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Atlanta: Role Model For The Southeast
Editor: Please describe your practice area and the practice group you work with in Atlanta. Thomas: I am the Partner in Charge of the Atlanta office. As such I have responsibility for all of our practice areas, but my particular specialty is transactional. I spend the bulk of my time handling...
Read MoreGlobalization: A Few Challenges For The EU Commission
Recent economic changes and crisis in the realm of globalization have greatly widened the scope of the EU Commission's priorities. Where it used to focus mainly on acting as a driving force of the construction of an economically and politically integrated territory, it is now confronted by other...
Read MoreThe Clash Of European Union And United States Data Privacy Laws
Multinational companies based in the United States may be subject both to the data privacy laws of the United States as well as those of other countries in which they operate.Complying with these laws may pose difficult challenges for companies, because of fundamental differences in international...
Read MoreForm And Substance: Employers Must Transition To New I-9 Forms
Is your company using the right I-9 form?On December 27, 2007, the federal immigration services began enforcing the use of an updated I-9 form. This is much more than a routine revision of a basic form. The revised I-9 form affects the documents employers may accept to verify the identity and work...
Read MoreVEBAs - The Answer to Healthcare Benefits Costs For Retirees?
Editor: Mr. Sacher, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Sacher: Following law school I was in government practice, first at the Department of Labor and then at the U.S. Senate Labor Committee. While at the Labor Department, I co-chaired a task force that...
Read MoreA Firm Whose Diversity Roots Are Deep
Editor: George, the last time we spoke you were Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Atlanta office. Now you are the head of the Dallas office. What prompted the change? Manning: A couple of things - Steve Brogan, Jones Day's Managing Partner, asked me to consider moving to Dallas where I had a...
Read MoreThe Risks Of The Deal - Managing M&A Transactions In China
As an increasingly powerful cylinder of the world's economy engine, China continues to attract significant influx of foreign capital to fuel its growth spurt and witnesses an extraordinary period of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In this turbulent yet rapidly evolving market, however,...
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