Following the decision of Europe’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) to strike down the Data Protection Directive (the “Directive”) in 2014, national governments have been in flux as to the status of legislation they introduced to transpose the Directive. An Opinion from the European Parliament’s Legal Services, which has been obtained and published online by various privacy advocacy groups, sets out specific guidance that the EU must follow if it intends to legislate again...

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Over the past decade, in a trend that has caused concern among many U.S. employers, denial rates for high-skilled foreign national employee transfer visa petitions have increased substantially. In fact, according to a recent report from the National Foundation for American Policy, the denial rate for L-1B high-skilled international transfer visas increased to an historic high of 35 percent in FY 2014. This represents more than a fivefold increase in denial rates since FY 2006, though there was no...

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The Bullrock Corporation located in Shelburne, Vermont has announced a joint venture with Deutsche Eco USA Corp. with offices in Hoboken, New Jersey and Shelburne, VT. This joint venture will operate under the name Bullrock - Deutsche Eco Solar Ventures. The new company will be offering an integrated approach to locating potential solar sites, providing land owners a total systems solution, as well as providing power companies an easier, fully-integrated solution to the development, RFP and EPC process. The joint venture combines the global...

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