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Beltway Briefing: Special Tax Policy Briefing

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

Blake Rutherford and Howard Schweitzer of Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies analyze the future of tax reform and the implications on the business community. Blake: Today for this special briefing on tax reform, which is a critical and important...

Illinois Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Constitutionality of Illinois Hospitals' Property Tax Exemption Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

There have been two new developments in the long running saga over a charitable property tax exemption for hospitals in Illinois....
By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

PTAB Finds Draft Technical Specifications Constitute Printed Publications

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

On March 16, 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued its final written decision in the LG Electronics v. Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. matter. Core Wireless, the “Patent Owner,” challenged prior art introduced by LG Electronics, the...

Brexit: UK/EU Jump into the Unknown - What’s Ahead?

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

This is the fifth in an ongoing series of blog posts by Foley & Lardner LLP on the implications of the June 23, 2016 voter referendum in the United Kingdom (“UK”) to exit the European Union (“EU”) (“Brexit”)....

March Flabness: Wellness Programs, the ADA, and the Rising Costs of Employer-Provided Health Coverage

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

March Madness presents one of those occasions where your employees’ diets and exercise may fall by the wayside, and by the wayside, we mean potentially off a cliff. And when this happens, your workforce is increasing not just their weight and risk of...

Customer Preference-Based Discrimination in the Information Age

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

Customer preference is never a justification for discrimination in employment. That’s been well-settled law for decades. A male ultrasound technician cannot be terminated because patients prefer female technicians. An employer in “redneck country”...

The Advisor: Best Practices for Display of a Trademark on Software

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

Xylem Water Solutions Manufacturing Alberta (“Xylem”) was the owner of the registered Canadian trademark AQUAVIEW in association with software for water treatment plants and pump stations....
By: Field Law

Exxon Case Against AGs Transferred to New York: Judge Kinkeade Fires a Parting Shot

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

On Wednesday, Judge Ed Kinkeade ordered that Exxon Mobil’s suit against NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey be transferred to the Southern District of New York.  The AGs must be breathing sighs of...

ERISA: US Supreme Court Grapples with the Church Plan Exemption — Early Analysis

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

When does the “church plan exemption” apply? You already know that under the “church plan” exemption, Church plans do not have to comply with ERISA, including the requirements to fund a plan and pay Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums....

Factual Findings Required to Show “Apparent Reason to Combine”

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/04/17

Addressing issues of obviousness and anticipation in the context of an inter partes review, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued two decisions with respect to the same patent, vacating and remanding the Patent Trial and Appeal...

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