Hall & Wilcox is an innovative, forward thinking law firm with a real interest in creativity and our community. One of the ways that we express this commitment is to support artists by using our beautiful CBD office space to host exhibitions of the work of artists. We invite our clients and our staff and friends and family to the opening of the exhibition. Past exhibitions have been very successful and we are really excited about our plans to curate an exhibition of some of Melbourne’s best up and coming street artists.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
ILN Today Post
February 22, 2017
Shutts attorney closes largest land deal in Daytona, inks landmark Margaritaville licensing agreement
Rafael Aguilar, a partner at Sh
utts and Bowen’s Miami office, recently closed on a multi-year land purchase negotiation and a related franchise agreement that will bring thousands of new homes to the Daytona Beach area, developed by Minto Communities under the Margaritaville brand.
Aguilar closed the $27.2 million deal on behalf of developer Minto Communities, which purchased 1,581 acres from Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. Minto plans on building the first Margaritaville-branded active adult community of up to 3,400 homes on the north side of LPGA Boulevard, just west of Interstate 95 in Daytona Beach.
ILN Today Post
February 22, 2017
Howard & Howard expands commercial litigation practice
Royal Oak, Michigan, February 21, 2017: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC is pleased to announce that Jason M. Schneider has joined the firm. He will practice out of the firm’s Royal Oak office.
Mr. Schneider focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts. He has broad experience at the trial and appellate levels in areas such as commercial contracts, the Uniform Commercial Code, product liability, condemnation, and patent infringement. Before entering private practice, he gained invaluable experience by serving as a law clerk for The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, a United States District Judge in the Eastern District of Missouri, and as an intern for The Honorable Charles E. Rendlen, a United States Bankruptcy Judge in the Eastern District of Missouri.
February 21, 2017
WA Insurance update – Issue 3
Contents
Workplace injuries
Pre-existing injury at work found not compensable
Court confirms burden of proof and test for causation in workers’ compensation
Solicitor’s failure to identify correct defendant denies plaintiff’s claim
Strict termination notification requirement confirmed
High Court confirms ‘but for’ test for causation
February 21, 2017
EB-5 Investment Funds – Standards and Guidelines for Redeployment
WHITE PAPER: STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR REDEPLOYMENT OF EB-5 INVESTMENT FUNDS
Prepared by:
Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
The EB-5 investment community is now facing a new challenge, as many of the more seasoned EB-5 investment projects begin to mature and the original investment capital is returned by the project owner to the new commercial enterprise. USCIS has clearly stated its policy that EB-5 investment capital is required to remain “at risk” in the new commercial enterprise until each EB-5 investor’s I-829 petition is adjudicated. However, USCIS has provided no guidance on what requirements that new investment is required to meet, other than that it must meet the definition of “at risk.”
February 21, 2017
Epstein Becker Green to Participate in the 2017 National Club Conference in New York
Epstein Becker Green is pleased to be participating in the National Club Association’s 2017 National Club Conference at the New York Athletic Club on May 22-24, 2017.
Jeffrey H. Ruzal, Member of the firm and leader of Epstein Becker Green’s Hospitality industry service team is featured in the afternoon General Session on May 22, 2017 and will discuss misclassification of club staff.
ILN Today Post
February 21, 2017
Contributi ai progetti di internazionalizzazione della Regione Lazio
Dal 14 febbraio le Piccole e Medie imprese del Lazio potranno presentare telematicamente le richieste per i contributi stanziati dalla Regione Lazio per il sostegno dei processi di internazionalizzazione.
Sono stati presentati, infatti, il 3 febbraio 2017, i Bandi Internazionalizzazione per le PMI attraverso i quali, con lo stanziamento di 5 miloni di Euro, la Regione Lazio intende anche quest’anno contribuire ai progetti di internazionalizzazione delle piccole e medie imprese (singolarmente o in Aggregazione Temporanea) rappresentative dei principali comparti e settori regionali.
February 21, 2017
Associate BD Training: It’s Never Too Soon to Start
The ILN is extremely fortunate to have not only a lot of talented lawyers, but a number of other talented professionals as well. Included in that group are the hardworking marketing professionals at our member firms across the world. This year, I wanted to highlight some of their expertise in a series of guest posts here on Zen. Our first one comes from Director of Marketing with the ILN’s Illinois member, Arnstein & Lehr, Robin Iori. In today’s post, Robin is addressing the topic of business development training for associates, and this is a timely one for many law firms in the market. One of the hottest trends that came out of the submissions from this year’s crop of Your Honor Awards was an increased focus on young lawyers, and that bears out with what I’ve seen and heard in my daily engagement with firms as well. So as Robin says, when it comes to business development training for your associates, it’s never too soon to start.
February 21, 2017
Rumor and Drama at Retailer Creates Jury Question
In January, a New York federal district court denied a retailer’s bid to dismiss a former regional manager’s lawsuit alleging that workplace rumors spread by three female co-workers that she showed her breasts to the company’s CEO by wearing a revealing blouse without a bra and that her subsequent termination shortly after she complained about the gossip constituted hostile work environment sex discrimination and retaliatory discharge. Baez v. Anne Fontaine USA, Inc., No. 14-cv-56621 (KBF), 2017 U.S. LEXIS 1630 (S.D.N.Y. Jan . 5, 2017).
February 20, 2017
VAT imposition on the provision of services in electronic form by foreign IT-organizations starting from 2017
The Federal law № 244-FZ “On amending parts one and two of the Tax code of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter – the Law) came into force on 01 January 2017. The Law provides that starting from this date provision of services in electronic form by foreign IT-organizations to Russian individuals and legal entities in Russia is subject to VAT taxation.
Under clause 1 art. 174.2 of the Russian Tax code as amended by the Law the following services are subject to the payment of VAT inter alia:
- granting of rights to use computer programs (including computer games), databases via the Internet;
- provision of advertising services on the Internet;
- services on placing offers for purchase (disposal) of goods (works, services), property rights on the Internet;
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