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Veris, LLP
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Law Firm: Immigration, Litigation, Corporate
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Newsletter Steelbridge Compliance offers GIPS Compliance and Verification Performance Reporting and GIPSJanuary 2011 The Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) are a widely used, globally accepted methodology for calculating and presenting investment firms' performance history, and have come to represent industry best practices for performance reporting. They are relied upon by investment firms, their clients, and prospective clients for ensuring consistent, fair, and fully disclosed performance results. They also promote comparability, and give current and potential clients more confidence in the integrity of performance reports and the general practices of a compliant firm. As of January 1, 2011, the standards require... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2011 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
Veris, LLP is now following Nima Badiey
Jun 30, 2010
See United States v. Everett, p. 12. This is one of the few appellate decisions that I know of that cites a blog, other than Sentencing Law & Policy (the undisputed champion of this field, which has been cited at least 10 times by appellate decisions). Congratulations, Orin! via volokh.com Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 7, 2010 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
Veris, LLP is now following The Typepad Team
Mar 15, 2010
Veris, LLP is proud to announce a joint venture with Blue River Partners, LLC for the formation and support of start-up investment managers and investment companies. Together, we have built the infrastructure to structure and form the entity, register it with the SEC, and have in place and operating an outside compliance and accounting staff, so that the clients can concentrate on what they know--marketing and trading. All of this can get the investment company/manager up and running within a month, and the costs of doing so can all be back-ended. We've put together a presentation discussing this further: Download... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2010 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
This is just another way technology can be used to meet our burden of proof... Individuals unable to provide documentation to prove a biological relationship may prove the biological relationship through DNA testing. The DNA testing is the only acceptable non-documentary method, and only if no other credible proof of the relationship exists. Thus, all other methods for confirming a biological relationship must be exhausted, and a consular officer will recommend DNA testing only as the last resort. Once the consular officer recommends the DNA testing, a lab technician employed by the panel physician will take the DNA collection at... Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
In an issue of first impression in California, the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District found that a corporation's officers and directors owed no fiduciary duties to the corporation's creditors, even if the corporation is in "zone of insolvency". This seems a sensible result, as the courts should not dilute those duties owed to the corporation itself and its shareholders. This is especially so in the "loan to own" world where the creditor is interested in using its creditor status to remove the board and put itself in the place of the shareholder. Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
This is just another way technology can be used to meet our burden of proof... Individuals unable to provide documentation to prove a biological relationship may prove the biological relationship through DNA testing. The DNA testing is the only acceptable non-documentary method, and only if no other credible proof of the relationship exists. Thus, all other methods for confirming a biological relationship must be exhausted, and a consular officer will recommend DNA testing only as the last resort. Once the consular officer recommends the DNA testing, a lab technician employed by the panel physician will take the DNA collection at... Continue reading
Posted Nov 11, 2009 at My Blog
by Anthony Lin The American Lawyer November 05, 2009The Korean government is planning a major deregulation of the nation's legal and other professional services markets, the Korea Herald reports. At a government meeting Tuesday, Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun explained the move as a way to boost employment in the high-value services sector. "The government will lower entry barriers to the professional service market to spur competition and to boost the size of the market," Yoon said. A number of measures aimed at reducing regulation have been recommended to the government by the Korean Development Institute, a think tank. Perhaps most... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
As U.S. borders continue to get tighter, it is vital that lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who have prior convictions or arrests or who ever participated in criminal activity understand the current risks at U.S. ports of entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has the authority to find an LPR inadmissible to the United States or to initiate removal deportation) proceedings based upon a past conviction, arrest or admission of criminal activity. Regarding admission of past criminal activity, LPRs should note that they can be detained or found inadmissible to the U.S. based solely upon admitting having committed the essential... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2009 at My Blog
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Records of Korean Independence Leaders Found at Ellis Island url : http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/23/2009102300460.html Records of Korean independence leaders landing in the United States a century ago have been uncovered in the files of the immigration office on Ellis Island. The Korean Consulate General in New York on Wednesday received the entry record of key independence leaders Ahn Chang-ho, Yi Sang-seol and Yi Wi-jong in the Port of New York from the Ellis Island Foundation. The record contains detailed personal information such as nationality, age, carrier number, occupation and height. Deputy Consul General Ju Nak-young (second from right) of the Korean Consulate... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
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What caused the subprime crisis? A recent study counters the common belief (supported by its own studies) that opaque financial instruments disincentivized responsible lending by shifting risk away from the underwriter. Said more plainly, perhaps packaging loans and spreading the pieces around did not make dopes of the lending industry. Is there a study regarding Congressional incentivization? Continue reading
Posted Nov 2, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
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Following up on our earlier post, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has also chimed in on the carbon-as-nuisance debate, and agreed with the 2nd Circuit that such suits can go forward. Most interesting, the 5th Circuit case was brought by private citizens who were victimized by Hurricane Katrina and who claim that global warming caused or contributed to the disaster. (We are quite anxious to see the “Daubert” briefing on this one). See the opinion here, and the 2nd Circuit opinion here. Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit brought by several states and environmental groups against coal-burning power plants for the alleged harm that their carbon emissions inflict on the environment. Absent intervention by the Supreme Court or preemption by Congress, it appears that a court may be allowed to determine whether carbon emissions are a public nuisance, and therefore whether businesses that emit carbons have to pay damages (or a de facto carbon tax) to states or others affected. We’re curious to see the evidence (and the number of interested parties) on both sides. You can find the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
As of November 1, 2009, employers in California will be using a new state income tax withholding table thanks to ABX4-17. This law increases the amount of income taxes withheld by 10% based on existing claimed exemptions. This law also increases the rate of withholdings for supplemental wages, such as exercised stock options and bonuses. As of January 1, 2010, you can also thank ABX4-18X for the imposition of a 7% backup withholding for certain payments to non-employees, such as independent contractors, where otherwise required under the Internal Revenue Code. Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
The Supreme Court of California ruled this week that emergency rooms can no longer charge patients for what the patient's insurance company does not cover ("balance billing"). In fact, the Court ruled that the practice has been illegal for some time. You can download a copy of this decision, Prospect Med. Group v. Northridge Emergency Med. Group, here.I have seen treatment of this case elsewhere, but nothing on how useful this is to small business people. Many folks have had these charges lingering on their credit reports for years (a 4 a.m. trip to the ER in college perhaps). Small... Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS
It appears the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing in Congress. While attempting to divest jurisdiction from patent specialty judges (Eastern District of Texas), Ars Technica reports that it is also attempting to vest its own set of such specialists. Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2009 at VERIS, LLP NEWS AND ALERTS