Copyright holders look for an antipiracy DMCA upgrade
By Andrew Ramonas, Corporate Counsel As policymakers in Washington, D.C., consider ways to better combat online piracy, NBCUniversal Inc. and other copyright holders gathered on Thursday to discuss the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and called for flexible solutions to protect…
[Cayman] Caribbean-based advisers charged in money-laundering sting
By David Voreacos and Tom Schoenberg From Bloomberg Three Caribbean-based men who helped Americans hide assets from U.S. tax authorities were charged in a sting operation with laundering what they were told was dirty money. The U.S. indicted Eric St-Cyr,…
Automatic texts from Yahoo don’t violate ‘Do-Not-Call’ protection
By Saranac Hale Spencer, The Legal Intelligencer Yahoo’s system for automatically texting its users when their email accounts have received a new message doesn’t violate the federal law that protects consumers from unsolicited calls, a federal judge has ruled. U.S….
FATCA Final Regulations – Update For Cayman And Irish CLO Issuers
By Alasdair Robertson, Mark Matthews, Scott Macdonald and Nicola Bashforth Maples and Calder On 20 February 2014 the US Treasury and the IRS released a set of revisions to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) final regulations (the…
Iran’s fire-jumping festival
10 glowing photos from Iran’s fire-jumping festival By Jessica Catcher By Mashable This week, Iran celebrates Chaharshanbe Souri — also known as the Festival of Fire. The ancient holiday has been celebrated since the Zoroastrian era, and perhaps even earlier….
Sustainability keeps Caribbean locals and tourists happy
From DW How do you make an island paradise with limited business infrastructure into a winning combination for both tourists and locals alike? You take a leaf out of Dominica’s book. For the many tourists that come to the Caribbean…
Secret Service: Hackers behind Target attack used specially designed, sophisticated malware
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist A House subcommittee that’s looking into the massive theft of Target customers’ personal and financial information heard from a Secret Service official who says that the hackers responsible had been preparing long and hard…
Yoga instructor training certification offered by Caribbean Yoga Retreat in Nassau, Bahamas in 2014
Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat has recently announced its international Yoga Teacher training courses for May, 2014. For more information, visit http://sivanandabahamas.org/yoga-teacher-training.php Benefits of this program include: Live and study in a contemporary ashram for a…
Pirates of the Caribbean
Disney never wanted you to see the Pirates of the Caribbean this way From Disney Dose This post is the second in a series themed “Disney Never Wanted You to See Disneyland This Way.” So far we have just covered…
IMF reaches ‘staff-level’ agreement with Grenada
By Nelson A. King from Caribbean Life The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its staff and Grenadian authorities have reached a “staff-level” agreement on a program that can be supported by a three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement in the…
