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Short-Term Rental Ban Does Not Burden Rabbi's Religious Freedom

According to today's Savannah Morning News, a Savannah, Georgia state trial court judge has upheld against a religious freedom challenge Savannah's city ordinance prohibiting short-term vacation rentals in certain areas of the city.  Rabbi Arnold Belzer and his wife claim … Continue reading

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Broker Thomas Niles Busted by FINRA For UIT Short-Term Trading

According to a recent Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), former Morgan Stanley registered broker Thomas Niles has broken securities laws and internal firm rules. Allegedly, between July 2012 and December 2014, … Continue reading

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Are Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) Transactions Always Short-Term?

One of my clients sent me a link to a tweet (on Twitter) from Peter Brandt: Nope. Wrong. The IRS will not consider BTC for long term gains. Short-term no matter how long held. — Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt) December 8, … Continue reading

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CSA extend relief regarding trading short-term debt and relationship disclosure

As we discussed in our earlier post, CSA members issued parallel orders yesterday to provide relief from certain requirements found in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Obligations. In addition to dealing with the issue of permitted clients, … Continue reading

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Congress Passes Short-term FAA Funding Extension

Earlier today the House passed a bill that would extend FAA funding at current levels through January 31, 2012. See Seung Min Kim, House OKs Stopgap FAA Funding, Politico, Sept. 13, 2011 (available here). The current funding extension is set… … Continue reading

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