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Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say” on CBC News, January 28, 2025.

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Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “‘Scary’: Why US expats are tossing their citizenships – and it’s not just Trump” in The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2024

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Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients,” published on July 24, 2024.

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Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.

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Kim G C Moody, Kenneth Keung, and Christopher Ellett are quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “When is the latest clients can sell assets prior to June 25?”, published on May 17, 2024.

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Privilege where Legal Advice Rendered by a Law Firm of Collaborating Lawyers and Accountants

The focus of this article is to examine the entitlement of a client of a law firm that employs accountants to assist its lawyers in the provision of legal advice to assert solicitor-client privilege over such legal advice. 

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US I-9 Compliance is No Joke – What You Should Know

We expect to see a sharp increase in I-9 compliance efforts by ICE in the latter half of 2021 and in the years to come.

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US Immigration Alert – Changes to COVID Travel Ban NIE Eligibility

Very recently, amidst a reported increase in COVID-19 cases in the US and around the world, it has become increasingly more difficult for US companies to bring key personnel from certain countries to the US due to ongoing travel bans and narrowing exceptions to these travel bans.

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Tax Planning Arrangement – When Tax Treatment Collides with Accounting Treatment and How This is Like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

It is common when dealing with tax matters that an issue will arise that requires input from both accountants and lawyers, and the subject of this article is a great example.

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A Taxonomy of Tax Professionals

At this time of year, many tax professionals are inundated with tax questions and assumptions about how busy they may (or may not) be. The answer may be surprising.

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USCIS Announces End of Trump-Era Public Charge Final Rule

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency will no longer be applying former President Trump’s highly controversial August 2019 Public Charge Final Rule (Public Charge Rule)

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Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say” on CBC News, January 28, 2025.

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Alexander Marino is quoted in an article titled “‘Scary’: Why US expats are tossing their citizenships – and it’s not just Trump” in The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2024

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Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “Quirk in capital gains tax rules raises risks for incorporated clients,” published on July 24, 2024.

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Kenneth Keung is quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “How should trusts flow out capital gains to beneficiaries in 2024?”, July 5, 2024.

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Kim G C Moody, Kenneth Keung, and Christopher Ellett are quoted in the Investment Executive article titled “When is the latest clients can sell assets prior to June 25?”, published on May 17, 2024.