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Ninth Circuit Limits The Use Of Tip Credits

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

On September 18, 2018, the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, considered whether 14 former servers and bartenders were entitled to back wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for time spent engaged in non-tipped tasks. The several consolidated...

New Jersey Department Of Labor Releases Proposed Paid Sick Leave Regulations

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

Proposed regulations on the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act (NJPSLA) were released by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) on September 18, 2018. The NJPSLA will go into effect on October 29, 2018. The proposed...

Keep Off The Grass! Cannabis In Calgary: Zoning And Public Use

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

Anticipation of cannabis legalization is all the buzz right now as federal, provincial and municipal legislation is coming together to paint a practical picture of cannabis regulation – all by October 17, 2018. This blog post examines aspects of...

Discussing The Application Of Local Breed Specific Laws And Assistance Animals

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

There are many local jurisdictions around the country which have adopted what are referred to as a Breed Specific Law (BSL). As might be expected from its name, a BSL prohibits certain dog breeds (and/or breed mixes) from residing in a given city or...

The State AG Report Weekly Update September 2018 #3

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

2018 AG Elections- New York Holds 2018 Primary Elections- New York held primary elections on Thursday, September 13....
By: Cozen O'Connor

Remands of Partially Instituted AIA Trials After SAS

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

In SAS Institute v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348 (2018), the Supreme Court held that when an inter partes review is instituted, the PTAB must decide the patentability of all claims challenged by the petitioner. Recently, the Federal Circuit and the PTAB...

Germany Publishes Comparison of Inhalation and Intratracheal Instillation as Testing Methods for Characterization of Granular Biopersistent Particles

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

Germany’s Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) has published a report entitled Comparison of Inhalation and Intratracheal Instillation as Testing Methods for Characterisation of Granular Biopersistent Particles (GBP). In...

Court Assesses Implications of Privileged Communications' Inclusion in Employees' Personnel Files

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

Attorney-client privilege protection normally evaporates when the client abandons its confidentiality expectation. Under this basic principle, does placing privileged communications in an employee's personnel file forfeit privilege protection?...

Record Levels of Open Records Activity in Texas—Are Legislative Changes on the Horizon?

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a press release that the Open Records Division of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) handled a record number of Texas Public Information Act (TPIA) requests and issued an all-time high number of...

Preparing for Proxy Season: ISS Environmental & Social QualityScore

By EsqSocial Corporation 21/09/18

Background - In February 2018, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS), the largest U.S. proxy advisory firm, announced that an Environmental and Social (E&S) QualityScore Disclosure & Transparency Signal would be reflected in proxy research...

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