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Is Your Business a Financial Institution?
Nothing more underscores the seriousness of governmental efforts to prevent money laundering than the parade of fines against and settlements by banks and other financial services companies than U.S. Bancorp’s recent agreement to pay $613 million to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve for inadequate anti-money laundering […]
William H. ShawnCo-Managing Partner, ShawnCoulson
Blocked from Competing in Your Market? You are Not Alone
Business can be brutal. Let’s say you have this business. Maybe you started it recently, or maybe you’ve been around for some time. But, in any event, you offer a good product or service. Customers like you and you are making money. This is—for many—the American dream. You have freedom, which plays itself out by […]
Jarod BonaPartner, Bona Law PC
AML/KYC due diligence protocols for effective cross-border compliance
The seriousness of efforts to prevent money laundering has been emphasised by U.S. Bancorp’s $613 million settlement with the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve, for inadequate AML controls. U.S. Bancorp failed to detect many suspicious transactions and later sought to conceal its mistakes from regulators. Banks and […]
William H. ShawnCo-Managing Partner, ShawnCoulson
Trade Secrets are now Protected by Federal Law: The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016
Until recently, trade secret misappropriation was mostly a matter of state law and, in many cases, litigants seeking relief were limited to state courts. But in 2016, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (we’ll call it the DTSA for brevity), creating a federal private right of action for trade secret misappropriation that can be brought in state and […]
Jarod BonaPartner, Bona Law PC
Antitrust News: FTC Issues Significant State Action Immunity Decision in Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Case
On April 10, 2018—the eve of my panel on state action immunity issues at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meetingin DC, the FTC granted, in essence, partial summary judgment against the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board on state action immunity. You can read the FTC decision—hot off the press—right here. I won’t go into a lot of detail here as you […]
Jarod BonaPartner, Bona Law PC
Help Stop Bribery in its Tracks
Today’s companies face a tremendous amount of pressure to win the best deals and contracts. In some cases, employees feel compelled to offer or accept bribes to clinch a business agreement. And in some countries, bribery is widely considered part of the cost of doing business. But such behavior is unethical, and in some cases, can […]
William H. ShawnCo-Managing Partner, ShawnCoulson
ROBERT W. BLANCHARD APPOINTED TO THE FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
It is with great honor to announce Robert W. Blanchard has been appointed as a distinguished member of The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. This invitation is extended upon the recommendation of the national officers of the Fellows and Fellows leadership in the state of California or jurisdiction. Selection as a Fellow is recognition […]
Robert W. BlanchardCo-Founder, Blanchard, Krasner & French
Five Tax Provisions Retroactively Extended for 2017
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA) retroactively extended a number of tax provisions through 2017 for individual taxpayers. Let’s take a look at five of them. 1. Mortgage Insurance PremiumsHomeowners with less than 20 percent equity in their homes are required to pay mortgage insurance premiums (PMI). For taxpayers whose income is below certain […]
Jeff HassPartner, Farber Hass Hurley LLP
IRS Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2018
Compiled annually by the IRS, the “Dirty Dozen” is a list of common scams taxpayers may encounter. While many of these scams peak during the tax filing season, they may be encountered at any time during the year. Here is this year’s list: 1. Phishing Scam artists continue to victimize taxpayers during filing season using […]
Jeff HassPartner, Farber Hass Hurley LLP
What are the Requirements to File a Concentration Under the European Merger Control Rules?
In the European Union, the European Commission (“EC”) in Brussels analyzes mergers and acquisitions, known as concentrations, with “EU dimension.” And the Directorate General for Competition (“DG COMP”) determines whether a concentration is compatible with EU competition law rules. The EC may prohibit a concentration with EU dimension when the transaction significantly impedes effective competition in all or a substantial […]
Jarod BonaPartner, Bona Law PC
Law Offices of Olga Zalomiy, PC joins IR as the exclusive IP – Trademark & Copyright Member in California
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Olga Zalomiy of Law Offices of Olga Zalomiy, PC. Olga has joined IR as our exclusive IP – Trademark & Copyright Member in California. “Law Offices of Olga Zalomiy expertly solves our clients’ litigation and transactional challenges with a full suite of […]