Category Archives: ICLR Posts

Passing Gas (oil) With Our Northern Neighbors: The Keystone XL Pipeline Makes An Uncomfortable Comeback

EMMA HOLLOWELL – According to TransCanada, the group which proposed the building of the Keystone XL pipeline (KXL), “KXL represents a safe, reliable, and environmentally sound way to connect the American economy with an abundant North American energy resource produced by a neighbor that shares a commitment to a clean and healthy environment.”[i] That should […]

Department of Homeland Security Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for EB-5 Investments

JORDAN ISICOFF – The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking indicating that it will be publishing a rule changing the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program. The Notice of Proposed Rule Making reflects that DHS will seek to raise the amount of the EB-5 investment for a targeted […]

To Think That Jammeh Was a Thing of the Past

DANIEL CELAYA – Yahya Jammeh, former, proud[1] dictator of Gambia, cut his regime short of his projected billion year mark[2] when he finally accepted the official results of last December’s election on the early morning of January 21st, 2017.[3] The peaceful transition of power is the first in Gambian history, but it did not come […]