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Document(s) published by this organization: 17
Show: results per page Sort by:  | SEC Staff Permits Sponsors to Operate Online Platforms That Facilitate Investments In Early Stage Companies Without Registration As A Broker-Dealer
Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 20, 2013, previously published on May 2013 In late March 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued two separate “no-action letters” that permitted the sponsors of online platforms utilizing a “venture fund” approach to receive incentive compensation without having to register as a...
| | SEC Issues Report Concerning Use of Social Media By Public Companies to Disclose Material Information
Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2013, previously published on April 2013 In April 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a report (SEC Release No. 69279, April 2, 2013) indicating that public companies can use social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to announce material information in compliance with Regulation Fair Disclosure...
| | New York City Law Prohibits Discrimination against the Unemployed
Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 12, 2013, previously published on April 2013 Overriding a veto by Mayor Bloomberg of legislation he termed "misguided," the New York City Council enacted legislation (814-A) amending the New York City Administrative Code (the NYC Human Rights Law) to prohibit employers from: (1) basing hiring or other employment-related decisions on...
| | Sexual Harassment at the Workplace -- How Should Employers Handle the Issue? (German)
Steven H. Thal, Florian von Eyb; Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2013, previously published on Winter 2013 The article outlines the problems that sexual harassment at the workplace can cause. It offers strategic tips on how to prevent harassment and how to react to harassment complaints. In addition, it provides guidelines for a policy for consensual relationships at the workplace, including so-called...
|  | When Is a Changing Pad Not a Changing Pad? When It’s a... BED?!
Jeremy D. Richardson; Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 18, 2013, previously published on March 2013 If you’ve ever bought a mattress, you definitely have seen the tag securely sewn into a seam that says something like “UNDER PENALTY OF LAW THIS TAG NOT TO BE REMOVED EXCEPT BY CONSUMER.” Aside from being the subject of stand-up comedy routines, these tags actually are intended to...
| | Adjusting the Globe's Tilt Just A Little: Foreign and U.S. International Taxpayers After the First Fiscal Cliff of 2013
Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on March 2013 The tension leading up to the resolution of the January 2, 2013 fiscal cliff and the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) was strong as the entire country seemed preoccupied with the rates, thresholds, credits and deductions that would impact the US taxpayer...
| | New "Fiscal Cliff" Law Enacts Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Provisions
Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 28, 2013, previously published on January 2013 On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “Act”) into law. In addition to permanently extending certain of the Bush-era income tax cuts that were scheduled to expire at the end of 2012, the Act makes significant “permanent”...
| | New York Employers Required to Provide Annual Wage Theft Prevention Act Notice by February 1, 2013
Marc B. Zimmerman; Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 28, 2013, previously published on January 2013 A friendly reminder (following our Client Alerts in March 2011 and January 2012) that New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act (“WTPA”) effective April 2011, continues to require employers to provide written notice of wage rates: (a) to every new hire; and (b) to every employee...
| | Jumpstart Our Business Startups Crowdfunding und der JOBS Act
Steven H. Thal, Florian von Eyb; Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 11, 2013, previously published on Fall 2012 The latest issue of Zur Information introduces the most important provisions of the JOBS Act with a focus on Crowdfunding, a new method of fundraising by selling shares of small businesses and start-up companies over the internet. The article distinguishes between the different types of financing...
| | Payment of Wages During Business Closures Resulting From Hurricane Sandy
Marc B. Zimmerman; Phillips Nizer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 9, 2012, previously published on November 2012 First and foremost, we hope you, your families have not suffered any injury or loss from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, and that you all are well on your way to rebuilding from this disaster.
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