Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

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Kilpatrick Stockton LLP is a full-service international law firm with more than 500 attorneys in nine offices across the globe: Atlanta and Augusta, GA; Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC; New York, NY; Washington, DC; Stockholm, Sweden and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kilpatrick Stockton's delivery of innovative business solutions provides results-oriented counsel for corporations, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. Collaboration among Kilpatrick Stockton's corporate, tax, employment and employee benefit attorneys provides knowledgeable and proactive guidance for companies at every stage of the business life cycle.

Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Federal State and Local Taxation, Real Estate, Capital Markets, Environmental, Corporate, Financial Restructuring, Securities, Banking Commercial, Antitrust, Labor, Employment, Bankruptcy, Construction, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Professional Malpractice, Products Liability and Negligence Law, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Entrepreneurial Development, State Lobbying and Political Compliance, Personal Injury.

Department Of Homeland Security Revokes Its Rule on "No-Match Letters"
James H. Coil, David C. Lindsay, Louis W. Doherty, October 13, 2009
After two years of controversy and litigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on October 7, 2009 that it is rescinding a 2007 rule addressing so-called "no-match letters" from the federal government that call the employment eligibility of certain employees into...

Investment Companies May Provide Summary Prospectuses to 401(k) and Other ERISA Plans Offering Their Funds
Jeffrey T. Skinner, Thomas W. Steed, Adwoa M. Awotwi, Andrew B. Sachs, Matthew S. Chambers, September 24, 2009
On September 8, 2009, in Field Assistance Bulletin 2009-3, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) approved the use of "summary prospectuses" for mutual funds to satisfy prospectus delivery obligations of employee benefit plans, such as 401(k) plans. As a result, 401(k) and similar plans will...

Recently Announced FBAR Reporting Requirements for Hedge Fund and Similar Investments -- Due June 30, 2009
Jeffrey T. Skinner, Sarah N. Lowe, John P. MacMaster, Matthew S. Chambers, R. Sterling Perkinson, July 9, 2009
On June 25, the IRS updated its administrative guidelines for certain taxpayers who fail to file FBAR reports for 2008 by the June 30, 2009 deadline.

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