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Texas High Court Lays Partnership Formation Questions to Rest

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

On Friday, January 31, 2020, the Supreme Court of Texas clarified the law of partnership formation in the closely watched case of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. et al. v. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. et al. The case addressed whether parties...

UK Regulator Outlines Priorities for Supervising Benchmark Administrators

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has written to the CEOs of benchmark administrators that it supervises. In the letter, the FCA sets out its supervisory strategy as well as the potential harms that benchmark administrators pose to their customers...

Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. West-Ward Pharms. Int’l Ltd.

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF NO CONTRIBUTORY INFRINGEMENT GRANTED BUT DENIED WITH RESPECT TO INDUCED INFRINGEMENT. Case Name: Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. West-Ward Pharms. Int’l Ltd., No. 2:16-cv-02525-MMD-NJK, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 186911, (D. Nev. Oct. 28,...

Non-Expert Testimony on Obviousness Is Inadmissible

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

HVLPO2, LLC v. OXYGEN FROG, LLC - Before Newman, Moore, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Summary: It is an abuse of discretion to permit a witness to testify as an expert on issues of...

Indonesia in Focus - February 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

Constitutional Court Accepts Judicial Review of Fiducia Security Law - Following the judicial review of Article 15(2) and Article 15(3) of Law No. 42 of 1999 on Fiducia Security (the “Fiducia Law”), the Constitutional Court has identified issues of...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance On Biosimilar Licensure For Fewer Than All Conditions Licensed for Reference Product

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

The FDA issued a draft guidance today titled “Biosimilars and Interchangeable Biosimilars: Licensure for Fewer Than All Conditions of Use for Which the Reference Product Has Been Licensed.”  In this guidance, the FDA addresses the following issues......

Beltway Buzz - February 2020

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

Go PRO. As the Buzz has been predicting for quite a while, on February 6, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 (PRO Act). Last May, we covered the drastic changes the bill would make to...

Window Closing on FLSA Claims Based on 80/20 Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

The U.S. Department of Labor is still working to finalize the withdrawal of the 80/20 rule, which had forced employers to pay the full minimum wage to employees who spend more than 20 percent of their time on non-tipped work. But recently, federal...

Federal Circuit Appeals From The PTAB: Summaries of Key 2019 Decisions: Data and Trends: AIA PTAB Appeals to the Federal Circuit

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

These charts and graphs appear in the firm’s Federal Circuit Appeals From The PTAB: Summaries of Key 2019 Decisions report.... The steady decline in district court patent appeals that began in FY16 continued in FY19, while appeals from the USPTO...

Buying And Selling Real Estate In Ecuador (Updated)

By EsqSocial Corporation 10/02/20

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER ECUADOREAN LAW - I. STANDARD FORMS OF AGREEMENTS - A. Offer to Purchase sets forth Buyer’s offer of price, date for closing, contingencies for inspections, financing etc. and date for signing a formal...

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