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As participation in the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) Immigrant Investor Program or “EB-5 program” grows, regulatory interest is showing a commensurate uptick. On November 20, 2013, Associate Director Stephen Cohen of the SEC’s...

On November 27, 2013, CMS released the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems final rule with comment period for calendar year 2014 (the “Final Rule”). Significantly, CMS finalized its proposal to...

Following the Parliamentary Committee hearings last month, where the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill was discussed in detail, the Committee has published a detailed summary of the written evidence lodged by a variety of stakeholders....

In a car or trucking accident, contributory and comparative negligence are defenses that can sometimes be used to determine the degree of fault each driver has for the accident. They also affect how much financial responsibility each driver has for...

Having considered the numerous requests for rehearing filed in relation to orders granting an IPR trial (HERE), we now turn to all the other orders relating to requests for rehearing, including the one order that actually granted such a motion....

Child support payments are set by each state as a means of enabling a child to continue to enjoy a certain standard of living after parents are separated or divorced. Payments are intended to cover the child’s basic needs, including educational fees,...

On October 23, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a long-anticipated draft of its Cybersecurity Framework. The Framework, as NIST explains, is “not a risk management process itself,” but is intended to provide a...

In early November, SOCAN (the Canadian performing rights collective) announced the entering into of a new agreement which probably should have garnered more attention than it did: YouTube earnings unlocked for SOCAN members....

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, taking employment action based on an individual’s criminal history can amount to discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), particularly race or national...

Few tragedies affect families more than the loss of a loved one in a fatal car crash. Many families worry about how they can move forward....
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