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Leaders across industries have gotten creative — sometimes forceful — in their initiatives to encourage their employees to return to the office. As work/life balance, productivity, and employee engagement have been at the forefront of labor conversations for executives, the approach to revamp the ways, times, and places work is done has become part of the growth process for many companies who are looking to expand post-pandemic. With many offices only being used occasionally, or host only a fraction [...]

In the City of Los Angeles, the "Homelessness and Housing Solutions Tax" (Measure ULA), commonly referred to as the "mansion tax," went into effect on all qualifying real property transfers on April 1, 2023. Prior to Measure ULA, all real estate transfers in the City were subject to a City transfer tax of 0.45% and a County of Los Angeles transfer tax of 0.11%. Under Measure ULA, residential and commercial real property sales and transfers [...]

1. Court of Appeal says co-insurance all risks policy does not cover contractor for defective work The Rugby Football Union took out a Joint Names All Risks Insurance policy for works at Twickenham Stadium. Power cables forming part of the works were damaged and had to be replaced and the RFU, which alleged that the damage had been caused by defective design and installation of ductwork for the cables, recovered the cable replacement costs from [...]