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European Banking Authority Published Final Draft Technical Standards for Payment Service Providers

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

The European Banking Authority published final draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the requirements of strong customer authentication and secure communication under the revised Payment Services Directive (known as PSD2). PSD2, which will apply...

Limitations on Community Association Approval or Denial of Service Member Rental Applications

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

Effective July 1, 2016, § 83.683, Florida Statutes, requires landlords, condominium associations, cooperative associations and homeowners associations to process rental applications submitted by service members within seven days of submission. Within...

5 Takeaways: Ex Parte Appeals: A Multi-Year & Expensive Trajectory or an Allowance within 2 Months?

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Kate Gaudry, Ph. D. and Sameer Vadera recently presented to the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Software Related Inventions Committee regarding “Ex Parte Appeals: A Multi-Year & Expensive Trajectory or an...

2017 HIPAA Enforcement: Year to Date Lessons

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

With the announcements from OCR of three resolution agreements and one civil money penalty as of mid-February, OCR is off to a record start for HIPAA enforcement in 2017, with double the announcements as the same time last year. Notably, this swift...

New Hope for Employee Handbooks?

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

During the prior Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) scrutinized employment policies contained in handbooks and policy manuals, and found many of the policies unlawful under the theory that they “chilled” the exercise of...

Worker Safety Law Alert: What You Need to Know to Avoid Enforcement Actions

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

Employers should remain on alert regarding the increasing trend towards more aggressive enforcement of worker safety standards demonstrated over the past year by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and the U.S. Mine Safety...

Night Note: The 1st 100 Days

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

Seeking to avoid exposure to the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the head of the new White House National Trade Council has requested a legal analysis from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to clarify...

Janssen v. Celltrion: Celltrion moves to dismiss for lack of standing

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

As we previously reported regarding Janssen v. Celltrion, after the district court postponed trial and heard oral argument on the damages issues related to Celltrion’s challenge to Janssen’s standing, the Court set a deadline for Celltrion to file a...

A Scary Dam Cat

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

The February 12, 2017 emergency evacuation of nearly 200,000 California residents living in and around the town of Oroville, downstream from the Oroville Dam, was a stunning reminder of the ironic danger created by major dams. Built to prevent...

Hot Topics at Employment Law Seminar

By EsqSocial Corporation 01/03/17

On February 24, 2017, the Miles & Stockbridge Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration practice group presented its fourteenth annual Hot Topics in Employment Law seminar to an audience of nearly four hundred clients and members of the Baltimore...

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