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March Madness 2017: How to Avoid Fouling Out from an Employment Law Perspective

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Across the country, sports fans are gearing up for their favorite seasonal competition: the NCAA “March Madness” tournament. Those with winning brackets can earn prizes ranging from neighborhood bragging rights, up to a million dollars per year, for...

Listing Reform in Hong Kong

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

In June 2016, the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKEx”) issued a joint consultation paper (the “Consultation Paper”) in which they proposed to change the current listing regulatory...

Sustainable Development Update - March 2017 #3

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Sustainable Development Focus - When it rains, Los Angeles sends billions of gallons of 'free liquid gold' down the drain - Los Angeles Times - Mar 8 - As the Los Angeles region strives to cut its historic dependence on increasingly...

Sovereign Immunity Can Shield State University Research Foundations in PTAB Proceedings

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Addressing the application of the sovereign immunity defense under the 11th Amendment in the inter partes review (IPR) context, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) dismissed three IPR petitions, finding that the sovereign immunity defense is...

U.S. Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturers Win Relief from Unfair Imports from China

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

On February 8, 2017, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that domestic producers of ammonium sulfate are materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports from China. As a result, antidumping and...

MiFID II Product Governance – Proportionality: Rules of the road

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

MiFID II Product Governance - Proportionality: Rules of the road - The product governance rules in MiFID II represent a fundamental change in the way firms design and distribute financial instruments. The rules largely replicate the existing...

Frozen trucker case is among decisions said to illustrate Gorsuch’s legal approach

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Neil Gorsuch

BREAKING: Hawaii District Court Applies the Brakes to Second Version of President Trump’s Immigration Travel Ban

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking implementation of key portions of the second version of the executive order (EO) issued by President Donald Trump...

Post-Spokeo, Michigan’s VRPA Still a Thorn in the Side of Magazine Sellers

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Last month, a federal district court held that alleged violators of Michigan’s Video Rental Privacy Act (the “VRPA”) cannot seek shelter under the United States Supreme Court’s Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins ruling. The Court also ruled that certain...

US auctions North Carolina offshore wind sites

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Yesterday the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed a competitive lease sale for renewable wind energy development in federal waters offshore North Carolina. Avangrid Renewables, LLC won the auction-based sale with a high bid of...

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