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FTC Orders Greater HSR Reporting of Patent Licenses in the Pharmaceutical Sector

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Background. One item on the negotiation checklist for patent licenses in the pharmaceutical sector is compliance with the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Premerger Notification Rules. The HSR rules require that certain patent licenses be reported to...

Tax lawyer and DOJ settle suit over claimed $16M shelter scheme; suit by football players ongoing

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

A Chicago tax lawyer is apparently going to have to focus on a new area of practice and find a new job following a settlement of a civil complaint by the U.S.

H-3 Visa – Training in the U.S. to Further a Career at Home

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Training in the U.S. may be required to prepare a foreign national for a new position or a new career in his or her home country. The H-3 Trainee visa category may be the perfect option for the foreign national to gain the skills and tools needed to...

There is Life After Debt

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

One of the reasons so many people find themselves drowning in debt, feeling helpless and as though they’ll never get out from under is that they resist pursuing bankruptcy far longer than they should. There is a stigma attached to the very word...

Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board to Tighten Blowout Preventer Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Mississippi's Statewide Rule 13, addressing blowout preventers, currently states that, "[i]n drilling areas where high pressures are likely to exist and on all wildcat wells, all proper and necessary precautions shall be taken for keeping the well...

'The Good Wife': Good Law? - Season 5, Episode 7

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

The latest episode of "The Good Wife" forayed into the crime drama realm with a classic "whodunnit?" storyline. The episode revolved around a quest for the DNA of an alleged killer. Here's a legal breakdown of "The Next Week":......



EU Food Policy - What's New on the Menu?

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

European Commission Work Programme 2014 - The European Commission has published its Work Programme for 2014, outlining the legislative and policy initiatives that it will focus on next year....
By: DLA Piper

EARL e-News: EPA Raises Certain Environmental Penalties

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Updates on Environmental, Administrative and Regulatory Law - On November 6, 2013 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave notice in the Federal Register of a final rule in which certain environmental penalty amounts are being...

LAG Niedersachen vs. Bundesarbeitsgericht: Streit um Sachgrundbefristung aufgrund gerichtlichen Vergleichs

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Das Landesarbeitsgericht Niedersachsen hat mit Urteil vom 05.11.2013 eine Grundsatzentscheidung zum Befristungsrecht getroffen. Darin vertritt das Gericht eine von der Rechtsprechung des Bundesarbeitsgerichts abweichende Rechtsansicht....

Illinois Supreme Court to Decide Whether FOIA Covers State's Attorney's Office

By EsqSocial Corporation 11/11/13

Our previews of the latest additions to the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil docket continue this morning with Nelson v. The Office of the Kendall County State’s Attorney, a case from the Second District Appellate Court. Nelson is the second case on...

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