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In re Cellect Poses an Obvious Dilemma

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

In August 2023, the Federal Circuit in In re Cellect held that in evaluating unpatentability for obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) of a patent that has received patent term adjustment (PTA), the relevant date is the reference patent’s expiration date after PTA is added.

EEOC Issues New Workplace Harassment Guidance

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

For the first time in a quarter-century, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued enforcement guidance on workplace harassment. The April 29-guidance consolidates and supersedes several iterations of EEOC guidance issued between 1987 and 1999....

Admitted Students Beware: College Policies, Including Title IX, Apply To You Too

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

WHO DO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CONSIDER TO BE A STUDENT? Who do colleges and universities consider to be a student? You may be surprised to hear the answer provided by some college institutions....

Tennessee Out Front: Enacting Protections Against AI Misuse in the Music Industry

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

Last month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act of 2024—known as the “ELVIS Act”—making Tennessee the first state to address head-on potential misuses of artificial intelligence (AI) related to an individual’s voice.

California DFPI’s Proposed EWA Legislation Rejected by Office of Administrative Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

As discussed here, in March 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) proposed new regulations under the California Financing Law that would interpret the definition of “loan” to include “income-based advances” or earned wage access (EWA) products, except those

H-1B Concurrent Employee: A Viable Option for Those Who Didn't Win the H-1B Lottery

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

As the first round of H-1B Cap selections ended on April 1, 2024, employers began looking for options to sponsor highly qualified employees to fill positions of need.

EEOC Finalizes Long-Awaited Workplace Harassment Enforcement Guidance

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its long-awaited final guidance on harassment in the workplace on April 29, 2024, several months following its released proposed guidance in September, which we previously discussed, and 25 years since its last workplace harassment guid

How Has the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule Affected Plan Sponsors?

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

What has changed with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final regulations and certain prohibited transaction exemptions (PTEs)? Is it really that bad even for plan sponsors, as we hear from the many critics of the DOL’s newest definition of a fiduciary?...

Bipartisan Proposal Would Not Tax Staking Rewards Until Time of Sale

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, U.S. Congressmen Drew Ferguson (R-GA) and Wiley Nickel (D-NC) introduced a bill, the Providing Tax Clarity for Digital Assets Act, to codify the U.S.

The US syndicated loan market shows signs of recovery

By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/24

During Q1 2024, borrowers returned to the US syndicated market to reprice costly private credit facilities - The US syndicated loan market has seen an uptick this year, with banks proactively pitching deals to win back market share from private credit firms.

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