If you own commercial property and have renegotiated the terms of your loan in order to get relief, you will probably need to realize the savings as income on your taxes this upcoming year.
The California Legislature has enacted two statutes that create barriers to injunctive relief against trespassing by union agents on the private property of employers, and California courts have repeatedly sought to exempt labor unions from the intentional tort of trespass that applies to all other persons and organizations in this state.
A new law (the Law ) which will affect every existing homeowners association ( HOA ), and those formed hereafter, was signed by Governor Strickland on June 10, 2010.
The decision of the Inner House in City Inn v Shepherd Construction delivered on 22 July is important for its treatment not only of the extension of time clause in JCT style contracts but also of a time bar clause.
On 22 July, the Scots Inner House dismissed the appeals in City Inn v Shepherd Construction, some ten years since the action was commenced and some two and a half years since the decision given by the Outer House, a decision which rocked the delay analysis community at the time and has continued to create doubts in particular over the proper approach to dealing with concurrent delay when assessing claims for extension of time (EoT) under JCT-style contracts.
Very few in the hotel industry will be unaware of the recent problems affecting the Banyan Tree Al Areen resort in Bahrain (which we understand may be rebranded as Al Areen Palace and Spa subject to receipt of necessary approvals).
Over several months in 2007-2008, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued nine decisions under Chapter 40B, the Commonwealth?s affordable housing law?more cases than it had decided in the prior decade.
The Ministerial Regulation regarding the Common Town and City Planning for the beach front and adjacent areas in the Kok Gloy and Tai Muang Communities in the Phang Nga Province has been proclaimed and published in the Government Gazette, and is effective for five years from 3 July 2010 to 2 July 2015.
The Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 (Cth) (the Act) commenced on 1 July 2010. Introduced as part of the Federal Government's National Strategy on Energy Efficiency, the Act places obligations on owners and landlords of large commercial office spaces to disclose energy efficiency information to purchasers and tenants