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Two State Senators Try Enacting a Fracking Moratorium in California: What Are the Chances When the Last Effort Recently Failed?

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The California Assemblymembers who sought a moratorium on all well stimulation activities early last year (vis-à-vis failed bills AB 1301, AB 1323, and AB 649) are seeking yet another moratorium, this time by amending SB 4, which went into effect on...

InterConnect FLASH! No. 37 - New York: From Recently Reasonably Relaxed to Somewhat Concerned

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

A few weeks ago we reported in a FLASH publication about New York’s Governor signing into law the New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act. Our assessment of the substantive content contained in the Act was that,...

Lawyer and others face new charges in massive NYC disability fraud case, as dozens more are arrested

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

An 83-year-old former prosecutor and three other claimed ringleaders in a massive New York City disability fraud case face new conspiracy charges, and dozens more defendants are being arrested concerning their roles in a scheme that authorities say went on for 26 years and may have involved 1,000

CMS Announces "Pause" in RAC Audits

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

On Tuesday, 2/18/14, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on its website that it is “pausing” the Recovery Audit Program (RA Program) in preparation for the procurement of new Recovery Audit (RA) contracts and to “allow CMS to...

Telemedicine Expansion—Navigating Potential Pitfalls

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The fervent debate on health care underscores the need to deliver and make accessible quality health care to patients throughout the United States in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Amidst technological advancements, the move to EHRs, and...

Food Litigation Newsletter - February 24, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

In This Issue: - Recent Significant Developments and Rulings ..Smart Balance Milk Labeling Suit Not Preempted ..Mott’s “No Sugar Added” Labeling Lawsuit Narrowed ..Court Preliminarily Approves Trader Joe’s “All-Natural” Settlement -...

Should Punitive Damage Claims Be More Limited in Florida Nursing Home Abuse Cases?

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Imagine discovering that your elderly loved one suffered abuse or neglect at a nursing home you trusted to provide the care you could not give in your own home. Now imagine that the nursing home was aware of the situation and took no meaningful...

Don’t call your invention “the present invention”?

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

AstraZeneca AB v. Hanmi USA, Fed. Cir. Case No. 2013-1490 (nonprecedential) - A specification and a claim have distinct functions; a specification “describes” the invention and a claim “defines” the invention. One of the basic rules in claim...

N.C. Business Court Weighs In On Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants Following Aquisition of a Company

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

Your company acquires another company through merger or stock purchase. You require the key employees of the acquired company to sign new employment agreements which provide for similar pay, benefits and job duties – but the new agreement also...

DOL Proposes Rule Requiring Contractors to Report Aggregate Veterans Information

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/02/14

The Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on Friday which would change reporting requirements for federal contractors under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”). Under the proposed...

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