Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, recently handled two significant merger & acquisition deals, as described below:
Gunster attorney featured as ‘Female Powerbroker’ in national publication
Lila A. Jaber, a government affairs attorney in Gunster’s Tallahassee office, was featured in Law360’s “Female Powerbrokers” series in which key partners in law firms across the country are profiled in Q&A format.
Foreign income tax investigations may focus on U.S. banks
Several foreign countries have recently adopted measures aimed at identifying assets of their residents held abroad. In some cases, the focus of such foreign governments’ inquiries is bank accounts and other assets hidden by their residents in the U.S. The U.S. government has supported these foreign government measures in many ways. For example, the U.S. […]
FinCEN assesses civil money penalty for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act
On April 25, 2014, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it has determined that grounds exist to assess a civil money penalty against New Milenium Cash Exchange, Inc. (“NMCE”) a Florida money service business (“MSB”) and its President and Owner, Flor Angella Lopez (“Ms. Lopez”), pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and […]
Update on H-1B cap random selection process
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced on April 10, 2014, via a press release on its website, that it had received approximately 172,500 H-1B cap petitions during the filing period which began on April 1, 2014, including H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the regular cap under the advanced degree exemption.
Employment Law Alliance webinar to address the Bring-Your-Own-Device movement
We invite you to attend a free 90-minute webinar at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 17, 2014, focusing on “The Bring-Your-Own-Device workplace and the 24/7 employee: managing legal risks for employers.”
H-1B visa quota reached at start of filing cycle
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced on April 7, 2014, via a press release on its website, that it had received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 as well as the cap of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the regular cap under the advanced degree exemption for fiscal year 2015 (“FY 2015”).
IPOs, broker-dealer standards; corporate ID theft (Securities Edge March recap)
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Gunster welcomes Mario Garcia-Serra to its Miami office
Mario Garcia-Serra joins Gunster’s environmental and land use law practice and will work out of the firm’s Miami office.
Corporate identity theft on the rise | Thwart theft of future tax refunds
The Internal Revenue Service allows individuals to put the agency on notice of possible future theft of tax refunds. This may be especially beneficial for high net income individuals, as well as taxpayers who may own pass-through entities such as partnerships or S corporations.
