Much has changed in the United States since the Statue of Liberty was constructed with its famous inscription, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Immigration policies of today are not so welcoming. Van Osdol is pleased to introduce one of the newer practice groups within the firm: Immigration Law. Van …
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Kansas City Law Firm Discusses the New Cerner Innovation Campus
On March 9, 2017, Cerner, a global leader in healthcare technology, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the first two towers at Innovations, the organization’s newest campus in the Kansas City area at I-435 and Bannister Road. The $4.5 billion campus is the largest economic development project in the history of the state …
Kansas City Law Firm Discusses the History of the Twenty-Second Amendment
Amendment XXII to the U.S. Constitution sets a two-term limit on the office of the president. Should members of the other two branches follow the same rule? George Washington, who established the custom of Presidents voluntarily leaving the office after two terms, inspired a limit on the president's tenure. His decision to …
Magruder Report: Democracy at Work?
After the U.S. government shutdown this fall, there is plenty of accusation and blame going back and forth across the aisle in Washington. The crisis led to furloughs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers, canceled military training missions and slowed economic growth. Clearly, regardless of who or what is at fault, it has had a negative …
The Biggest Little Law Firm® Asks “Offshore Accounts and Investments: Safe Haven or Headaches?”
There has been much discussion in today's political climate about the federal government's deficit and increasing debt. Included in any discussion on this topic are two elements - increasing taxes on the wealthy and repatriating and taxing foreign investments and/or offshore accounts. While it is up to Congress to increase taxes on the wealthy, the …
