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A Parenting Plan Must be Part of Your Florida Divorce Proceeding if You Have Children

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

You relationship with your significant other is not what it once was. Although you have mutually agreed that it’s time to move on, you are very concerned about the parenting plan for your children and you’re anticipating a rough road ahead in...

Driving on a Suspended License: What is Your Defense?

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

Hollywood actress Amanda Bynes may not be the best role model, but her troubles with the law help us understand the flexible nature of driving laws in California. It is possible to fight charges of driving on a suspended license in the California...

Commissioner Adler is now the Acting Chairman of the CPSC

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

We first wrote about Chairman Tenenbaum departing the CPSC and Commissioner Bob Adler assuming the role of Acting Chairman back in October. Last week the CPSC issued a press release confirming that Commissioner Adler became the Acting Chairman of the...

UK: HMRC releases preliminary guidance on the point-of-consumption regime

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

With effect from 1 December 2014, the rules for Remote Gaming Duty, General Betting Duty and Pool Betting Duty will change. HMRC has released a note in preparation of the move to a point-of-consumption licensing regime for remote gambling....

5 Steps To Protect Your Brands in the New gTLD Regime

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

The time is upon us. After years of anticipation, lobbying for delays and more robust trademark protections, and otherwise steeling themselves against the oncoming tide of new, generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), brand owners are faced with the...

SEC Staff Issues New Guidance on Rule 506 Bad Actor Disqualification

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

The staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance posted additional Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (see Questions 260.14 through 260.27) to the SEC website that address the “bad actor” disqualification provisions of the Rule 506...

Class Certification Denied in Chipotle “All Natural” Case Where Class Unascertainable from Chipotle’s Records

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

A recent decision in the Central District of California reflects the growing trend among federal courts to deny class certification where the class is not ascertainable from the defendants’ records....

Lights, Camera …Action on Your Website Documents

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

Terms and conditions of use and data privacy policies on websites, applications and other online and mobile services (aka “digital services”) are the subject of much discussion and debate among lawyers and lawmakers and in popular culture....

Federal Regulatory Agencies Issue Final Rule Implementing Volcker Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Securities and Exchange Commission jointly adopted and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission separately adopted a final...

Australian Postal Corporation v Digital Post Australia [2013] FCAFC 153

By EsqSocial Corporation 13/12/13

On 6 December 2013, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia dismissed an appeal by Australian Postal Corporation (Australia Post) and upheld the primary judge's decision that "DIGITAL POST AUSTRALIA" is not deceptively similar to "AUSTRALIA...

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