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US: FinCEN further clarifies application of money transmission rules to virtual currency

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (a branch of the US Treasury) has published two administrative rulings, providing additional information on whether a person’s conduct related to convertible virtual currency brings them within the Bank...

"Communications: With New Leadership, the FCC Charts Its Course for 2014"

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

With a new chairman and a full complement of commissioners for the first time in more than six months, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to take on a broad set of communications-related issues in 2014 and beyond. Chairman Tom...

Connecticut judge upholds post-Sandy Hook gun control law

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

A federal district judge in Connecticut has upheld the state’s gun control law that was enacted following the December 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The Hartford Courant reported Friday that U.S.

CPSIA Architect Waxman to Retire from Congress

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

In some breaking news from Capitol Hill, 20-term Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has decided not to seek re-election in 2014. As the former Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and its current Ranking Member, Rep. Waxman played an...

More to Supreme Court’s Sandifer Decision than the Definition of “Clothes”

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

In Sandifer v. U.S. Steel, the U.S. Supreme Court provides its latest take on donning and doffing clothes and other important timekeeping issues under the FLSA. On January 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Sandifer v. U.S. Steel...

Sequenom Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Summary Judgment on Section 101 Grounds

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Earlier this week, Sequenom, Inc. filed its opening brief in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., appealing summary judgment that its licensed claims to a genetic diagnostic method for detecting fetal diseases and abnormalities in utero were...

E-Discovery Costs Related Specifically to Production Recoverable - CBT Flint Partners, LLC v. Return Path, Inc.

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Applying U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit law and addressing whether e-discovery costs are recoverable under 28 U.S.C. § 1920(4), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed in part, vacated in part and remanded a...

En Banc Ninth Circuit Adds Teeth To Daubert Gatekeeping Obligation

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

On January 15, the en banc US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Barabin v. AstenJohnson, Inc. that significantly strengthened and expanded the gatekeeper role of both trial and appellate courts in determining whether to...

Insurance Recovery Law - Jan 30, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

California Court Recognizes Named, Additional Insureds Have Different Expectations - Why it matters: While the holding sounds straightforward – the reasonable expectations of an additional insured about the scope of an excess liability policy...

Native Advertising Takes Center Stage: New NAD Decision Recommends Disclosure of Branded Content as Advertising

By EsqSocial Corporation 31/01/14

Many advertising industry predictions for 2014 have trumpeted the rise of "native advertising" and "content marketing" in digital media, where advertising or sponsored content is integrated with or designed to resemble traditional editorial content....

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