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New mining regulations: back to the past

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia on 11 January 2017 issued new mining regulations regulating (i) ‘new’ share divestment requirements for foreign investment companies holding an IUP or IUPK; and (ii) new export requirements for contract of...

Copyright Date Alone Does Not Prove Public Accessibility of Software User Guide

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Addressing the standard for establishing whether a prior art reference qualifies as a “printed publication,” the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied institution of inter partes review (IPR), finding that the petitioner failed to make a...

KKR Closes $13.9 Billion PE Fund

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

KKR has announced the closing of KKR Americas XII Fund, a $13.9 billion fund. The fund will focus on investments in the United States, Canada and Mexico in seven industries, including healthcare....
By: McGuireWoods LLP

Blog: The ‘Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act’ Passes the House

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On March 1st, the U.S. House of Representatives (House) passed the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act) by a vote of 240 to 185, split mostly along party lines. If passed by the U.S. Senate and...

2016 Massachusetts Employment Law Year In Review

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

2016 Massachusetts Employment Law Year in Review - From case law interpreting one of, if not, the most employee-friendly independent contractor statute in the country to Beacon Hill’s efforts to pass non-competition agreement reform, Massachusetts...

Arizona Statute of Limitations on Credit Card Debt – New Decision Deals Blow to Consumers

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The Arizona Court of Appeals recently dealt a blow to consumers when it issued a new decision on the statute of limitations as it applies to credit card debt. The statute of limitations is the time period a credit card company has to file a...

US Federal Reserve Board Announces Annual Adjustment to the Asset-Size Threshold in Regulation I

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The US Federal Reserve Board announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size threshold in Regulation I, which determines the dividend rate that certain member banks earn on their Federal Reserve Bank stock. The updated total consolidated asset...

Cookies Crumble? The Draft EU Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The European Commission recently published a proposed Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (the “Regulation”). The Regulation aims to update and broaden the scope of current rules under the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) on...

Court Rules for Fund Adviser in Excessive Fee Case Against Hartford

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On February 28, the court in the mutual fund excessive fee case against Hartford (Kasilag v. Hartford Inv. Fin. Servs., LLC, No. 1:11-cv-01083 (D.N.J.)) issued a 70-page opinion ruling in favor of the fund adviser and against the plaintiffs. The...

The Dusky Gopher Frog Lives to Fight Another Day: Fifth Circuit Denies Rehearing

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On February 13, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied Defendants’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc in the case titled Markle Interests, L.L.C., et al. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. The Defendants, who are timber and...

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