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Dear Sophie: What are the pros and cons of the E-2 and L-1A visas?

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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie, We co-founded a startup in Colombia, and we’re thinking about opening a sales office in the U.S.! Sophie Alcorn. Contributor.

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4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth

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In response, governments should push bilingual policies in both schools and businesses, offering greater funding and hiring support for courses like English for IT professionals. Digital inclusion also enables businesses and governments to introduce coding schools across countries.

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Social media giants urged to tackle data-scraping privacy risks

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. “In most jurisdictions, personal information that is ‘publicly available’, ‘publicly accessible’ or ‘of a public nature’ on the internet, is subject to data protection and privacy laws,” they write. And be used to pump out unwanted direct marketing or spam.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

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The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union. The latest update of the law is expected to be formally approved in 2014. has a patchwork of laws in half of the U.S.

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a16z, NFX back Latitud’s effort to become ‘the operating system for every venture-backed company in LatAm’

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government because it was a corporation in the U.S. We discovered it cost about $30,000 to hire three different law firms to create the right structure so we can attract VC from the U.S.,” Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Panama, Argentina and Spain. . even though we had zero activity there.” . Requarth said. “It

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They sat side by side to discuss the role of women in rebuilding society, women's rights and the new Constitution, and family law. T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan. Together they shared their lives, their hopes and dreams.

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Spend management space sees a large raise, and layoffs, in the same week

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With Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, we are covering two-thirds of LatAm’s GDP.” These factors are proving fertile ground for establishing and growing fintechs that focus exclusively on Islamic finance, offering products and services that follow shariah law.” He also noted that “over 10x in transactional volume is coming from revenue.