Rimon’s Thomas White discusses the differences between independent contractors and employees in this issue of Society for Human Resource Management.

ISDA has announced the launch of the 2012 US Municipal Reference Entity CDS Protocol.  The purpose of the Protocol is to make similar changes to US Municipal CDS transactions (“Muni CDS”) as were made to corporate and sovereign CDS by the 2009 ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees and Auction Settlement CDS Protocol. The Protocol is open…

Rimon Law Welcomes Information Management Legal Pioneer John Isaza as a Partner in its Orange County Office Isaza has been involved in global issues of data management and security for over a decade; Associate Omero Bañuelos will also join the firm in Los Angeles. Laguna Beach, CA/San Francisco, CA (March 27, 2012) John Isaza, a pioneering…

On February 15, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Rule 205-3 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 consisting of: (i) changes to the dollar amount thresholds which determine whether an individual or company is a “qualified client;” (ii) changes to the net worth test in the definition of “qualified client;”…

The Internal Revenue Code provides significant tax benefits to employers that sponsor tax-favored retirement and health and welfare plans. For example, in calculating an employer’s income tax, the current cost of providing benefit coverage may be deducted from taxable income, although plan participants are not currently taxed on the benefits at that time. However, these…

The head of Rimon’s Information Management practice, John Isaza, writes on information best practices in the recent edition of the EDEE Journal. The EDEE Journal is a periodical published by the E-Discovery and Digital Evidence Committee of the ABA Section of Science and Technology Law. In his article, Mr. Isaza summarizes the key elements of…

The U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission’s new standard to determine whether a party qualifies as an “accredited investor” went into effect Monday, February 27, 2012 Accredited Investors.  There are several ways in which people may qualify as an accredited investor under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. One method by which an individual…

ISDA is going to hold a meeting on Thursday (11:00 a.m. GMT) to discuss whether Greece’s debt swap should be considered a “credit event” under the current Credit Derivatives Definitions. The primary issue for consideration is whether the Greece’s Parliament decision to retroactively implement collective action clauses, or CACs, on debt governed by Greek law…

The Economist Intelligence Unit, a division of the The Economist magazine, today released a special report titled “Agent of Change: the Future of Technology Disruption in Business.” The report reviews the impact that technology will have on business over the next decade, and features case studies by business executives and thought leaders. The report features…

In a recent edition of the San Francisco Business Times, Rimon, P.C. was included among firms whose business is growing at a time when the legal industry as a whole is contracting. Read the entire article on the SF Business Times website.