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On 24 February 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) published the finalized Measures on Standard Contracts for the Outbound Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information (“SC Measures”), together ...

The energy crisis and rising costs are not the primary driver but have certainly accelerated discussions on energy sustainability. Responsible companies and real estate developers are already implementing construction st ...

Authors: Megan A. Jennings, Stephanie Straka In an Executive Directive dated February 7, 2023, Mayor London Breed declared that “San Francisco needs to fundamentally change how we approve and build housing.” The Dir ...

In September 2022, the German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) ruled that employers are required under Section 3 of the German Occupational Health and Safety Act (Arbeitsschutzgesetz) to record the beginning an ...

Some Canadian individuals and corporations, as well as non-residents of Canada, will be required to file a new annual tax return by April 30 and either claim an exemption or pay a tax of 1% on the value of “underused h ...

Over the year, a number of new taxes impacting owners of real property in Canada have come into effect. The Underused Housing Tax, Vacant Home Tax, and Vacant Unit Tax are three examples of these new “vacancy” taxes ...