January 15, 2021

Language Matters: Election Controversy, Social Media Controversy, and the Rule Of Law

By Ian McDougall, General Counsel, LexisNexis Legal & Professional This blog isn’t going to be about a single subject. There are a huge number of issues that have recently, in some way, touched upon the subject of the Rule of Law but I will just highlight two interesting current issues from a Rule of law perspective. The controversy in the United States over its election has produced a huge amount of media...

January 11, 2021

December 2020 Ponzi Scheme Roundup

Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for December 2020. The reported stories reflect at least 3 new Ponzi schemes worldwide, 3 guilty pleas, over 30 years of prison sentences and one life sentence, and an average age of approximately 56 for the alleged Ponzi schemers. Please feel free to post comments about these or other Ponzi schemes that I may have missed. Sanjeev Acharya...

October 06, 2020

Democracy and the Rule of Law

By Ian McDougall, General Counsel of LexisNexis and President of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation One of the largest exercises in democracy will be taking place soon: The United States will hold its elections. (I say “one of the largest” because it is dwarfed by the elections in India but, still, a sizeable chunk of world democracy sits in the US!) So it seems appropriate to spend a little time speaking...

September 29, 2020

Network with LexisNexis at Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration 2020

LexisNexis  is committed to advancing diversity in the workplace, inspiring women and promoting equity in the global technical workforce. To further this commitment, we are excited that our attendance at Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration 2020 will allow us to engage directly with amazing technology talent!  Please explore the various opportunities to engage with us at Virtual Grace Hopper below. Networking Sessions...

August 28, 2020

SEC Proposal To Amend The “Accredited Investor” Definition, Approved.

By Mona Shah, Esq. Good news for EB-5 issuers. On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission, by a 3-2 vote, redefined the term “accredited investor” to remove the requirement that managers of certain high-risk funds are obligated to accept capital from investors with assets of $1 million or more. 1 Most EB-5 investments utilize Regulation S and Regulation D registration exemptions to raise...

August 10, 2020

July 2020 Ponzi Scheme Roundup

Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for July 2020. The reported stories reflect at least 10 new Ponzi schemes worldwide, 5 guilty pleas, 95 years of prison sentences, and an average age of approximately 54 for the alleged Ponzi schemers. Please feel free to post comments about these or other Ponzi schemes that I may have missed. Gregory Altieri , 53, the president of LNA Associates...

August 10, 2020

EB-5 CAPITAL REDEPLOYMENT GUIDANCE ARRIVES IN TIME TO BE USED FOR COVID-19 RECOVERY PROJECTS

By Mona Shah, Esq. & Rebecca Singh, Esq. Capital redeployment in EB-5 has been and continues to be one of the most important topics for the industry today. There is an estimated $15 billion invested into projects all over the US, that could potentially be redeployed. Furthermore, although the full effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on the US economy cannot yet be accurately assessed, what is evident is that the...

June 05, 2020

May 2020 Ponzi Scheme Roundup

Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps Below is a summary of the activity reported for May 2020. The reported stories reflect at least 5 new Ponzi schemes worldwide; at least 2 guilty pleas and convictions; and an average age of approximately 59 for the alleged Ponzi schemers. Please feel free to post comments about these or other Ponzi schemes that I may have missed. Neil Burkholz , 82, and Frank Bianco , 70, of Florida...

May 19, 2020

Customer Interaction Provides Insight in Addressing LexisNexis Product Accessibility

By David Lovell - Senior Content Visual Designer — Strategic UX & Product Design LexisNexis re-emphasized its commitment to accessibility in 2017 when Min Xiong, the head of Content UX within the User Experience team, added this responsibility to her role. Within a short amount of time, the accessibility email inbox was refreshed and an updated LexisNexis Commitment to Accessibility was posted. As a member...

April 16, 2020

Covid-19 Responses and Administration of the Rule of Law

By Ian McDougall, LexisNexis In my previous blog I described what I called a “warning from history.” In times of crisis, emergency measures must be taken. Nobody seriously disputes that. Sometimes extreme measures have to be taken that, in “peacetime,” would never be proposed and accepted. Liberty is a moving target in a modern society. When people use the term liberty they mean various things...