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November 23, 2017

Wage-Fixing, No-Poaching Agreements to be Prosecuted Criminally under new Antitrust Guidance     On October 20, 2016, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (Antitrust Division) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly released important Guidance aimed at informing human resource professionals (and others involved in hiring and compensation decisions) on the topic of how the antitrust…

November 14, 2017

“Google” is not Generic The case involved whether a trademark owner should lose rights in instances when the trademark is frequently used as a verb such as in the phrase “Google it.”   The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that “googled” may have become synonymous for Internet searching, but that does not mean that…

November 8, 2017

Trump Sparks Controversy with Talks of Ending Diversity Visa Program   On November 1, 2017 President Donald Trump called upon Congress to end the United States’ diversity green card lottery in response to a terror attack in New York City which left 8 people dead and 12 others seriously injured. The perpetrator, Sayfullo Saipov, 29,…

SCAM Alert: USCIS Does Not Request Form I-9 by Email

November 7, 2017

Please watch out for FAKE email accounts pretending to come from USCIS and requesting Form I-9 information by email. The USCIS has confirmed this email account is FRAUDULENT: news@uscis.gov This is NOT a USCIS address, and you should not respond to any emails coming from this address. The body of the email may contain USCIS…

October 30, 2017

Alstom & Siemens:  The Merger is on the Tracks On September 27, the two largest train producing companies in Europe, Alstom and Siemens, proposed a merger in order to create “a new European champion in the rail industry for the long term,” to beat competition from China. “The message of this merger is [also] that…

USA Workshop in München 15. und 16. November

October 24, 2017

Sehen wir uns? Share an article, photo, video or idea #USAworkshop #Muenchen „Sehr gute Vorbereitung bevor man in die USA geht!“ sagt ehemaliger Teilnehmer #GABAMUC2USA #usa http://GABA-forum.org  #sme Best regards und viele Grüße aus Charlotte Reinhard von Hennigs www.bridgehouse.law

Open House Celebrating a Great Year in International Economic Development

October 20, 2017

To celebrate a great year in international economic development and a new alliance between BridgehouseLaw and Queen City Immigration Law, we are holding an open house on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Second Floor Conference Center of 112 S Tryon St, in Charlotte, NC. During this event, special…

October 18, 2017

North Carolina Legislative News   The North Carolina Legislature has been pretty active on different topics over the past few months. Below is a quick overview of some bills dealing with the Bright Futures Act, personal injury bankruptcy trust claims, the alcoholic beverage control commission laws, and small wireless communications infrastructure.   House Bill 68…

Interesting take on “international office”

October 17, 2017

While not the central theme of this attached article, it does strike me as odd that they are promoting Terminal (a hybrid app development/engineering labor platform) as opening an “international office.”  Terminal focuses on providing lower cost skilled labor for select app developers and designers.  Essentially this is moving capital to markets with a greater…

Interesting take on “international office”

October 17, 2017

While not the central theme of this attached article, it does strike me as odd that they are promoting Terminal (a hybrid app development/engineering labor platform) as opening an “international office.”  Terminal focuses on providing lower cost skilled labor for select app developers and designers.  Essentially this is moving capital to markets with a greater…

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