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Majority of Older Americans Are Opposing Policies That Increase Health Costs

4th April 2017
The majority of older Trump voters believe a house bill imposes an unfair "age tax," oppose changes to medicaid, and want measures to lower cost of prescription drugs. AARP has released the findings of a survey that said a majority of voters ages 50 plus – including most Trump supporters – oppose specific provisions of […]
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Coalition of 23 Groups Calling on Congress to Prioritize FATCA Repeal

3rd April 2017
The Campaign to Repeal FATC, led by deVere Group CEO, Nigel Green, and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity led a coalition of 22 other groups, including Americans for Tax Reform and the National Taxpayers Union, calling on Congress to include repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in any tax reform package sent to […]
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Deregulation v Net Neutrality: What's the future for Online Content Creators?

31st March 2017
James E. McMillan, Esq. is a New York attorney who has been at the forefront on matters relating to intellectual property and the entertainment industry. Here he discusses the future for online content creators as changes are constantly occurring under the recently appointed Donald Trump.  Amongst the lesser known of Donald Trump’s new appointees is Ajit Pai, whom […]
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Banks, Bonds and Business in Australia

31st March 2017
Duncan McGrath leads the Debt Capital Markets and Securitisation team at Gilbert + Tobin, which is a part of their wider Banking and Infrastructure practice. Gilbert + Tobin is Australia’s leading independent top tier corporate law firm and with a focus on dynamic and evolving market sectors, they work on transactions and cases that define […]
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Should Religious Symbols Be Banned in The Workplace?

31st March 2017
Raphael Prais, lawyer at LHS Solicitors, analyses the European Court of Justice ruling on wearing religious symbols in the workplace, and its implications for businesses across the UK. As you will be aware, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given a ruling on wearing religious clothing, such as Islamic headscarves, at work. Before exploring […]
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Making Decisions when Incapable: Court of Protection

31st March 2017
Samantha Hamilton is a Solicitor and Head of the Private Client Department at Mullis & Peake LLP; she is also on the Office of the Public Guardian’s Panel Deputy list. This means that where there is no other suitable person to be appointed as, the Deputy the Court of Protection can appoint one of the […]
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Protecting with Patents: Where do Companies Go Wrong?

31st March 2017
Ethan Eisner has general management responsibility for leading the global commercial markets businesses, as well as overseeing global strategy and M&A for the Reed Tech division of LexisNexis. Providing great insights and unmissable advice, Ethan discusses with us how utilising data analytics can allow companies to construct better strategies, how to ensure you are patenting […]
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Pieter Steyn: Werksmans and LEX Africa

31st March 2017
Pieter Steyn is a Director of South African law firm Werksmans and Chairperson of the LEX Africa Alliance of African law firms. He has been practising South African competition law since 1999 and has also advised and assisted clients regarding competition matters in other African countries, as well as with regard to the COMESA Competition […]
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How Can We Stop Money Laundering Funding Terrorism?

30th March 2017
Billions of dollars are spent on futile efforts, like employing the proverbial Chinese Army of compliance officers, most of whom may know a bit about AML, but next to nothing about the actual business and transactions. The same, unfortunately, holds true for many regulators, who can only thrive by regulating big banks. Gert Demmink’s idea […]
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Rogue Trader – The Shock of Infamy

30th March 2017
The authors of this piece are Catherine Robinson and Matthew Ware, both of whom are solicitors for Byrne and Partners - a dedicated civil and criminal litigation practice specialising in financial crime. Another day, another bank scandal. Another poster boy for city excess and the greed is good philosophy of wealth. His career, perhaps his reputation […]
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