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New York Enacts Consumer Protections For Convenience Checks

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

On November 13, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed AB 3601, a bill intended to protect payment card holders from liability for unauthorized use of unsolicited convenience checks. Effective immediately, cardholders are held harmless for...

U.S. Senators Debate Toughening Cartel Penalties

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

On November 14, 2013, members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights heard arguments regarding the effectiveness of current cartel prosecution and punishment strategies in deterring...

CFTC Chairman Nominee Timothy Massad Met With Skepticism By Senate

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

According to Bloomberg, President Obama’s nominee for the next chairman to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is being met with skepticism by some members of the Senate....
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Tufts Report Shows Dramatic Shift from Small Molecule to Biologic Drugs

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

Last week, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) at Tufts University released a report showing that the pharmaceutical industry has dramatically shifted its focus from a historical concentration on small molecule drugs to include...

Stay Ahead of the Curve With the Ediscovery.com Pulse Benchmarks

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

At this point, it is probably safe to assume that almost everyone has some concept of “big data” and the challenges that data proliferation pose for ediscovery. This blog alone has discussed the big data explosion (in some form or another) at least a...

Court Holds Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Has No Right to Jury Trial

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

In an apparent case of first impression, a federal district judge in Atlanta has ruled that whistleblowers claiming retaliation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Financial Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 are not entitled to a jury trial....

'Duck Dynasty' Warns About Turkey Fryer Fires

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

What does "Duck Dynasty" have to do with turkey fryer fires on Thanksgiving? As a new online video shows, it has everything to do with safety. Two stars of A&E's "Duck Dynasty" crew -- namely, Jase Robertson and his uncle Si -- have teamed up with State Farm to create......

SCOTUS allows Texas abortion law to take effect; Scalia and Breyer duel over status quo

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon refused to block a Texas law that requires abortion doctors to have formal admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their abortion clinics. The Supreme Court’s order (PDF) included a dissent by Justice Stephen G.

U.K. Court of Appeal’s Award of Compensation for Distress to an Individual Following a Breach of the Data Protection Act: Opening the Floodgates for Claims by Individuals?

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

Whilst regulatory action by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Of?ce (‘‘ICO’’) is relatively commonplace and well reported following data breaches, particularly since the ICO was granted powers to issue on the spot ?nes for serious breaches by data...

No Avoiding BPCIA For Biosimilars: No Patent Declaratory Judgment Action Before Biosimilars Application Is Filed

By EsqSocial Corporation 20/11/13

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled November 12, 2013, that a party seeking to obtain approval of a biosimilar could not avoid the process set forth in the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of...

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