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Boring Through The Details: U.S. District Court Declares Boring Company Dispute Not Covered by Insurance Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

Maxum Indemnity Co. v. Robbins Co., P.C., No. 1:17-CV-01968, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57729 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 28, 2018) - On March 21, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings...

DC Requires Nonprofits to Renew District Tax Exemptions

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

Beginning this year, the District of Columbia (DC) Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) is requiring nonprofit organizations that claim DC tax-exempt status to reapply for tax exemption through an online renewal process. DC OTR has begun sending notices...

CMS Announces Strategy to Reduce Health IT and EHR Burden

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a draft document titled, Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs. The report was developed...

MLD 4, 5, 6… New Year, new powers and now new EU “sheriffs” to supervise AML compliance?

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

The EU’s “Fourth Money Laundering Directive”1 (MLD 4), which was to be transposed by Member States by June 26, 2017 (together with the Revised Wire Transfer Regulation2), and the subsequent changes introduced by the EU’s “Fifth Money Laundering...

CFPB Finalizes Off-Balanced Approach to Public Disclosure of HMDA Data

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

As previously reported, in September 2017 the CFPB proposed policy guidance regarding what application-level Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data would be disclosed to the public based on the significant expansion to the HMDA data reporting items...

FDA 2018 Year in Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

INTRODUCTION - The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) 2018 regulatory agenda spurred significant activity throughout the year, including implementation of several initiatives and mandates required by the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act)....

DC anti-SLAPP Law: 2018 in Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

In these early days of the new year, I thought it would be useful to take a look back at the 2018 decisions, developments, and discussions involving the DC anti-SLAPP statute, as they will continue to impact this area of the law in 2019 and beyond....

European Commission publishes factsheet on medical devices and in vitro medical devices for non-EU and non-EEA competent authorities

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

Introduction The European Commission has published a factsheet addressed to competent authorities of third countries....
By: Hogan Lovells

USPTO Issues Updated Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

On January 4, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published updated examination guidance regarding the subject matter eligibility of inventions involving abstract ideas. The guidance went into effect on January 7, upon its publication in the...

Practical Sales Tax Considerations for Vendors in the Wake of Wayfair (Part I)

By EsqSocial Corporation 08/01/19

By now we’re sure you have all heard about the U.S. Supreme Court case South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. This case reversed over 50 years of precedent and completely changed the way states can administer their sales tax laws with respect to out-of-state...

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