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Duke Lacrosse Case Won't Get U.S. Supreme Court Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided it won't hear the Duke Lacrosse players' appeal of their federal case, which followed the investigation of their alleged rape of a stripper in 2006.

Great Britain: “Point of Consumption” Bill debated at Committee stage

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Various interested parties put their points across in Committee today, as the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill makes its way through Parliament....
By: DLA Piper - I-gaming

Federal Court Shuts Down Instant Tax Service

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Tax Analysts Tax Notes reports that on November 6, 2013, Judge Timothy S. Black of the Southern District of Ohio permanently shut down Instant Tax Service, which claims to be the fourth largest tax return preparation firm in the nation. The order...

The Pacific Coast Action Plan On Climate And Energy – Will It Make A Difference?

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Late last month, the Governors of California, Oregon, and Washington joined with the Premier of British Columbia to sign a Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan on Climate and Energy (PCAP). Like its ill-fated predecessor, the Western Climate Initiative...

CFTC Proposed Rule on Commodity Pools

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

On November 5, the CFTC issued a proposed rule that would require that all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) become and remain members of at least one registered futures...

Veterans Day Edition: The Federal Government’s Emphasis on Training and Hiring Veterans

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

In honor of Veterans Day, this alert addresses contractors’ obligations with respect to veterans. As readers of this blog are aware, on August 27, 2013, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs released its final rule affecting federal...

FDA Proposed Rule Would Require Generics to Update Label Warnings Even Before Branded Pharmaceuticals Do

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will publish a proposed rule in the Federal Register that will mandate that generic drug firms update their labels for drugs under approved Abbreviated New Drug Applications...

In Car v. Bike Crashes, Why Are Charges So Rare?

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Cars and bicycles have never enjoyed a storybook relationship when it comes to sharing the road. But some worry that when the two collide (literally), the driver is often able to avoid criminal charges even when the crash kills or seriously injures the cyclist.

[Video] Video: Claim Contruction in Post-Grant Proceedings

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Robert Greene Sterne, founding director of the intellectual property law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, discusses a critical topic in the current patent office litigation landscape -- claim construction in post-grant proceedings after the...

White House Releases Mental Health Parity Final Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

On November 8, 2013, the Departments of HHS, Labor, and Treasury jointly issued a final rule implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)....
By: King & Spalding

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