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House GOP Leadership Signals Support for Mandatory Employment Verification and More Visas for Skilled Workers

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

U.S. employers should take note of the House GOP’s announcement on January 30, 2014, because it could signal a move towards mandatory participation in E-Verify and an increase in the number of visas available to foreign workers. Specifically, House...

New Whistleblower Protections Now In Effect For Federal Contractors

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

By now, most federal contractors are aware of the new regulations that go into effect on March 24 requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to recruit, hire, promote, and retain protected veterans and individuals...

Are Credit Bids in a Deep Freeze?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

A Delaware bankruptcy court recently limited a secured creditor’s right to credit bid an acquired claim to the purchase price of that claim. In In re Fisker Auto. Holdings, Inc., 2014 Bankr. LEXIS 230 (Bankr. D. Del. January 17, 2014), the United...

Separation Anxiety: Structural Reform of EU Credit Institutions

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The march towards structural reform of the EU banking sector has taken another step forward, as the EU Commission’s (the “Commission”) legislative proposals (the “Proposals”) for a Regulation implementing certain recommendations of the Liikanen...

Commuting in California May Just Get a Bit Easier

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

The California Transportation Commission allocated $138 million to 32 projects around the state at its January 29th, 2014, meeting. As Caltrans director Malcolm Dougherty put it......
By: Nossaman LLP

What’s Going On With Class Actions Alleging That Businesses That Record Customer-Service Calls Are Violating California’s Invasion Of Privacy Act?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Since 2006, companies based outside California have been alert to the potential burdens of class actions under California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”), Cal. Penal Code § 630 et seq. The laws of most states, as well as federal law, allow...

Be Careful What You Draw: Prosecution History Estoppel Applies to Design Patents - Pacific Coast Marine v. Malibu Boats, LLC

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Addressing for the first time the applicability of prosecution history estoppel in design patent cases, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the lower court, holding that while prosecution history estoppel does apply to design...

Court Report - February 02, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Eli Lilly and Company v. Glenmark Generics Inc., USA. 1:14-cv-00104; filed January 23, 2013 in the Southern District of Indiana. Infringement of...

Federal Grant & Contract News for Nonprofits - January 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

As 2013 came to a close, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the long-awaited final rule to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, more commonly known as the "Super Circular."...

YouTube – Telecinco 2-0. And in Italy?

By EsqSocial Corporation 03/02/14

Liable or not liable… this is the recurring dilemma in many jurisdictions. Is Youtube (Google) liable for the infringing contents uploaded by Youtube users?...

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