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Japan Enacts Regenerative Medicine Law and Revisions to Pharmaceutical Affairs Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

On 20 November 2013, the Japanese Diet passed the Act regarding Ensuring of Safety of Regenerative Medicine (the "Regenerative Medicine Law") and the revisions to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (new PAL) as it applies to drugs, medical devices and...

Court Denies Cell-Tower Company's Challenge to Initiative Requiring Voter-Approval Before City Can Lease Property

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

Decision Could Be Relevant to Upcoming FCC Rulemaking - An appellate court last week ruled that a provision of the federal Communications Act limiting how a local government may regulate the “placement, construction, and modification” of...

The Beginnings of a New Trend? New Jersey Proposes to Protect Unpaid Interns From Employment Discrimination

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

On December 5, 2013, the New Jersey State Senate introduced S-3064 to protect unpaid interns from employment discrimination by amending the Law Against Discrimination ("LAD"), the Conscientious Employee Protection Act ("CEPA"), and the Worker Freedom...

Focused on Franchise Law - December 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

FRANCHISOR 101: LEARNING THE HARD WAY - Franchisors entering into settlement agreements with current or former franchisees must be certain that the agreements give the franchisors the right to make required FDD disclosures without breaching the...

Calif. again tops ‘judicial hellholes’ list

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

For the second year in a row, California tops the American Tort Reform Foundation's "Judicial Hellholes" list.

Medicaid DSH: Little-Noticed CMS Rule Interpretation Creates Serious Financial Shortfalls for Impacted Hospitals

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

In what may have been a largely unnoticed rule interpretation affecting hospitals that treat a high percentage of children in the Medicaid program, CMS, in January 2010, issued a response to a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) regarding the December...

Fast for Families and Immigration Reform

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

Fast for Families began as a sit-in on the National Mall on November 12 in hopes of urging Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Since that time, several more fasters – including religious clergy and politicians – have joined the...

Plan sponsors should take stock of all plan amendments

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

I didn’t have such a wonderful time at law school because I felt the administration and much of the faculty weren’t honest when it came to the study of law and more importantly, our job opportunities. There was one law professor who was a shining...

Third-Party Technology Must Comply With HIPAA

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

Now more than ever, healthcare providers are looking to outsource their standard healthcare functions, such as medical record storage, to third party technology companies. Be mindful that any technology that stores or transmits protected health...

OFCCP Publishes FAQs Addressing Implementation of the New VEVRAA and Section 503 Final Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/13

On December 17, 2013, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published additional Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) on the implementation of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act...

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