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Peter Saparoff, Douglas Hauer, and John Nucci examine how existing law on liability schemes for issuers and intermediaries in an exempt crowdfunding offering might serve as a model for any future EB-5 legislation.

This afternoon, a draft of the Continuing Resolution (CR) began circulating in Washington, DC.

On May 18, 2018, the Department of State announced the termination of a bilateral investment treaty between the United States and Ecuador, a year after the government of Ecuador provided notice of the termination.

U.S. Practice Director Jonathan Grode was quoted in a May 10th article featured in Forbes regarding the EB-5 immigrant investor program.

Memes, apocrypha, obfuscation, head feints, hand-wringing, and supposition: These are the misleading and unreliable stuff of the Interweb.

The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The chances of a stand-alone EB-5 bill gaining consensus with lawmakers on Capitol Hill are low.

The European Commission recommended that member states of the European Union (EU) immediately repeal any existing investor citizenship schemes.

Rogelio "Roy" J. Carrasquillo was featured in GlobeSt.com article, "House Expands FIRPTA, Limits Real Estate Spin-offs." Full text can be found in the December 17, 2015, issue, but a synopsis is below.

Once again the EB-5 Regional Center, which has been a "pilot program" since its inception in 1992, is up for reauthorization. It currently "sunsets" on September 30, 2015.

Visa exemption only applies in limited circumstances.

Fox Rothschild LLP has formalized its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Services practice, led by Scott Bettridge in Miami and Roy J. Carrasquillo in New York.

The SEC filed a civil action against against EB5 Asset Manager, LLC and its owner Lin Zhong in the United States District Court of Southern Florida on November 3, 2015.

The premium processing fee is paid in addition to the base filing fee.

Earlier this month, headlines blared that "Computer Programmers May No Longer Be Eligible For H-1B Visas."

In what will surely be a blow to the tech industry, which relies heavily on foreign-owned start-up companies as innovators and job creators, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intent to effectively dismantle the International Entrepreneur Rule promulgated by the Obama administration on January 17, 2017.

The North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA") provided immigrant investors seeking EB-5 visas with information to help protect themselves from fraud.