The Assault on Offshore Havens in Bear Stearns Undermines New Chapter 15
Intubation and Incubation: Two Remedies for an Ailing Immigration Agency
Traders Living Large: Identify Yourselves!
SEC Adopts Final Rules to Implement Investment Advisers Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act
SEC Raises The Bar For Investment Advisers That Charge Performance Fees
Looking for Fraud in All the Wrong Places H-1Bs Working from Home
Proposed Rules Would Expand Investment Adviser Reporting Under the Dodd-Frank Act
Goldilocks’ Seven Lessons for U.S. Companies Threatened by Bearish Immigration Police
FINRA’S New Anti-Spinning Rule Adds to Investment Managers’ IPO Compliance Requirements
Estate Tax Update ~ January, 2011
Form 13F Filers Face Proxy Voting Disclosures
Revised Model Privacy Forms under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Expanding Investment Adviser Registration and Regulation Under the Dodd-Frank Act
Lawbreaker, Naïf or Stooge? – the HR Representative and I-9 Crimes
Part 2 of Form ADV (Revisited) - The SEC’s Ten Year Itch
Madoff with the Custody Rule: The SEC’S Continuing Reaction to Ponzi Proliferation
Investing in America through the E-2 and EB-5 Visa Categories
Home Away From Home: Permanent Residents Temporarily Abroad
New USCIS Policy Clips Entrepreneurs, Consultants and Staffing Firms
Important Changes in Federal Transfer Tax Law for 2010
New Corporate Procurement Strategy : Minimizing Immigration Risks from Service Providers
Does Comprehensive Immigration Reform Have a Prayer?
The Employ American Workers Act: Protectionist Turducken, Immigration Style
Fourth Circuit Affirms Fair Use Finding Regarding Anti Plagiarism Software
President-Elect Obama, Dual Citizenship and the Constitution
FinCEN Withdraws Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Investment Advisers and Others
Waiver of Fees Continues for IARD Filings
Short Sale Reporting is No Longer Short Term
Bailout Bill to End Use of Tax Deferred Compensation Programs by Offshore Fund Managers
Board Guidance/Adviser Compliance: The SEC Proposes Oversight of Investment Adviser Practices
Form D Process to be Streamlined
The OCIE’s Top 10 Compliance Issues
SEC Lightens Touch on the Investment Adviser Custody Rule
The New Hedge Fund Adviser Anti-Fraud Rule
Model Privacy Forms Under The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
The Pension Protection Act of 2006
SEC Takes a Tough Stance on the Hedge Fund Exception to the Investment Adviser Custody Rule
Rebalancing and Other Cross Transactions
More About Account Statements Under The SEC’s New Custody Rule
Many Hedge Funds May Now Invest in Futures Without CPO or CTA Registration
SEC Final Rules Mandate Policies to Prevent Securities Violations
Modernized Custody Rule Adopted: Compliance Relief for Hedge Fund Managers
Electronic Recordkeeping by Investment Companies and Investment Advisers
Customer Identification Regulations for Mutual Funds
SEC Regulation Mandates Analyst Certification
SEC Adopts Rules Mandating Proxy Voting Disclosures by Investment Advisors
USA Patriot Act Anti-Money Laundering Programs
Final Privacy Rules are Adopted for Investment Advisers
News of Note to Investment Managers
Part 1 of New Form ADV Adopted: Electronic Filing to Become Mandatory
New Form ADV Proposed: Electronic Filing to Become Mandatory
SEC’s Recent Communications on “Best Execution”
SEC Adopts Final Rules for Privately Offered Funds
Announcements of Interest to Hedge Fund Managers
Non-Competition Restrictions Upheld on Investment Adviser
Electronic Filing Mandated for Form 13F
SEC Adopts New Rules to Reduce Multi-State Investment Adviser Registration Obligations
SEC Principal and Agency Transactions Rule Re-Interpreted - DoL May Authorize Cross Trades
NASAA Proposes Competency Examination for Investment Adviser Representatives
AICPA Changes the Accounting Treatment of Start-Up Costs for Hedge Funds
SEC Amends Rule Allowing Investment Adviser to Charge Performance Fees
State RIAs/Passive Investors Benefit From Expanded Availability of Schedule 13-G; Rule 16a-1 Amended
SEC Adopts Form ADV-T and Final Rules to Implement Investment Advisers Supervision Coordination Act
SEC Adopts Safe Harbor For Discretionary Investment Advisory Programs
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996
Immigration Risks Pose Real Threats to the New Government
Natural-Born Citizenship - McCain OK for Presidency?
Criminalizing Employer Sanctions: Employers Walk a Tightrope
A.V, v. iParadigms (Anti-Plagiarism Database Did Not Infringe High School Students’ Works)
Ottinger v. Gannett (Standard Set for Disclosing Information Identifying Anonymous Internet Posters)
The Battle of the H-1B and H-2B Caps
Congress Increases H-1B Visa Numbers, Provides Relief from INS Delays
IRS Issues Guidance on Maintenance of Electronic Tax Records
Federal Law Prevents States From Taxing Retiree Income Across State Lines
Dealing with Leased Employee and Workers Misclassification Issues
DOL Guidance on Investment Education
Estate Tax Advisory: A 2010 Odyssey
The Evolving Boundaries of H-1B Classification
Kroencke v. General Motors (Fragmented Similarities in Artistic Style Held Non-Infringing)
Zyla v. Thomson Corporation (Summary Judgment Granted in Copyright and Lanham Act Dispute)
Stafford v. Scientia Health (Company Breached Reporting Duty Entitling Employee’s Severance Payment)
Old Apex, Inc. v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank (Court Dismisses Claim for $17 Million Earnout)
Klepetko v. Reisman (Alleged Libelous Article Qualified as Protected Opinion)
Jefferson County v. Moody’s (Securities Law Allegation Does Not Supply End Run Around 1st Amendment)
Courdius Trust v. Donald D. Kummerfeld
Compuware v. Moody’s (Sixth Circuit Upholds Broad First Amendment Protection for Credit Ratings)
The Immigration Impact of Corporate Reorganizations on H-1B Workers
Smith v. Thomson Corporation (Multi-Million Dollar Class Action Verdict Overturned on Appeal)
Temporary Visas for Nurses and Other Professional Workers
New Immigration Law Helps Foreign Doctors
When immigration and Criminal Laws Intersect
The Intersection of Immigration and Employment Law
Social Security and Taxpayer ID Requirements for Aliens
The ‘National Interest’ Waiver
Withdrawing the Application for Admission
When Life Gives You Lemons, Create a GRAT
Tax Consequences of Frequent Flyer Mileage Earned on Business Travel