successfully hacks into a corporation’s server, the breach will go undetected for more than two...

U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Restrictions on Federal Agency Rulemaking in Mortgage Loan Officer Overtime Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

In our July 2013 alert, we reported on a federal appellate court ruling in Mortgage Bankers Association v. Harris. Mortgage Bankers Association challenged a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) 2010 opinion letter in support of mortgage loan officer...

Allergan, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc. (Fed. Cir.)

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

Case Name: Allergan, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., No. 2013-1245, -1246, -1247, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 10710 (Fed. Cir. June 10, 2014) (Circuit Judges Prost, Reyna and Chen presiding; Opinion by Prost, C.J.; Dissent-in-part by Chen, J.) (Appeal from M.D.N.C.,...

Five Recent NLRB Cases Provide Further Insight on Structuring Employers' Social Media Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

Employers, struggling to regulate employees’ work-related social media postings, recently suffered a string of defeats in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cases challenging their social media and related communications policies. The six cases,...

Halbig v Burwell: D.C. Appeals Court Strikes Obamacare Health Insurance Subsidies

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled, in a 2-to-1 decision, in Halbig v. Burwell that the IRS is not authorized under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide tax credits intended to subsidize the cost of premiums of health insurance...

Australia awaits Federal Court guidance on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

Anyone with an interest in the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in Australia has been awaiting judgment in the appeal to the Research Affiliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents decision. Anticipation is that this decision will...

Code of Conduct, Compliance Policies and Procedures-Part III

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

Today, I continue with Part III of my four-part series on the best practices surrounding your Code of Conduct and anti-corruption policies and procedures. In this post, I take a look at drafting policies and procedures. I conclude with some thoughts...

Employee Culture Surveys: Low-Cost Critical Information

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/07/14

It is always amazing to me how reluctant people are to ask direct questions. Interviewers freeze up when they have to ask the big question – “Did you steal the money?” Boyfriends are afraid to ask a girlfriend, “What is the future of our...

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