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By Matt Starosciak You can waste an incredible amount of time networking with the wrong people, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and for the wrong reasons. I recently had a 7-year associate at a client firm ask me for advice about networking... Read More
Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for July 2018. The reported stories reflect at least 10 new Ponzi schemes worldwide; over 40 years of newly imposed sentences for people involved in Ponzi schemes; 3 guilty... Read More
It’s time to get organized. Push your case management and presentation into the 21 st century. Some attorneys are still buried in litigation case files—piles of paper documents, manila folders and filing cabinets, convinced that the... Read More
By Mona Shah, Esq. On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, the DHS appropriations bill, passed on a party-line vote of 29–22. All EB5 practitioners should be alarmed as the bill has fatal consequences for almost all of the employment-based visa preferences... Read More
By Mona Shah, Esq. and Rebecca S. Singh, Esq. At first sight, one could be excused for thinking that this was an article relating to cricket, after all With economic growth averaging 6 percent over the last two decades, South Asia has one of the world’s... Read More
By Jinhee Wilde, Esq. While President Trump’s rhetoric on stopping illegal immigration and his administration’s discontinuation of the DACA program and Temporary Protective Status for various Central American countries has dominated discussions... Read More
By Jim Wagstaffe, The Wagstaffe Group We live in a world in which the internet has the potential to amplify defamatory communications unparalleled in human history. Plainly, the worldwide web vastly expands the reach and impact of online defamation... Read More
Coffey v. Ripple Labs To Tackle Securities Question Looks like the marketplace is not going to wait for the SEC and CFTC to decide the fate of certain types of cryptocurrencies. The Ripple Labs case, filed last month, will weigh the “investment... Read More
Are You and Your Clients GDPR Compliant? The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation has been effective for almost a month. The regulation is clear but its interpretation is uncertain, leaving what it means to be GDPR compliant in... Read More
Believe it or not there are local laws and regulations about backyard chickens. By: Samantha Cooper Cute and fluffy and often calling your name in the local farm shops each spring the chirps and pips make us say awww, and we immediately have dreams... Read More
Wayfair: Substantial Nexus Without Physical Presence South Dakota v. Wayfair settled the physical presence debate under the substantial nexus prong of the Complete Auto Test. The case was remanded to the South Dakota courts for further consideration... Read More
EB-5 Investment Voice Mona Shah & Associates Global Podcast Series Reported by Hermione Krumm, Esq. EB-5 Investment Voice is the only Podcast series that focuses on and the United States immigrant investor visa, EB-5 and foreign direct... Read More
What can we learn from “Star Wars”? As a kid, “Star Wars” taught us about teamwork, believing in the impossible and the importance of doing the right thing, like, spoiler alert, Darth Vader eventually does (also, that space battles... Read More
EB-5 Investment Voice Mona Shah & Associates Global Podcast Series By Hermione Krumm, Esq. EB-5 Investment Voice is the only Podcast series that focuses on the United States immigrant investor visa, EB-5 and foreign direct investment.... Read More
By Kathy Bazoian Phelps Ponzi Scheme Roundup: May 2018 Below is a summary of the activity reported for May 2018. The reported stories reflect at least 15 new Ponzi schemes worldwide; 5 convictions and guilty pleas; over 26 years of newly imposed... Read More
Would the increased legalization of marijuana in additional states drive down the demand for this chemical imposter of marijuana? By: Kerry Bazany Cannabis. Marijuana. Mary Jane. There are several names for a plant that many people smoke and... Read More
EB-5 Investment Voice Mona Shah & Associates Global Podcast Series Reported by Sami Haidar EB-5 Investment Voice is the only Podcast series that focuses on the United States immigrant investor visa, EB-5 and foreign direct investment.... Read More
New Litigation Funding Bill, New Result? Congress is once again attempting to regulate the $5 billion dollar litigation funding industry. The latest bill is aimed at “any commercial enterprise” involved in the funding of litigation. Recently... Read More
EB-5 Investment Voice Mona Shah & Associates Global Podcast Series Reported by Hermione Krumm, Esq. EB-5 Investment Voice is the only Podcast series that focuses on the United States immigrant investor visa, EB-5 and foreign direct investment... Read More