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MSHA Publishes the New Workplace Examination Final Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

On January 23, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will publish in the Federal Register a Final Rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines, amending 30 C.F.R. § 56.18002 (Surface) and § 57.18002 (Underground). The...

EPA Publishes New TSCA Framework Rules

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

The revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in June 2016. TSCA requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize several “framework” rules by June 2017. Recently, EPA published three of these proposed “framework”...

Is There a Doctor in the House?

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

Healthcare Options Following the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act and the Eventual Repeal of Obamacare - Overview - The presidential inauguration has come and gone. The House and Senate are already clearing the way for the repeal of...

Trump Administration issues regulatory freeze; application to CFPB uncertain

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

On Inauguration Day, Reince Priebus, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, issued a “Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies” with the subject line “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” that directs the recipients to...

An Increased Cooperation in Enforcement Activity: The Italian Competition Authority and the Italian Medicines Agency Sign a Memorandum of Understanding

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

On 19 January 2017, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) and the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) signed a memorandum of understanding in order to increase enforcement in the pharmaceutical sector by strengthening their investigation powers and...

Aw, Tartar Sauce! Is the Krusty Krab Restaurant Trademark A CopyBob DittoPants?

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

With some cases, you just shake your head. In this case, a restaurant purveyor thought it would be okay to open a restaurant by the name of the “Krusty Krab.” For those of you who have no reason to have been watching cartoons for the past 20 years,...

China: New Measures for Deregulating and Promoting Foreign Direct Investment

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

On January 12, 2017, the State Council issued the Circular concerning Measures on Expanding the Opening Up and the Active Utilization of Foreign Investment (the Circular). The Circular sets out the government’s policies and outlines specific measures...

Details of Trump’s Regulatory Freeze

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

Reince Priebus, President Trump’s Chief of Staff, issued a memo ordering an immediate regulatory freeze. The memo was addressed to heads of executive departments and agencies. According to the memo......

Supreme Court Agrees to Review NLRB Position on Class Action Arbitration Waivers

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted review of a case that should decide whether employers can include class and collective action waivers in mandatory arbitration agreements signed with individual employees. Under mandatory arbitration, the...

Pitfalls Of Judges, Lawyers, And Experts Citing Wikipedia

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/01/17

Our weekly search for new drug/medical device cases for 1/13/17 turned up something unusual – not of particular substantive significance, but unusual. Two of the opinions included citations to Wikipedia. Wikipedia? You mean the comprehensive...

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