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Government Agencies Release Further Accommodations to Organizations Opposing Mandated Contraceptive Coverage

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

In response to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc., the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Labor (DOL) published proposed rules on August 22, 2014, expanding the availability of the religious...

OCC Releases Revised Comptroller’s Handbook

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

On August 20, the OCC released an updated booklet providing guidance to examiners and bankers on assessing and managing the risks associated with merchant processing activities....

ISS Launches New Equity Plan Data Verification Portal

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

On August 14, Institutional Shareholders Services Inc. (ISS), a leading proxy advisory firm, announced the launch of a new equity plan data verification portal for all US companies receiving proxy recommendations....

CEQA: Are time extensions for nonconforming uses exempt from review?

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

Is an extension of time for an existing nonconforming use exempt from CEQA review? A new writ action just filed proposes to resolve that issue....
By: Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

The "Equal Pay Report" - Yet Another New Regulation Requiring Compliance by Federal Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

The Equal Pay Report – yet another obligation being imposed on federal contractors is coming to you soon. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released information on another new rule that will require all federal contractors...

AHA Renews Complaints about OIG Hospital Compliance Reviews

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has renewed its complaints about OIG “hospital compliance reviews.” Last Thursday AHA Executive Vice President Rick Pollack sent a letter to Health & Human Services Secretary Burwell reminding her that in June...

Legal Update: New Transfer Tax Disclosure Requirement

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

After January 1, 2015, documentary transfer tax will no longer be a private affair. It is common practice in commercial real estate purchase and sale transactions to provide the amount of documentary transfer tax on the conveyance in an unrecorded...

Humira Patent Invalid for Obviousness Type Double Patenting

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

In AbbVie Inc. v. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Trust, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding that a second patent covering AbbVie’s Humira product is invalid under the doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting. The...

What KIND of Juice Did They Say It Was?

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

On July 14, 2014, Northern District of Illinois Judge Sara L. Ellis dealt a blow to putative class action members protesting the use of “evaporated cane juice” to describe sugar in product ingredients lists. Plaintiff alleged that she was deceived by...

Judge McMahon issues claim construction unconstrained by two courts’ prior constructions

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/08/14

Judge McMahon construed terms of U.S. Patent No. 7,346,156 (“Methods and apparatuses for placing a telephone call”). The patent had previously been construed in Stanacard, LLC v. Rebtel Networks, AB, 680 F. Supp. 2d 483 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 6, 2010) and...

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