UBS Whistleblower, Stem Cells, Medical Pot. It Can Only Be…

… Thursday’s JD Supra Buzz. Here’s what we learned today in law:

CFPB wants to roll back mortgage lending restrictions! UBS whistleblower’s lawyers want a $13 million piece of the pie! Legal marketers want hashtag hijacking to stop! (Bloomberg Law) 

Whatever happened to the Volcker rule? (Dechert) 

Should financial institutions that break the law be allowed to pay a fine while neither admitting or denying the charges? Judge Rakoff certainly doesn’t think so (Lane Powell) 

Pro-life groups have asked the Supreme Court to stop the continued funding of research using human embryonic stem cells (Foley & Lardner) 

Buying and selling used software is permitted by law in the EU. But you should check the licensing agreement before you do it (Scott & Scott) 

Even without a drug-free workplace policy, an employer in Maine can probably prohibit the use of medical marijuana during break and lunch and for some reasonable time before work. Probably? (Bernstein Shur) 

The Czech Republic just jumped onto the Patent Prosecution Highway (Portugal and the Philippines aren’t far behind) (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff) 

Court of appeals rules that losses stemming from employee embezzlement are covered under insurance policy’s “employee dishonesty” provision. Court of appeals? (Warner Norcross & Judd) 

Want to keep the peace in the office during the election season? Start here (Small Business Support) 

Things aren’t looking good for the Sony PlayStationNetwork and Sony Qriocity users suing the company over a 2011 data breach (Mintz Levin) 

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