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New York State Issues Forms for Implementing Paid Family Leave Benefits Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

New York State recently released several forms for use by employers and employees under the Paid Family Leave Benefits Law (“Law”), which becomes effective on January 1, 2018. The forms include (i) a waiver for employees who are ineligible to receive...

Update: Amgen v. Hospira

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

As we previously reported, on September 22, 2017, a Delaware federal jury awarded Amgen $70 million in damages after finding that Hospira infringed one of Amgen’s Epogen® (EPO) patents (the ’298 patent). Five days later, Hospira filed a motion under...

Employers Face New Hiring Requirements as California “Bans the Box”

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

New law prohibits most California-based employers from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment. California Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1008, which prohibits most public...

Feds Warn of Critical Infrastructure Attacks as CT Releases Report on Utility Company Cyber-Readiness

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

According to Reuters, late on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") and the FBI issued a warning in a report, sent to firms at risk of an attack, that critical infrastructure industries may have been targeted in cyber-attacks as far...

President Trump 'Decertifies' the JCPOA, but the US Remains a Party to the Deal

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

Pursuant to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA), the president is required to make certifications every 90 days that Iran is complying with its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and that the U.S....

Judge Linn in Dissent Reveals that Alice has No Clothes

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

In Smart Systems Innovations, LLC v. Chicago Transit Authority, [2016-1233] (October 18, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment on the pleadings that the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,566,003, 7,568,617, 8,505,816,...

The Board Gives Section 325(d) Sharp Teeth

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

This is the first of a three-part series discussing developments around Section 325(d). Part two will appear in our November 2017 newsletter and part three will appear in our December 2017 newsletter. Congress granted the Board broad discretionary...

Keys to the Kingdom: How Confidentiality Agreements Are Key to Keeping Business Information Secret

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

In today’s business environment, greater employee mobility and technological advances underscore the need to protect a company’s confidential information and trade secrets. Stories of employees departing with confidential information or trade...

Travel Ban: Déjà Vu All Over Again, Again

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

On September 24, President Trump issued a “Presidential Proclamation Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats.” Most people know it better as Travel...

Apple’s X-Cellent Response to Sen. Franken’s Queries Regarding Facial Recognition Technologies

By EsqSocial Corporation 24/10/17

Recently, I wrote an article outlining the growing body of state legislation designed to address and mitigate emerging privacy concerns over facial recognition technologies. It now appears that the issue will be examined at the federal level. In...

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