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Is a Dangerous Product Lurking in Your Home?

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

Manufacturers have an obligation to supply products that are safe. Unfortunately, dangerous and defective products often make their way to the market. Just recently, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall of Baby Einstein...

Financial Regulatory Development Focus

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

In this issue: - Derivatives - Regulatory Capital - Financial Services - Consumer Protection - Enforcement - Funds - People - Events - Hearings - Excerpt from Derivatives: ESMA Supplements its Technical Advice on...

EU Commission to investigate cross-border pay-TV movie services – a new Murphy’s law?

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

Executive summary - The European Commission has commenced antitrust proceedings against several prominent European pay-TV service providers and major U.S. film studios including Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. and Paramount...

Fourth Circuit Rules That Temporary Impairments May Be ADA Covered Disabilities

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the federal appellate court covering North Carolina, among other states, recently ruled that a temporary impairment may be a covered disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Summers v....

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury Issue Proposed Regulations Governing “Excepted Benefits”

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

A handful of recent guidance items that the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury have issued make some important changes related to the regulation of “excepted benefits.” These changes are driven in large part by the...

Protocol on the Operation of the ESMA MiFID Database

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

On January 29, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its protocol on the operation of its MiFID database (ESMA/2013/68b). The protocol relates to practical arrangements for the cooperation of the national competent...

Illinois Court Holds Junk Fax Claim Not Within Products Coverage

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

In its recent decision in Windmill Nursing Pavilion v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 2013 IL. App. (1st) 122431, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, had occasion to consider the scope of products-completed operations coverage as it relates to a...

IP Buzz - January 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

In this issue: - Supreme Court Loads Up IP Docket - Federal Circuit Clarifies Calculation of Patent Term Adjustment for Applications with Continued Examination Requests - Chipotle Case Gives Hope Against Class Actions - Announcements And...

Southeast State & Local Tax: Important Developments - January 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

The Williams Mullen Southeast State and Local Tax (SESALT) team is pleased to provide you with a comprehensive recap of recent legislation around the U.S. INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX - Virginia Income Tax Treatment of Same-Sex Couples. Outgoing...

Feds oppose former state supreme court judge’s effort to win early release from ‘Camp Cupcake’

By EsqSocial Corporation 04/02/14

The feds are opposing a retired Michigan Supreme Court justice's bid for early release from her one-year sentence for bank fraud. Prosecutors say Diane Hathaway hasn't met legal requirements for re-sentencing, which call for a showing of clear error or illegality, the Detroit News reports.

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