by Andrew F. Quinlan | Nov 3, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in the Oct. 2014 issue of Offshore Investment, and was coauthored by Brian Garst. Transparency is an essential component of representative government. Citizens can neither exercise informed judgement nor hold public officials accountable without...
by Brian Garst | Nov 1, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review on October 31, 2014. The Treasury Department issued a proposed rule in late July that will impose greater regulatory obligations on U.S. banks. Put forward by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Oct 24, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in the Washington Times on October 23, 2014. Public confidence in government is at or near all-time lows. According to Gallup, a mere 28 percent of the nation has a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the legislative branch, while the...
by Brian Garst | Oct 22, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Thomson Reuters Accelus on October 13, 2014. A key component in the implementation of the United States’ massive financial dragnet, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), was the promise of reciprocal information sharing...
by Brian Garst | Aug 8, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review, Third Quarter 2014, Issue 36. Since its passage in 2010, financial institutions and their governments have scrambled to comply with the costly impositions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). To entice...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 7, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in The Daily Caller on August 7, 2014. Americans have now had ample time to become acquainted with Obamacare’s numerous destructive provisions. Some of its failures, like the expensive and inoperable exchange websites, have been quite public....
