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FTC Says That Sponsors of Pinterest Contests Should Require Users to Post Pins with Hashtags Warning When Pins are Posted for a Prize

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

In a March 20, 2014 closing letter sent to fashion company Cole Haan, the FTC warned that use of the hashtag #WanderingSole in conjunction with a recent Pinterest contest did not adequately communicate the “material connection” between Pinterest...

ADA Applies to Students with Food Allergies on University Campuses

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

In 2013, the Department of Justice announced a landmark settlement with Lesley University (“Lesley” or the “University”) in Cambridge, MA. Stemming from complaints about the University’s treatment of students with food allergies and celiac disease,...

Fairfax Circuit Court Strikes Down Noncompete as Overbroad, Offering Yet Another Lesson for Employers

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

On March 6, 2014, a Fairfax Circuit judge denied a preliminary injunction in a suit brought by Wings LLC to enforce a noncompete against two defector employees. In a letter opinion, Judge Bruce D. White said the noncompete was unenforceable because...

Supreme Court Invalidates Federal Aggregate Limit on Campaign Contributions

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key portion of federal campaign contribution laws yesterday morning in McCutcheon v. Fed. Election Commission (No. 12-536). The Court’s 5-4 decision held that federal aggregate limits on contributions to...

"Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Aggregate Limits on Campaign Contributions"

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

On April 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, striking down the aggregate limits imposed on individual contributions under federal law. The 5-4 opinion held that the individual aggregate limits under federal law...

Former Mintz Levin IP practice leader among 6-partner life sciences team joining Cooley

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

A former co-chair of the intellectual property practice group at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo is among a six-partner life sciences team joining the Boston and New York offices of Cooley. Announced Tuesday by their new law firm, the move by former co-chair Ivor R.

CFPB Releases Report on Debt Collection Practices

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

The CFPB released a report summarizing the recent complaints of consumers in connection with debt collection practices. The report covered complaints that the CFPB received from July 10, 2013 through December 31, 2013. The report notes that the top...

Congressional Hearing on Proposed FDA Rule Change

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

Yesterday afternoon, Congress’s Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine the FDA’s proposal to change the rules of generic drug labeling....
By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

DC Circuit Durbin Decision Available on PLA

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

We have added the DC Circuit Court of Appeals “Durbin” decision to our Regulatory and Compliance Resources page. The decision overturned a lower court’s ruling that had largely vacated the “Durbin Amendment,” a set of rules adopted by the Federal...

SEC Correction: Reinstating an Exception to an Exception to an Exception

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/14

No one could be blamed for having difficulty understanding the intricacies of the rules under Section 17(d) of the Investment Company Act, the statute that prohibits “joint transactions” without an SEC order. At the end of 2013, the SEC may have...

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