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On September 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued two new proposed rules for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). Of particular interest to readers of this blog was the second of the proposed rules, which addressed FIRRMA's real estate-related expansion of CFIUS jurisdiction. Over on Global Trade & Sanctions Law, colleagues Christopher R. Wall, Nancy A. Fischer, Aaron R. Hutman, Matthew R. Rabinowitz, Jorge Vera and Roya Motazedi examine [...]

In Anderson v. San Jose, the Sixth District Court of Appeal held that the Surplus Land Act constitutionally applies to California's charter cities. Many prior published opinions have affirmed that various California housing laws constitutionally apply to charter cities, but Anderson is the only recent binding precedent addressing whether California's recently amended housing laws validly apply to charter cities as well. The decision recognized that the Legislature may advance state land use policy objectives by overriding [...]

On 2 October 2018, the Singapore Parliament passed amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (the "SOP Act"). The objectives of the amendments to the SOP Act are threefold: First, to expand and clarify the scope of the application of the SOP Act; Second, to enhance the handling of payment claims and payment responses; and Third, to improve the administration of the adjudication process. These amendments are helpful to both employers [...]