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• 11-29-10   Chesser invited to address the American Legion, Post 5, Nashville, TN on the 2d Amendment 

• 04-07-10   The Second Most Patriotic Act, pg. 7, The Veteran's Tribune, by James Chesser.

• 04-01-10   James Chesser Announces nomination for Tennessee State Senate, District 21, 2010.

• 06-30-09   "Rotarian of the Year" honors awarded to James Chesser 2009.

• 03-07-08   Chesser invited to speak on US-Asia trade before Nashville business leaders.

• 11-08-07   James Chesser address at the United States Dept. of Commerce's, PTO "China Road Show" in San Jose, CA, Nov. 2007 "Accepting Reality In China: Alternative Business Models for the Entertainment Industry" meets with approbation of both representatives from U.S. Homeland Security and the People's Republic of China.

• 07-25-07    Chesser's legal analysis of competition and innovation for U.S. semiconductor industry increasingly finds a place in Chinese technological discussion.  See Brinsmead, Simon Winston,Intellectual Property Enforcement, Technology Transfer and Innovation in China's Semiconductor Industry(July 25, 2007). Available at SSRN, Standford Law School, :http://ssrn.com/abstract=1002721  ‘The semiconductor industry is at the heart of the transformation of industrial life produced by information processing technology. Its application to data processing, automated production, robotics, communications and military systems is changing the goods we use, the way we make these products, and the means by which we communicate with each other.’  quoting James Chesser

• 03-12-99   U.S. Congress cites Chesser's work on copyright protection in legislative hearings for Antiparcy Act Protection; Vessel Hull Design Act; Trade Dress Protection Act; and Internet Domain Name Protection.  1999 COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION ANTIPIRACY ACT; VESSEL HULL DESIGN PROTECTION ACT; TRADE DRESS PROTECTION ACT; AND INTERNET DOMAIN NAME TRADEMARK PROTECTION 1999 Comm. of the Judiciary, Sub. Comm. on Courts & Intl Prop. 57-742 (1999) (concerning debates on H.R. 2652, 2696, 3163)

Pending Immigration Legislation Apr. 2010

• 12-09-09   New Regulations issued by CIS for Religious Workers entering the United States.    To address fraud issues in R1 petitions, U.S. Immigration now requires a new application process.  Ministers, religious professionals, and vocational workers applying for visas must, in part, now obtain the following: on-site inspection of sponsoring church; approval by CIS of form I-129; detailed compensation and other financial evidence; current IRC 501(c)(3) determination letter; increased processing time.