Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to now offer policy advocacy and lobbying services for our clients. We will provide these services at the federal level in the areas of legislative and regulatory counseling, international trade, tax, agriculture, manufacturing, financial services, and non-profit and trade association interests. We work hard to assist our clients with […]
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is proud to announce that it will be co-hosting its second annual breakfast seminar in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on U.S. regulatory compliance issues on February 10 with Al Tamimi & Co, the largest law firm in the Middle East. This year’s seminar will be in Abu Dhabi, and is titledEconomic […]
December 17, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to issue its latest Client Alert on President Barack Obama’s landmark speech today charting a new path for U.S.-Cuba relations, heralding numerous significant changes in the decades-long embargo against the island state. The Alert, titled Obama Makes Breakthrough Announcement on Cuba, Easing Some Sanctions, can be read […]
The US Supreme Court just issued its decision in an antitrust case called Ellen Gelboim v. Bank of America Corporation. This case arises out of major multi-district litigation (an MDL) centered on allegations that major banks conspired to manipulate the London InterBank Offered Rate (which you probably know as LIBOR) to lower their interest costs on financial instruments sold to […]
On November 27, 2014 Law No. 5,134, which regulates lawyers’ and solicitors’ fees who work in the City of Buenos Aires (hereafter the “Law”), was published in the Official Gazette. The Law, which was promoted by Jorge Rizzo and Daniel Lipovetsky from the City of Buenos Aires’s Bar Association (“CBABA”), was approved in a special […]
With a collapsed energy market in Argentina and a change of the current administration in 2015, it is clear that Argentina will have to develop and invest in the energy sector, and especially in the renewable energies sector. The purpose of this note is to briefly develop some of the main traits of the renewable energy legislation in – and theprospects for – Argentina. National System for Wind […]
This past year saw investor funds continue to flow into the stock market and the control of the country’s more than 500,000 stockbrokers and investment advisors. While this was another banner year for the stock market, with gains from the S&P above 12%, it was, unfortunately, also a banner year for stockbroker misconduct. What follows is a list of […]
Think Obamacare doesn’t apply to your small business? Think again. The hidden bomb lies within the penalties employer health plans face if they do not comply with the “Market Reforms” of the ACA. These rules apply to every employer health plan, regardless of the size of the employer and the penalty is $100 per employee, […]
The law firm of Parr Brown Gee & Loveless is proud to announce that Jenifer Tomchak received the 2014 Hearts and Hands Award during the Utah Philanthropy Day Luncheon held on November 13, and was recognized again at the Utah State Bar’s Fall Forum on November 21. The Hearts and Hands Award recognizes outstanding volunteers […]
Baseball is special. How do we know that? Is it the fact that it has been declared America’s Pastime? Or is it the feelings we have when we smell the freshly cut grass on a sunny spring day? Or is it the acoustics of a wood bat striking a leather-wrapped baseball? The answer is that […]
“Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion,religious or political… has guided our steps through an age ofrevolution and reformation.” – President Thomas Jefferson Our Fight For Justice For centuries, trial lawyers and their predecessors have been at the very heart of battle for fundamental human rights and the developing rule […]
In an earlier blog post, we discussed Leegin and the controversial issue of resale-price maintenance agreements under the federal antitrust laws. I’ve alsowritten about these agreements here. As you might recall, in Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. (Kay’s Closet), the US Supreme Court reversed a nearly 100-year-old precedent and held that resale-price maintenance agreements are no […]