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Connecticut's New "Right to Try" Law Provides Hope for Patients and Providers, but FDA Remains in the Driver's Seat

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Connecticut has recently joined the wave of states enacting a so-called “Right to Try” law, which ostensibly permits terminally ill patients access to investigational drugs (including biologics) and medical devices as a last-resort treatment option....

Solidifying Claim Construction in Inter Partes Review – Cuozzo Allows Patent Office to Govern the Inter Partes Review Process

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

On June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, 2016 WL 3369425 (June 20, 2016) upheld the Patent Office’s long-held policy of construing a patent claim according to its broadest reasonable construction even...

Do I Need a Pilot's License to Fly a Drone?

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Another day, another FAA regulation on drone use. First it was frowning upon attaching flamethrowers to drones in order to roast turkeys in the back yard.

The Private Equity Review - France Fifth Edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

The fifth edition of The Private Equity Review comes on the heels of a solid but at times uneven 2015 for private equity. Deal activity and fundraising were strong in North America, Europe and Asia, but the year ended with uncertainty in the face of...

Help Yourself: Mass. Court Approves Employee’s Self-Help Discovery in Discrimination Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

The Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that an attorney’s search for confidential firm documents in an effort to prove a discrimination claim against her employer may constitute protected activity. The Court, in Verdrager v. Mintz Levin Cohn...

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - June 2016 #4

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Massachusetts releases $1.8 billion DSRIP program waiver for public comment; CMS awards $32 million in grants to enroll uninsured children in Medicaid/CHIP; and Wisconsin withdraws proposed changes to Medicaid long-term care....

District Court Grants Summary Judgment Against P.F. Chang’s In Cybersecurity Insurance Case

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

On June 13, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona granted summary judgment against P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. (“P.F. Chang’s”) in a cybersecurity insurance lawsuit that it brought against its insurer, Federal...

Equity For The Crowd

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

On May 16, 2016 the long awaited Crowdfunding rules became final. In some 680 pages of regulations, not to mention the length of the text of the enabling law, Congress and securities regulators have sought to balance the ability of small companies...

SEC Proposes Rules to Update Disclosure Requirements for Mining Registrants

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

On June 16, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) issued a press release proposing rules to modernize disclosures for mining properties (the “Proposed Rules”), currently set forth in Item 102 of Regulation S-K (“Item 102”) under the...

EIB Energy Highlights: Nat Gas Outpowers Coal, NC Renewables, CPP En Banc, Fed Energy Bill Awaits Conference & More

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Natural Gas-Fired Electricity Generation to Exceed Coal-Fired Generation in 2016: The EIA recently projected that for the first time, on an annual basis, natural gas will exceed coal as a fuel for electric power generation in 2016. The EIA reports...

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