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The Legal Implications of Restaurant-Designed House Brand Craft Beers

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

The craft beer industry has been growing at an unprecedented clip in the last few years. Breweries are opening up at an increasing pace throughout the United States as consumers skew more towards locally produced products and unique experiences. Not...

Amgen v. Sandoz Update -- Supreme Court Seeks Views of United States

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

In other Supreme Court news from Monday, June 20, 2016, the Court invited the Solicitor General to file briefs in the Sandoz v. Amgen (No. 15-1039) and Amgen v. Sandoz (No. 15-1195) appeals to express the views of the United States. As we previously...

No More Mad Men: The OFCCP Leaves its Bell Bottoms Behind and Moves into the 21st Century

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Not since the 1970s has the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) amended its Sex Discrimination Guidelines for federal contractors. With the newly issued final rule effective August 15, 2016, federal...

Getting Comfortable with Lender Comfort Letters

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

As the global real estate economy continues its recovery from the severe economic recession nearly a decade ago, hotel and hospitality real estate transactions have been robust as of late. According to the "Hotel investment Outlook 2016" published by...

Subcontractor’s Failure to Strictly Comply With Notice Provision Costs $200,000

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Whether you are an owner, contractor, subcontractor or supplier, you will want to read the rest of this post since it illustrates precisely what all those attorneys have been telling you for years: “Please, please, please read your contract.” In this...

Supreme Court Entrusts Enhanced Damages to District Court Judges

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Section 284 of the Patent Act provides that, in the event of damages for patent infringement, “the court may increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed.” In 2007, the Federal Circuit in In re Seagate fashioned a two-part test...

Supreme Court Rejects Government's FCA Implied Certification Theory

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

The Supreme Court of the United States in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. Escobar et al., weighed in on and embraced the implied certification theory of liability within the False Claims Act (FCA)....
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Five Issues Employers Should Consider with OSHA’s New Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Reporting Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently released its final rule revising the Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulations. Employers should not be taken in by the benign titled, “Improve...

Why the FDA Needs to Change Its Food Recall Policies

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

Add this to FDA’s growing list of things to do: improve the food recall initiation process. According to a memorandum published on June 8, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (which houses...

What You Need to Know About Hospitality REITs

By EsqSocial Corporation 22/06/16

In February 2016, Hilton Worldwide announced its plans to spin off the bulk of its hotel real estate into a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) to be owned by its shareholders by the end of the year. The company's press release says...

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