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2017 Articles

Taxation 2016 Foreign Bank Account Reports: New Filing Deadline

The U.S. government continues to pursue aggressively individuals and businesses for the failure to report foreign accounts and other non-U.S. assets. In particular, and with limited exceptions, all U.S. individuals and entities that own, control and/or have signature authority over foreign bank accounts must disclose annually to the U.S. Department of Treasury the existence of […]

Natural Resources & Mining Important news for mining companies with existing or future projects in the California desert

BLM releases maps showing 1.3 million acres of proposed mining withdrawal On January 13, 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) released maps showing the areas that BLM, on December 28, 2016, proposed to withdraw from mining. The withdrawal is designed to “protect nationally significant landscapes with outstanding cultural, biological, and scientific values” and […]