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Circuit Court is asked to Overturn NLRB’s Decision Allowing Surreptitious Workplace Recordings

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Can employees record conversations at the workplace without the consent of the speakers? Or, can an employer enforce a policy that prohibits employees from recording conversations at work unless they have the consent of all the parties being...

USPTO Changes Pertaining to Trademark Declarations, Post-Registration Use Filings

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

In Depth - In efforts to enhance the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) electronic filing system and to “assess and promote the accuracy and integrity of the trademark register,” the USPTO has ushered in changes that affect electronic...

New Jersey Court Strikes Down ‘Ambiguous’ Jury-Waiver Agreement

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

New Jersey employers wishing to have employees sign jury-waiver agreements should take note of a recent Appellate Division decision, Noren v. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., which reaffirms that a jury-waiver provision (like an arbitration...

SEC Commissioners Find Common Ground

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

SEC Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar, a Republican, and his lone counterpart, Commissioner Kara M. Stein, a Democrat, found common ground yesterday and amended the SEC’s rules to require companies to include hyperlinks to each exhibit listed in the...

A Kindergarten Student and Her Dog Named Wonder: What Rights Do Students Have To Service Animals In The Classroom?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

What are the parameters for requiring schools to accommodate students’ service animals in the classroom? The United States Supreme Court recently turned prior thinking on this issue on its head, finding that even though a student does not need the...

Highway to the Danger . . . Arena? Room for Improvement in Atlantic City’s Test Run With Skill Based Gaming

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

About a year after New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement implemented regulations for skill-based machine gaming, “video game slot machines” have finally made their entrance in Atlantic City, to mixed acclaim. Most of the major Atlantic City...

Major P3 Real Estate Development Opportunities in Downtown Miami

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

On March 7, the Miami-Dade County Mayor will be presenting a report to the Board of County Commissioners on County-owned properties in downtown Miami that are ripe for joint development with the private sector. The upshot: the County has at least...

February 2017: Life Sciences Litigation Update

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

Recently Amended FDA Rules Can Affect Settlements in Pharmaceutical Litigations. After more than thirteen years of bureaucratic analysis and rulemaking, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently implemented its new rules governing the submission...

Lawyers seek dismissal of charges in ATF stash-house stings after study shows pattern of racial bias

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

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Termination Due Diligence

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

The decision to terminate an employee is often difficult. Whether driven by economic necessity or based only on performance, it usually involves (and often requires) an analysis of the employee’s job history. When performance concerns exist over a...

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