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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

Supreme Court Requires Warrant to Search Computer Content

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Background - In R. v. Vu, the property owner was criminally charged with production of marijuana, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and theft of electricity. The police had obtained a warrant authorizing the search of a...

Who Should Hold the Bag for Employment Liabilities When the Portfolio Company Goes “Belly-Up”? The private equity firm, maybe.

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

In the world of private equity, vast sums of money are raised by private investors who pool their money into collective funds in order to acquire companies, i.e., a “portfolio company”, with the goal of eventually flipping the portfolio company at a...

New York City Pregnancy Discrimination Law Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

On October 2, 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law a bill amending the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) to require most New York City employers to reasonably accommodate pregnant workers. The law applies to all businesses with four...

Top 5 Ediscovery Case Summaries - November 2013: California: Producing Over 200,000 Unsearchable TIFFs Not Enough to Warrant Default Judgment

By EsqSocial Corporation 12/11/13

Kwan Software Eng’g v. Foray Techs, LLC, 2013 WL 5487421 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 1, 2013). In this case, the plaintiff motioned for a default judgment cued to the defendant’s untimely and inadequate production. The plaintiff’s first request for production...

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