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Coherus Files Two More Petitions for IPR of Abbvie’s ‘619 Humira Patent

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Coherus Biosciences has filed two petitions for inter partes review of Abbvie’s U.S. Patent 9,085,619. (IPR2017-01008 and IPR2017-01009). Coherus recently filed four other petitions for inter partes review of the ‘619 patent, as we’ve reported....

On Second Thought, DOL Proposes 60-Day Delay to Fiduciary Rule Applicability Date

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On March 1, 2017, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) issued a proposed rule to extend the Fiduciary Rule applicability date by 60 days. The current applicability dates for the Fiduciary Duty Rule and prohibited transaction exemptions are set for April...

SEC Adopts Use of Exhibit Hyperlinks in Filings

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

We reported in September 2016 on proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rules requiring the use of hyperlinks to exhibits in most registration statements and periodic and current reports. On March 1, 2017, the SEC adopted final rules, largely in...

[Audio] Mike Callahan, SVP and General Counsel of @LinkedIn, Talks with @HsuUntied

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Today, my guest is Mike Callahan, SVP and General Counsel of LinkedIn where he oversees the legal, regulatory, intellectual property, government relations, compliance, ethics and corporate governance matters. Prior to joining LinkedIn, Mike was Chief...

The Five Year Divide: Limited Recourse to Cancel Registrations, Even Those Void Ab Initio

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The Sixth Circuit recently issued an opinion in NetJets Inc. v. IntelliJet Group, LLC Inc. (unpublished), holding that where a trademark registration is incontestable, it may not be cancelled on the ground that it was void ab initio due to failure to...

DOL Proposes 60-Day Delay of Applicability Date for Fiduciary Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

On March 1, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a 60-day delay of the April 10, 2017 applicability date of its fiduciary conflict-of-interest rule and related prohibited transaction exemptions (PTEs). The delay was announced not long after...

Trump's New Travel Ban: Same as the Old Travel Ban?

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Just over three weeks after his previous executive order banning individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States was unanimously blocked by the U.S.

Payment of Wages Through Mandatory Debit Cards

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Some employers have begun to pay employee wages through issuing debit cards, rather than cash, check or direct deposit. Recently, the Pennsylvania Superior Court addressed a class action challenge by McDonald’s employees to the practice of paying...

If Only the Agreement Adequately Addressed the Tax Issue

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

Ozimkoski v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2016-228 (December 19, 2016) - Mrs. Ozimkoski (Suzanne) represented herself in this Tax Court case. She may also have represented herself in the final days of settling the litigation brought by her...

No, Lawyers, the Sky Isn’t Falling (Not If You’re Looking Up, Anyway)

By EsqSocial Corporation 06/03/17

The actual lesson for lawyers regarding J.P. Morgan's new COIN artificial intelligence contracting software....
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