MIAMI, Fla. (April 24, 2009) — 3/4 Gunster shareholder Arthur J. Furia, General Counsel and Southeast Regional Vice President of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), helped kick off the 2009 Yacht and Brokerage Show on Miami Beach by serving as the master of ceremonies for a private reception hosted by the Italian Trade Commission on the […]

Gunster – Banking and Financial Services, April 2009 The “Red Flags Rule” of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (the “Regulations”) requires all businesses which sell goods or services on covered accounts to complete an identity theft riskassessment and adopt and implement acomprehensive Identity Theft Program by May 1, 2009. The Federal […]

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (April 22, 2009) 3/4 Gunster shareholder Arthur J. Furia, General Counsel and Southeast Regional Vice President of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), joined several other Gunster attorneys at an event in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the Tower Club in Ft. Lauderdale. Hosted by NIAF, the reception gave Scalia […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (April 8, 2009) – Luciana Melo and Mariana Ribeiro, members of the Miami office of Gunster, Attorneys at Law, presented a seminar, titled “Healthcare Immigration Essentials & Issues Under the New Administration,” to the S.E. Association of Healthcare Recruiters at the Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. The seminar explored five main […]

Gunster – Immigration News Bulletin, April 1, 2009 As a follow-up to Gunster’s Immigration Bulletin on the use of the revised Form I-9, please be reminded that pursuant to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ interim final rule entitled “Documents Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification,” commencing on April 3, 2009, employers will be required to use […]

Gunster – Banking and Financial Services, April 2009 Today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a Reminder Notice to BSA E-Filers highlighting that FinCEN will implement the second stage of its BSA Electronic Filing System (BSA EFiling)Batch Validation process at the end of July 2009. Batch Validation process currently applies field and business rules […]

Gunster – Banking and Financial Services, April 2009 The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has issued a report to Congress responding to the latter’s request that the GAO examine a number of issued related to suspicious activity reporting. Specifically, the GAO Report examined (1) the underlying factors that affected the number of SARs filed by depository […]

Gunster – Banking and Financial Services, March 2009 On March 11, 2009, the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) announced the unsealing of a six (6) count indictment (“Indictment”) charging Luis Franco (“Franco”), Jaime Garcia (“Garcia”), and J&M USATrading, Inc. (“J&M”) (collectively the“Defendants”), with conducting a […]

Luna Phillips, a Board Certified attorney with Gunster, along with firm colleagues Robert Malinoski and James Crowley, authored documents that will be used by attorneys preparing for the State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice (SFGAP) Certification Course. The SFGAP Certification is specifically targeted for the administrative and government practitioner asserting that they have met […]