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01
Jun
The EU’s new agreements with Mercosur and Mexico open major opportunities for European investors. For foreign investment protection, investors, however, still have to rely on older international investment agreements and contract-based protection. Investors should be aware of investment risks and proactively protect their investments - through treaty planning, careful structuring and robust contracts.
Mercosur and Mexico: Two Key Markets for European Investors
Mercosur and Mexico are major markets for European investors that appear to be particularly interesting in times of global...
01
Jun
Highlights
The memo characterizes Adjustment of Status as discretionary, not routine. Satisfying every statutory eligibility requirement does not entitle an applicant to approval.
Consular processing is now treated as the default pathway. The memo positions consular processing as the norm and Adjustment of Status as the exception as United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) characterizes this approach as more consistent with Congress’s intent.
Absence of negative factors is insufficient to adjudicate. Applicants may need to affirmatively demonstrate positive factors such as...
01
Jun
Last week, core Personal Consumption Expenditure inflation ticked up again, while higher energy costs added pressure to headline inflation. The reading comes in Kevin Warsh's first weeks as Fed chair, with a softer labor market and firm inflation pulling the policy outlook in opposite directions. Here are three things to watch for this week.
The Jobs Data
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on Tuesday and the May employment report on Friday give the week's read on a low-hire, low-fire...
29
May
USCIS has announced a new policy that may make Adjustment of Status cases more difficult.
Adjustment of Status is the process that allows certain individuals already in the United States to apply for a green card without leaving the country for consular processing.
Under the new guidance, USCIS is treating Adjustment of Status as an extraordinary discretionary benefit. This means officers may take a closer look at whether an applicant should be allowed to complete the green card process from...
29
May
AI systems pose distinct challenges for pleading and responding to trade secret misappropriation claims. Their models and code are complex, adaptive, and often opaque. Courts, however, increasingly require plaintiffs to identify secrets with specificity to survive motions to dismiss. Industry participants need to clearly understand where the lines are drawn to avoid, assert, and respond to claims related to AI trade secret theft.
AI trade secret allegations have begun to play a role in commercial trade secret disputes. In AlphaSense v....
28
May
Recently, I spoke to a friend of mine who serves as in-house employment counsel for a research facility. As in-house counsel, attorneys have to weigh overall company interests against human resource (HR) considerations, along with potential legal risks. However, a shift in the understanding and perception of “neurodiversity” has brought another consideration to the forefront. Like my friend’s employer, HR departments across the country are now being called to evaluate their internal functions to determine whether they are equipped...
28
May
Exporters selling internationally often face a difficult balance: offering competitive payment terms while protecting their business from non-payment risk.
Factoring helps solve the cash flow challenge by advancing funds against unpaid invoices. However, exporters must choose between recourse factoring and non-recourse factoring.
Understanding the difference is essential for managing financial risk in global trade.
In a recourse factoring arrangement, the exporter remains responsible if the buyer fails to pay the invoice.
Here is how it works:
The exporter ships goods and issues an invoice.
The factor advances...
28
May
While tax may not always sit at the forefront of public EU policymaking debates, developments over the past year point to a clear conclusion: 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for EU tax policy, with implications that extend well beyond technical tax compliance. Ongoing discussions on simplification, the taxation of the digital economy and the financing of EU ambitions place taxation firmly at the intersection of policy design, competitiveness and fiscal stability.
For companies operating across the...
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