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Stricter Federal and State Regulations for Virtual Currency Cryptocurrency Stricter Federal and State Regulations for Virtual World Currency Transactions FinCEN released guidance on the “Application of FinCEN’s Regualations to Persons Administering, Exchanging, or Using Virtual Currencies” on March 18, 2013.[1]The guidance clarifies
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SEC Regulations vs. FinCEN First and foremost, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (hereinafter “SEC”) works with the Financial Crime Enforcement Network (hereinafter “FinCEN”) and not against it. There is a delicate interplay occurring between federal legislative branches and departments which fosters an important
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Health Care Reform: A Make or Break for Our Economy Health Care Reform is here and many are scrambling to find out exactly what the changes are. The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and later signed into law by the
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Knowing the Law There are statutory laws in place which can be found by searching government websites. However, the courts use case law to define different words placed within a statute. For example: Arizona Revised Statute 23-804 states the following: “Every employer
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Failure to Act in Time – Unosom I The United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia Failure to Act in Time – Unosom I Why did the 1992-1993 United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping mission in Somalia fail? Many scholars and government officials have
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Barriers to Implementation Enforcement of International Human Rights Laws Barriers to Implementation Introduction In 1998, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The OHCHR posted a comment on
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