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FFIEC Issues Final Guidance on Social Media Usage by Financial Institutions

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

On December 11, 2013, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued final guidance for financial institutions relating to their use of social media (the “Guidance”). With its release, the FFIEC adopts its January 2013...

SEC Adopts Amendments to Remove Certain NRSRO Credit Rating Related References in Rule 5b-3 under the Investment Company Act and Fund Portfolio Holdings Table Requirements

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

On December 27, 2013, the SEC adopted final amendments (“Final Amendments”) to remove certain references to ratings by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSROs”) (e.g., Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Services or Fitch...

The High Price of Challenging a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Decision in District Court

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

Applicants who challenge a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board refusal to register a trademark must reimburse the government for PTO attorney fees even if they win....
By: Morgan Lewis

Make a New Year’s Resolution to Review Your Estate Plan in 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

Each year, at this time, we remind our clients of the importance of keeping their estate plan up to date. Estate planning goals change over time for many reasons. Personal reasons can include the birth, marriage, death or disability of a family...

COPPA: New Year, New Requests to FTC For Investigation of Violations

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

As we predicted in our prior blog post reviewing the key children’s privacy developments of the past year, 2014 is turning out to be the year of enforcement of children’s privacy regulations! The first two requests for investigation under the Amended...

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By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

President Obama Signs Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 – On December 26, 2013, President Obama signed the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (the “Act”), preventing the scheduled payment reduction for Medicare-treating physicians and other...

Successful Strategies For Doing Business In Asia: Malaysia

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

With the changing global economic landscape, most of the rapid-growth markets are found in Asia. Malaysia sits at the center with its robust trade and domestic demand. Malaysia offers investors a cost-competitive economy which is increasingly...

Infrastructure Alert - January 8, 2014

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

As 2014 begins, congressional appropriators are working on drafting and passing omnibus legislation (12 appropriations measures in one bill) to fund the government before the January 15 deadline. Meanwhile, the Water Resources Development Act/Water...

City attorney slain by husband in apparent murder-suicide, authorities say

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

An attorney was found dead at her home in northeast Missouri on Sunday after she was shot seven times in an apparent murder-suicide by her husband, authorities said.

Inherency Argument Comes Up Short in Inter Partes Review Petition

By EsqSocial Corporation 09/01/14

Despite having multiple grounds denied, Becton, Dickinson and Company was able to get 8 challenged claims of a One Stockduq Holdings patent into a trial for inter partes review, in a case styled as Becton, Dickinson and Co. v. One StockDuq Holdings,...

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