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Facebook/Oculus VR Acquisition Raises Pseudo-Foreign Corporation Question

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

Yesterday, The Guardian reported that Facebook had acquired Oculus VR using a combination of cash and stock. Facebook avoided SEC registration by availing itself of a fairness hearing before the Department of Business Oversight. Readers may recall,...

Options for Obtaining Regulatory Guidance and/or Approval Related to the Export of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

As previously reported on Speaking Energy (available here), the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has recently indicated that it is willing to work with U.S. energy companies to navigate restrictions on the export of...

2 lawyers who rejected $9.5M attorney fee in Prempro case will get $21.8M

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

Two lead lawyers in long-running litigation over Pfizer's Inc.'s Prempro menopause drug have more than doubled their own payout by challenging a plan to allocate them less than $10 million of a $62 million common-benefit fund for attorney fees.

Following loss before the Supreme Court, Aereo "astonishes" broadcasters with new legal strategy

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

Shortly after its highly publicized loss before the US Supreme Court, which appeared to doom its over-the-air television Internet streaming business, New York-based Aereo has asserted in federal district court that it is entitled to a compulsory...

IPR Update -- The First Pharma IPR Decisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

Late last month, while many of us were getting ready to attend the BIO International Convention in San Diego, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") issued four related inter partes review opinions, marking what many have called the first set of...

Employment Issues in the United Arab Emirates

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

The purpose of this memorandum is to summarise employment issues arising in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This note focuses on the UAE Federal Law No. 8 of 1980 (the Labour Law). It also describes the employment law that applies in the Dubai...

Recent Tax Developments

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

The following is a summary of the most important tax developments that have occurred in the past several months that may affect you, your family, your investments, and your livelihood. Please call us for more information about any of these...

Affordable Care Act Compliance: With Summer Approaching, Are Employers Feeling the Heat?

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

As we embark on summer and employers inch closer to some of the major compliance deadlines put into place by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it seems like a good time to review some recent updates that employers should be aware of as they plan their...

President Obama's Latest Executive Order Recognizing Gay and Transgender Rights Among Federal Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

While much has been said in the mainstream media over the past 24 hours regarding President Obama's latest Executive Order protecting gay and transgender individuals from discrimination by federal contractors, a few less-publicized dimensions of this...

CMS Announces Plans for Round 2 DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Recompete

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/07/14

CMS has begun a pre-bidding awareness program in connection with its plans to recompete the supplier contracts awarded in Round 2 of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program....

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