The twelve 70ft yachts competing in the world's longest ocean race gave a spectacular salute to New York today in a parade of sail in the Hudson along the iconic Lower Manhattan skyline and passed the Statue of Liberty. This is the final leg of the 11 month, 40,000-mile Clipper Round the World Yacht Race back to London where it started last September. The Clipper Race is the only race of its kind in the world for amateur sailors, and...

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PEPPER HAMILTON: Privacy and Security Client Alert In May 2014, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris released recommendations for businesses addressing recent changes and best practices under California’s privacy laws. The guide is entitled “Making Your Privacy Practices Public: Recommendations on Developing a Meaningful Privacy Policy.”1 California is widely known for leading the nation in privacy laws, and particularly laws with respect to Web site privacy policies. Because these laws apply to any Web site with visitors from California, regardless of...

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Animated Series Based Around Healthy Eating and Nutrition Sprouts Fun Grow-Your-Own-Food Program for Kids NEW YORK (June 9, 2014) – Nutri Ventures Corp. and fast-growing seed company Home Farmer will team up to bring a fun, colorful line of backyard seeds and gardening accessories to kids in the first licensing initiative announced for NUTRI VENTURES: THE QUEST FOR THE 7 KINGDOMS. NUTRI VENTURES-branded broccoli, tomato, basil and cilantro seeds will be contained in kid-friendly, vibrantly colored bamboo pots to which kids will...

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The optimism about the private equity, venture capital and leveraged finance sector in the Benelux in 2014 has increased significantly compared to 2013. The industry also expects an increase in the private equity deal volumes, especially in the mid-markets. That is what NautaDutilh concludes in its 2014 market outlook report. Click here for the report in European format Click here for the report in US format

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An increasing number of online services are becoming available in the EU. This was the conclusion of the so-called E-Government Benchmark study carried out by the IT consulting company Capgemini and published by the EU Commission. Austria continues to clearly outperform the European average in the E-Government Benchmark 2014 report. For example, some 90 percent of official documents are accessible online in Austria. Austria was also praised in the study for the availability of key technologies such as the mobile...

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GRANITO is pleased to announce it has been asked by foreign distributors to source foreign food products for distribution into the Columbia and Venezuela markets. GRANITO continues to use its network and experience in cross border transactions to make opportunities available to businesses in the position to expand their exports, but in need of distributors. GRANITO welcomes suppliers with products servicing the needs of the South American markets to grow globally with them in 2014. To reach out to Granito visit: www.granitocorporateadvisory.com

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Investors in GMACC 2004-C3 might be in luck. For a while now, we have been concerned about the $33.9 million Key Center note. About a year ago a developer was looking to lure the building's lead tenant--Delaware North--away from the Buffalo, New York property. The hospitality and food service management firm occupies 24% of the space with a lease that ends in the summer of 2015. In October the rumors were proven true when it was reported that Delaware North was headed to a...

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Representatives from 3 EACC Member companies: Pepper Hamilton, Duff & Phelps and Freeh Group International Solutions (FGIS) led a fast-paced, interactive discussion of some of the hottest topics in the fund managing world. This podcast is a recording of this session from Philadelphia. Topics discussed included valuation questions including trends in secondary market regarding valuations; cybersecurity including how do you judge the risk of your third party vendors, what to do if you have a data breach; and fundraising and...

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City of Rochester became the second city in New York to “ban the box,” by adopting legislation restricting the timing of pre-employment inquiries by most Rochester public and private employers into a candidate’s criminal history.  Rochester joins Buffalo,1 as well as Baltimore, Newark,2 Philadelphia,3 San Francisco,4 Seattle,5 Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota,6 and Rhode Island7 in banning the box.  More than 40 jurisdictions have enacted ban-the-box laws that apply to public employers.  The “box” refers to the box on employment applications inquiring whether an applicant has...

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In the Netherlands, so called Bitcoins do not qualify as 'currency' in accordance with the Dutch Civil Code (DCC). According to a Dutch District Court (Overijssel) in a recent ruling, the Bitcoin has the status of a medium of exchange. In the case at issue, a seller ought to transfer 2750 Bitcoins to a buyer, based on a purchase agreement. However, after payment of the purchase price by the buyer, the seller only transferred 990 Bitcoins. The buyer stated that...

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