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On April 23, 2013 the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) named two (2) Lebanese exchange houses, Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For Exchange (“Rmeiti Exchange”) and Halawi Exchange Co. (“Halawi Exchange”), as foreign financial institutions of primary money laundering concern pursuant to Section 311 of the USA Patriot Act (“Section 311”). This marks the first time that the Treasury has used Section 311 against a non-bank financial institution.

Clemente Vazquez-Bello, our friend and colleague, passed away this morning at his home and in the presence of his family.

Employers do not need to complete the new Form I-9 for current employees for whom there is already a properly completed Form I-9 on file, unless reverification applies. Unnecessary verification may violate an antidiscrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Now that the cap has been reached, the USCIS will reject and return those H-1B visa petitions not randomly selected. USCIS will begin processing the randomly selected H-1B visa petitions on April 15.

We invite you to attend a free 90-minute webinar at 3 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 30, focusing on “Preventing workplace violence: critical legal, behavioral and operational considerations for employers.”

The guidance is intended to be consistent with sound industry practices and to expand on recent interagency guidances on bank stress-testing.

The USCIS will institute a computer-generated random selection process to select the H-1B petitions allowed under the annual statutory cap.

Gunster and the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals are jointly hosting a complimentary event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 6.