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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...

Paid Administrative Leave: There Ought To Be A Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

You've had your coffee and you're on your way to the office. You have had a fine career in public service and you're at the pinnacle of your profession. You like your job and privately congratulate yourself for helping people and not chasing the...

Medical Supply Company Hires TCPA Attorney to Handle Class Action Suit

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

On Monday, March 1, 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that a Brooklyn-based wholesale medical supply company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...

U.S. FDA and EU Regulators Announce Enhanced Mutual Recognition for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Inspections; Allows FDA to Continue Shifting Inspections and Enforcement Focus to Asia

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/03/17

In an effort to avoid the duplication of drug inspections, lower inspection costs, and enable regulators to devote more resources to other parts of the world where there may be greater risk, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the...

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