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Failed courtroom ID ploy cited in suspension of Colorado lawyer

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

A Colorado lawyer has been suspended in part because of a failed courtroom ID ploy.

Praised as ‘exceptional’ in an opinion, lawyer takes fight to post the excerpt to 3rd Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 26/11/13

A lawyer in Newark, N.J., who wants to post excerpts from judicial opinions that praise his abilities is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a ban that prevents him from doing so.

Medical devices and 3D printing

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

As we already discussed, 3D printing technologies facilitates the creation of things but also is a great issue for managing traditional IP rights. This is a technology that will challenge more and more an effective enforcement of IP rights (such...

CFPB Examinations Of Card Rewards Program Underway

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

On November 15, Bloomberg reported that the CFPB is examining credit card issuers’ rewards programs. The article quotes CFPB Director Cordray stating that rewards programs can involve “detailed and confusing rules” and that the CFPB “will be...

Legislative Update Report No. 2013-22 -- Nov 22, 2013

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

In This Issue: Federal Government; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Québec/Quebec; Saskatchewan; and Yukon....

House Passes Bill Accelerating Oil and Gas Permits and Federal Lease Sales; White House Threatens Veto

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

On November 20, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1965 (“Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act”) by a vote of 228 to 192. H.R. 1965 is primarily aimed at accelerating the oil and gas permitting process. Rep. Doug Lamborn,...

Five Misconceptions About Mediation

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

Mediation is not a miracle cure for all divorce disagreements, but with the right preparation, it can be an effective method for reaching a fair, mutually agreeable settlement. Do not let common misconceptions make you hesitant to try mediation....

Banking Regulators Finalize Revised CRA Guidance

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

On November 15, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, and the OCC finalized revisions to the “Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment” (Q&As). The agencies adopted the revisions largely as proposed, with some minor changes...

After Long Battle, Google Books Ruled “Fair Use”

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

When last we looked in on the Google Books dispute, the Second Circuit had overturned class certification in the suit, brought by the Authors Guild and multiple individual authors, on the basis that the District Court first should have resolved...

The Financial Report - Volume 2, No. 21 • November 2013 (Global)

By EsqSocial Corporation 25/11/13

Discussion and Analysis - This week, the Oxford Dictionaries chose “selfie” as the word of the year. It beat out a number of other relatively new Internet and social-media related terms, including “bitcoin.” In an interesting coincidence, US...

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