Securities, Job Creation

Quarterly Investment Update - 4th Quarter 2016

Perkins Coie on 1/30/2017

ECONOMIC REVIEW AND OUTLOOK - In this past year we were reminded again to expect the unexpected: The well-established political classes in the U.K., the U.S. and Italy learned that democracy was their Achilles’ heel, and...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/2/2016

8 years after returning as CEO, Starbucks’ Howard Schultz is again planning to step down, turning over the barista apron to current president and COO Kevin Johnson. Schultz will continue to work on Sbux social issues and the...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 8.19.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/19/2016

The Journal reports that big companies [banks included] are pouring more into dividends than at “any time since the financial crisis”—likely, a response to record-low bond yields that’s “put a premium” on kicking back...more

Prevailing in an Era of Regulatory Enforcement – Balancing Risk and Compliance [Expect Focus – Vol. II, July 2016]

Carlton Fields on 7/26/2016

IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - SEC Sanctions Unregistered EB-5 Investments Broker SECURITIES - - FINRA to Assess Member Firms’ Culture - SEC Seeks Fund Responses to Distribution-In-Guise Guidance ...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 6.15.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/15/2016

A nasty May jobs report and fears about China’s markets have probably done in any plans the Fed had to raise rates in June [though maybe it shouldn’t wait much longer]. Here are the 5 things we should be watching when the...more

Ill-equipped or Ill-researched? A letter to the editor of Fortune Magazine

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/25/2014

There’s an irony in Fortune Magazine’s July 24, 2014, article “The dark, disturbing world of the visa-for-sale program.” The article accuses foreign EB-5 investors of being “ill-equipped (or disinclined) to assess the...more