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FDA Limits Respirator Manufacturers who can Apply for Authorization Under EUA

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

The FDA recently reissued an Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”) for the sale and import of certain non-NIOSH-approved respirators manufactured in China and used by healthcare personnel in the United States but, critically, has limited the authorization of respirators to those expressly included

Court Reverses Receivership Order In Partnership Dispute Because The Probate Court Did Not Have Jurisdiction To Enter A Rehabilitative Receivership

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

In In re Estate of Hallmark, an executrix of an estate filed suit in probate court for declarations regarding a partnership and sued the other partners. No. 11-18-00187-CV 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 7063 (Tex. App.—Eastland August 31, 2020, no pet. history)....

2020 Election Night Guide

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

Pillsbury’s political law and public policy groups break down the need-to-know numbers for this year’s election. Pillsbury’s Election Night Guide examines the potential outcomes for the 2020 Presidential election, as well as the 2020 Congressional and Governor’s races.

Illinois Supreme Court Holds Employee’s Office At Home Not Sufficient to Establish Venue

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that the presence of an employee’s home office was not sufficient to establish venue in Cook County for a negligence action arising out of a vehicle accident in Ohio. Tabirta v. Cummings, et al., 2020 IL 124798 (Ill. Oct. 22, 2020).

Employers Urged to Check UK Furlough Claims as Scheme Comes to an End

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

On October 31, 2020, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS, widely known as the Furlough Scheme) comes to an end. The CJRS entitled qualifying employees whose work was affected by the pandemic to receive 80% of their salaries, capped at £2,500 per month, from the UK Government....

Ninth Circuit Rejects “Improper Erosion” Argument, Rejects Excess Carrier’s Refusal to Acknowledge Exhaustion of Underlying Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit awarded Pillsbury client Northrop Grumman a significant appellate victory, reversing an adverse decision from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on a question of first impression within the circuit.

Will the Real Party in Interest Please Stand Up?

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

In Michigan, the general rule is that only a real party in interest may initiate a lawsuit. MCR 2.201(B). Although it is usually easy to identify the proper party (or parties), it becomes harder if a would-be plaintiff files for bankruptcy protection before initiating the lawsuit....

Police Discipline Record Release: Upheld but Temporarily Stayed

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division recently issued a unanimous decision upholding Directive 2020-5 and Directive 2020-6 amending the New Jersey Attorney General’s Internal Affairs Policy & Procedures (“IAPP”), which governs police internal affairs investigations in New Jerse

Stupid § 101 Tricks

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

If we have learned anything from the last six-and-a-half years of patent eligibility jurisprudence, it is that nobody knows what's going on. Subject matter eligibility is a fundamental requirement for an invention to be patentable. According to 35 U.S.C.

Federal District Court Stays Effective Date and Enjoins Enforcement of HUD’s Final Rule on the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard

By EsqSocial Corporation 02/11/20

On October 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) final rule on the implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact standard was scheduled to become effective. That effective date was short lived: on October 25, 2020, the U.S.

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