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Carolinas and Neighboring States Poised to Profit from the Offshore Wind Industry

March 19, 2012

The Charlotte Business Journal reports that while significant offshore wind projects along the Atlantic are still years away, the Carolinas in particular have been building a strong supply chain for the land-based wind power industry over the past years. This supply chain should give them a heads-up when offshore wind takes off. Wind industry companies…

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Kola-Getränke könnten krebserregend sein

March 14, 2012

Kola ist nicht gesund, das ist allseits bekannt. Das Kola jedoch so ungesund ist, war bislang nicht bekannt… Ein Zusatz in Kola-Getränken, Zuckercouleur (E 150 a – d), kann nach Art der Herstellung Anteile von 4-Methylimidazol enthalten, ein unerwünschtes Nebenprodukt, das in Verdacht steht, krebserregend zu sein. E 150 d wird in Deutschland beispielsweise für…

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International Trade and Business Symposium in Charlotte on March 22, 2012

March 13, 2012

The Managing Partner of the BridgehouseLaw Charlotte office Reinhard von Hennigs, will be presenting on employment-based immigration and visas & green cards for foreign investors on March 22, 2012, at the International Trade and Business Symposium in Charlotte, NC. The symposium will address business development topics for foreign businesses coming to the USA and for…

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Laissez-faire, where art thou?

March 13, 2012

The Economist has an excellent piece on over-regulation in America. Traditionally, the United States has been marked by its adherence to laissez-faire, the principle in which the state does not meddle in transactions between private parties. As of late, however, the United States seems to be taking the opposite path. Indeed, “[a] Florida law requires…

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USCIS vereinfacht Übermittlung von Informationen im sog. VIBE System

March 9, 2012

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) hat im Dezember 2011 das webbasierte Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE) aktualisiert. Im Rahmen von VIBE greift USCIS auf die Datenbank eines kommerziellen Anbieters zurück, um Informationen über Unternehmen, die Arbeitnehmer für Visen sponsern, zu verifizieren. Dieser Anbieter ist gegenwärtig Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). Obgleich USCIS explizit erklärt,…

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A Green Apple in North Carolina

February 27, 2012

Maiden, North Carolina, is home to Apple’s largest and most recent data center, which in turn is at the heart of the company’s latest push into cloud storage and cloud computing through its iCloud service. The North Carolina data center will also showcase “the nation’s largest end-user-owned, onsite solar array,” as the company’s’ 2012 environmental…

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Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga Completes 50,000th Passat

February 27, 2012

Congratulations are due! Volkswagen Chattanooga completed its 50,000th car this month, a fully loaded white 2.5 liter, 170 horsepower Passat SE. This milestone was achieved less than a year after the plant’s official opening on May 24, 2011. “An incredible amount of care goes into each vehicle we produce in Chattanooga,” said Frank Fischer, CEO…

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Reminder: H-1B Filing Season Approaching

February 27, 2012

USCIS will start accepting petitions for H-1B visas on Monday, April 2, 2012, with employment commencing October 1, 2012, at the earliest. This date marks the beginning of fiscal year 2013. U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields, such as…

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Facebook Friend Request Leads to Jail

February 21, 2012

To follow up on our previous blog post: Facebook cannot only get you in trouble in Germany these days, but also in the United States… A Florida juror, who claims he mistakenly sent a friend request to the defendant in an automobile negligence case, was dismissed when the defendant showed the request to her lawyer,…

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Facebook-Account als Beweismittel beschlagnahmt

February 21, 2012

Was in den USA schon gang und gäbe ist, könnte nun auch in Deutschland Eingang finden. Ein Richter in Reutlingen hat den Facebook-Account eines 20-Jährigen beschlagnahmt, weil dieser über Facebook den entscheidenden Hinweis für einen Einbruch gegeben haben soll. Durch die Beschlagnahmung des Accounts des Angeklagten, der unter dem Pseudonym „El Capone“ agiert, soll versucht…

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