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All Day I Dream About Suing: The Adidas 3 Stripe Trademark War

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Forever 21, the popular clothing retailer, is going on the legal offensive against Adidas, the athletic clothing and shoe goliath, which they have accused of being a trademark bully.

Round Three – Hawaii District Court Issues TRO against Travel Ban

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

On March 15, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii issued an Order granting a nationwide Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) against President Trump’s Executive Order No. 13,780 which was to be effective March 16, 2017...

Employers Beware: Intermittent FMLA Absences Not Subject to “Proof of Need”

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

On January 27, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that provides a cautionary tale to employers about seeking documentation from an employee on intermittent FMLA leave. In Diamond v. Hospice of Florida Keys, Inc., Case No....

Strike Two: Trump’s New Travel Ban Halted By The U.S. District Court in Hawaii

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Late Wednesday, just hours before President Trump’s new travel ban was scheduled to take effect, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii granted a temporary restraining order that prevents the implementation of Executive Order 13780....

Developers Submit Unsolicited Requests for Wind Leases Offshore Massachusetts and New York

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

On March 10, 2017, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) posted four unsolicited applications for wind project leases on the Outer Continental Shelf. PNE Wind U.S.A., Inc. has filed three lease applications, two...

Blog: Just As The U.S. Seeks To Roll Back Regulations, The European Parliament Adopts New Corporate Governance Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Just when the U.S. is looking at how to roll back its regulations on corporations (among others), the rest of the world seems to be headed in the opposite direction. On Tuesday, the EU Parliament approved a Shareholder Rights Directive, which...

Trump Administration Proposes 17.9% Cut to HHS Programs, Doubling of FDA User Fees

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

The Trump Administration is calling for deep cuts to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding for fiscal year (FY) 2018 along with a $1 billion hike in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fees in its “budget blueprint,” dubbed...

The Week in UAS News – Amazon Patents, Fire Fighting and Nighttime Waivers

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

This week’s news includes drones fighting fires and illegal dumping; new fines for drone usage; new patents by Amazon; and other recent developments in UAV regulations and usage around the globe. - Drone pilots acknowledge the need for legislation...

AliceStorm Update February 2017

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

As many of my readers noticed, I didn't publish any of my own blogs in January and February. As it turned out, I suffered from a peculiar form of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), what I would call SMIAD: Subject Matter Ineligible Affective...

Ballot Box Alternatives To CEQA And Land Use Litigation: Recent Developments In The Law Of Initiatives And Referenda

By EsqSocial Corporation 17/03/17

Land use litigators know that CEQA provides a potent weapon to challenge local government decisions affecting land use and development. It is often easy to plead a CEQA claim challenging such decisions, and CEQA will normally apply to them...

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