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Gewerkschaften in den USA

February 20, 2014

(c) www.politico.com Die USA gelten seit jeher als eine der liberalsten Volkswirtschaften der Welt, was den amerikanischen Gewerkschaften per se eine im Vergleich zur europäischen Tradition verschiedene Rolle in der amerikanischen Wirtschaftshistorie zuschreibt. Die Organisation der Gewerkschaften ist eine andere als die der zentralistischen Strukturen europäischer und insbesondere deutscher Gewerkschaften und Dachverbände.  Den amerikanischen Gewerkschaften…

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Employers, get ready for the H-1B filing season

February 3, 2014

In 2013 many companies were unable to hire all of the foreign professional workers that they desired, because the number of cap-subject H-1B petition filed during the first week of April exceeded the number of available H-1Bs. Even for employers who filed their petitions that week, the petitions had to be selected according to a…

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New BridgehouseLaw Office in Istanbul!

January 31, 2014

(c)experienceturkey.org We are happy to announce that our BridehouseLaw family is growing big and expanding its horizon with a new office location in one of the largest cities of the Middle East – Istanbul. BridgehouseLaw is building bridges between business, law and taxation. We know that foreign language skills, cultural understanding and access to expansive…

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First German – Turkish Business Forum of BridgehouseLaw

January 30, 2014

Wir laden Sie herzlich zu dem Seminar am Mittwoch, den 19.02.2014 um 10 Uhr, zum Thema “Die wachsende Bedeutung der deutsch-türkischen Geschäftsbeziehungen” in Geschäftsräumen des Bridgehouselaw Cologne, Habsburgerring 2, WESTGATE, 50674 Köln ein.   Mit Anstieg des Bruttoinlandsprodukts von 3,7 % im ersten Halbjahr des letzten Jahres gehört die Türkei zu einem der schnellst wachsenden…

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Interstate Migration

January 30, 2014

Recent studies have shown that the economic downturn in the USA from 2007 is still limiting American’s moving patterns, which is considered one of the key aspects of today’s lifestyle. Almost 5 years after the “Great Recession”, according to the Census Bureau the number of “across state line” movers stayed under 455,000, whereas before 2007…

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Mecklenburg Partnership celebrated 20th Anniversary!

January 29, 2014

On January 19, 2014 the partnership between Germany and the Queen City, Charlotte, celebrated their20th anniversary at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. Upon this celebration of an excellent working partnership Catherine Hansen, the chief of protocol for the city of Charlotte, said; “They believed in us and we believed in them and, mutually, we…

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Google Glass Ticket Dismissed

January 28, 2014

(c) www.cnn.com As you may remember, in October we posted about Southern California resident Cecilia Abadie, who was pulled over by the California Highway patrol for speeding and being cited for wearing Google Glass while driving. Google Glass is Google’s early version of a head-mounted computer display. A small square monitor sits above the right…

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Border Search Exception – Supreme Court decision

January 28, 2014

(c)www.theblaze.com The border search exception is a criminal law doctrine in the U.S. that allows searches and seizures at international borders and functional equivalents, such as airports etc., without a warrant or a probate cause to prevent smuggling and entry of prohibited activities. It is considered an exception to the 4th Amendment. Actually, it is…

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Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) – UPDATE

January 28, 2014

As mentioned on our blog various times before, FATCA is an intergovernmental agreement, as a part of the “Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act“ (HIRE Act 2010) between Germany -and others- and the United States. It requires individuals to report their financial accounts held outside of the U.S. and foreign financial institutions to report to…

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Top Legislative Issues to Watch in 2014

January 3, 2014

Here are big legislative issues states will look to tackle in 2014: Medicaid In many statehouses in 2014, expansion will be discussed alongside revisions in how Medicaid is delivered and accessed. There could also be proposals to cover more low-income populations without expanding Medicaid, as Oklahoma and Indiana have done. But the idea of fitting…

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