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A discussion on why Berlin is believed to be Europe's next startup capital.
Lisa Haggarty and Keith Johnson of Deutsche Bank discuss the key role depositaries play in adapting to the AIFMD.
Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explains why the island remains one of the most respected domiciles for the alternative investment industry.
With the Eurozone still struggling to recover, Patricia White, of Legis Fund Services, outlines how Guernsey continues to grow.
Paul Richard of Willis Finex Global explains how the AIFMD will impact fund managers from an insurance and capital requirements perspective.
On April 19, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) published Final Rules of Practice and Procedure (78 Fed. Reg. 23474-487).
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently settled its first lawsuit involving a discrimination claim based on an applicant’s genetic history.
Way back on October 4, 2011, we asked whether any of you were ever in a situation where you had to produce a urine sample as part of routine drug testing, or were in a football stadium bathroom with a line of impatient fans behind you who had been drinking beer for hours and were muttering menacingly because you just froze up?
Three contractors were found by the California Labor Commissioner to have "willfully" violated state wage and apprenticeship laws.
Recently, the SEC settled with the City of Harrisburg over violations of Rule 10b-5 in connection with material misstatements and omissions made by the City in its public statements and financial information, during a multi-year period.
In light of the decision of 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Caronia, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America is advocating for the Food & Drug Administration to change its regulations to allow for certain types of off-label promotion.
In the American legal system, attorneys’ fees and costs are not recoverable as damages unless expressly authorized by statute.
The form of 2012 New Markets Tax Credit Allocation Agreement has been released by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
A discussion on the continuing resolution that funds the government for the rest of this fiscal year: the House and Senate budget resolutions, the upcoming debt ceiling fight; and, finally, the President's budget request for FY2014.
On May 9, 2013, the daily concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million at the Mauna Loa monitoring station for the first time ever at least at one monitoring location according to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Florida Statutes chapter 713, commonly referred to as Florida’s mechanic’s lien statute, or "construction lien law," is intended "to protect those who have provided labor and materials for the improvement of real property."
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement recently announced that they had entered into a Memorandum of Agreement concerning offshore safety and environmental regulations.
The Service and the Treasury recently issued final regulations with respect to the election available under Section 336(e) which allows certain sales, exchanges, and distributions by a domestic corporation of another corporation's stock as taxable sales of that corporation's assets.
The number of states enacting social media password protection
laws has risen once again, as such legislation continues to gain
traction across the country.
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s Chronology of Data Breaches lists 3,671 incidents affecting 607,295,463 records since 2005
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Recently, Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State's Visa Office shared his impressions at this time regarding visa demand in preference categories and predictions for the remainder of FY2013 with AILA.
This may be the final year that the so-called Bush tax cuts remain in effect, unless Congress acts to further extend them.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have issued a new and revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9.
Two recent political deals at both the state and municipal level will increase employer costs and burdens.
The first major immigration proposal in several years contains sweeping changes, with the president potentially signing a version by mid-June.
On March 26 and 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in cases challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8.
On April 7, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services conducted the lottery process for fiscal year 2014 cap-subject H-1B petitions.
Effective January 1, 2013, the Illinois estate tax exemption increased to $4 million, with a maximum rate of 16%.
On March 4, 2013, Nasdaq issued a proposed new rule that, if approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, will require listed companies to establish and maintain an internal audit function.
On March 8, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, bearing an edition date of March 8, 2013, for immediate use by employers.
