Arendt & Medernach affiliate company, Arendt Services, has become the first Specialised PFS in Luxembourg to be ISO 22301 certified. This international certification confirms that Arendt Services has established reliable processes to ensure the continuity of its business activity and is therefore able to ensure service continuity to its customers. This certification has been obtained together with EBRC, a European specialist in ICT Solutions hosting Arendt Services in his TIER IV data center and providing consultancy services. The double certification by EBRC...

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GRANITO, using their experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution both as an Arbitrator and participants' representative, continues to provide assistance to global businesses by protecting parties' interests in the fluid forum of international arbitrations. GRANITO understands the nuances of strategically maneuvering within the confines of a chosen choice of law, language and location in connection with resolving a dispute in an efficient and favorable manner. GRANITO welcomes companies inclined or compelled to arbitrate their disputes in the international arbitration arena to grow globally with it in 2016. © 2016 Granito Ltd. - a member of the EACCNY

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United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has started to notify employers of whether their H-1B petitions were selected in USCIS’s fiscal year 2017 random selection process, or “lottery,” that took place in April of 2016. Approximately 85,000 H-1B workers selected in the quota will begin work in the United States on October 1, 2016, or shortly thereafter. The H-1B lottery selection provides employers with a useful reminder to reexamine the relevant regulatory obligations that attach with sponsorship of an H-1B employee. Of particular...

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The Atlantic’s "Next America: Higher Education" project recently highlighted IIE’s Generation Study Abroad, a five-year initiative to mobilize resources and commitments with the goal of doubling the number of U.S. students studying abroad to 6000,000 by the end of the decade.  "Right now, only around 10 percent of American college students study abroad. While people of color make up about 40 percent of each graduating class, they comprise just a quarter of those who go abroad. The numbers are especially...

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