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Elon Musk: "The reason I'm in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla, and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B."

Representative Ro Khanna: "...the H-1B program has been abused."

Senator Bernie Sanders: "The main function of the H-1B visa program and other guest worker initiatives is not to hire 'the best and the brightest,' but rather to replace good-paying American jobs with low-wage indentured servants from abroad."

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Annie Lawson advises corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and tax-exempt organizations on a variety of business planning and tax issues as well as the federal and state tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She assists clients with structuring new business ventures or restructuring the existing form to create efficiencies or prepare for sale. Annie is also a member of the Haynes Boone tax controversy team.

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Brady leads investor/partner relations for more than 2,500 individual Vint clients and partners though Vint's retail division and capital markets team. Previously, Brady has held client-facing roles related to stakeholder engagement, consumer credit, and direct sales. He was a Don Lavoie Fellow in Political Economies at the Mercatus Center, George Mason and is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland with a degree in rhetorical studies and philosophy.

Experience working directly with HNW clients, C-suite, and advisors. Internal Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) and IRC Sections 1202 and 1045 SME.

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Nine out of ten startups that raise capital will shut down, but no one wants to deal with the process. Information and simplicity are the most critical when a founder finds themselves in a difficult situation and needs as much support as possible.

SimpleClosure helps startups shut down with software that can automate the process, saving hundreds of hours of work and tens of thousands of dollars.

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ach Prince’s practice encompasses all areas of government contract law. Zach counsels domestic and international clients on a wide range of issues, including compliance with federal and state regulations and statutes, bid protests, contract and subcontract drafting and negotiations, contract changes, claim preparation and disputes, cost allowability and cost accounting standards, price and cost reasonableness, export controls and national security issues, government audits, subcontractor management and disputes, due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, cybersecurity, grants and cooperative agreements, and protecting intellectual property rights when contracting with the government. His clients range from the largest traditional defense contractors, to small businesses, to non-traditional government contractors including commercial technology companies.

Zach is regularly engaged to support acquisitions. He has conducted diligence relating to Federal, state, and international government contracts, export controls, and national security risks in support of a variety of transactions. Such acquisitions include technology companies, service-providers, electronics manufacturers, and aerospace companies. The size of these deals has ranged from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars and include public companies.

Zach has experience litigating contract disputes in federal and state courts, before administrative bodies, and in national and international arbitral for a, including before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the United States Government Accountability Office, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Virginia state courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and D.C. Superior Court.

Zach served as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary Ellen Coster Williams of the United States Court of Federal Claims. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School and regularly lectures and writes on matters relating to government contracts. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contracts Law, and currently serves as a Co-Chair on the Battlespace and Contingency Contracting Committee, and as a Vice-Chair on the Commercial Products and Services Committee and Intellectual Property Committee.

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Tony Mancini, CPA and I discuss the state of taxation of tech startups today including defending R&D credits on audit, surprising results of the 174 deduction, net operating loss limitations and the employee tax credit

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Roger Royse discusses the securities law exemptions that startups most commonly rely on - Rule 506(b) and 506(c)

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Powerhouse lawyer Kit Addleman advises public companies, officers and directors, investment advisors, private funds and broker-dealers concerning securities investigations. She has successfully defended clients in civil and criminal investigations and litigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice, advised clients on compliance with securities regulations and conducted internal investigations of suspected securities violations. Kit’s experience serving in four different regional offices over her 20 years in senior management at the SEC allows her to deftly advise clients at Haynes Boone, where she serves as chair of the firm's SEC Enforcement Practice Group and is a prominent member of the Government Enforcement and Investment Management Practice Groups.

Many of Kit’s biggest successes have involved defending allegations of accounting and financial fraud, insider trading, private funds and investment advisor fraud, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Clients note that Kit is “rare in her securities specialty and one of the top enforcement lawyers in that area,” that her “SEC experience is incredibly valuable," and "bringing her in gives us an edge on very complex regulatory issues and the practical business implications," Chambers USA 2020 (Chambers and Partners). Every year since 2016, Kit has been the only lawyer in Texas ranked for Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) by Chambers USA.