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What next for Taiwanese banks and businesses? The COVID-19 pandemic's severe impact on the global economy dominated news headlines through the first half of 2020. Many commentators believe that Asia-Pacific's financial markets–which already started to look overstretched in late 2019 before the pandemic began–are due for a prolonged, painful downturn.......By: White & Case LLP

Key Takeaways: - FTC commissioners have seven year terms and cannot be removed for political or policy reasons. - Absent a resignation, Republican commissioners will retain control of the FTC until 2023. - Companies should expect a high degree of continuity well into a potential Biden Administration........By: Dechert LLP

The Construction Leadership Council's COVID-19: Managing Contractual disputes & collaboration – Summary Guide was issued on 14 July 2020 and provides four steps to achieve collaborative solutions: establish concurrent conversations; reality test and optimise your position; realistically offset the time and monetary costs of adversarial behaviour against the savings and benefits of a collaborative commercial dialogue; and use the resources to formalise your deal....By: Dentons

The Ballard Spahr Zoning and Land Use Team is continuing to monitor all aspects of the Philadelphia land use approval process during the COVID-19 emergency, including the issuance of zoning and building permits, regulation of construction work, and changes to relevant court filing deadlines. Our team is also tracking all zoning and land-use related legislation in Philadelphia City Council. Below, we provide an update on relevant City Council legislation and code bulletins issued by the...By: Bal...

New law aims to increase individual home ownership in California - Bullet SFGate – September 29 - A bill prompted by the Moms 4 Housing occupation of a vacant West Oakland home late last year and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom this Monday aims to increase homeownership in the state. Senate Bill 1079, introduced by state Senate Majority Whip Nancy Skinner, requires foreclosed homes to be sold individually at auction rather than bundled and sold to a single buyer......By: Allen Matkins

On August 5, 2020, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a revised version of Georgia’s mechanics’ and materialmen’s lien statute. Under the new law, a claimant’s submission of a statutory lien waiver will only impact that claimant’s lien rights, and the waiver will not extend to any available contractual rights or remedies. ...By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

From time to time, those seminal cases we all studied during the early parts of our career pop up in practice. We’re all familiar with them: the snail in the bottle in Donoghue v Stevenson; the spurious sounding flu remedy in Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co — the list goes on....By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

This brief guide provides updates on the impact of COVID-19 on merger control reviews around the world. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Latham & Watkins LLP

Singapore analytics and acoustic solutions company H3 Zoom.AI’s founder, Shaun Koo, began using drones for building inspection and facilities management after realizing that the city’s highly urban landscape was “overdue for digital technology disruption.” For example, traditional building facade inspection involves workers tethered to ropes or on gondola lifts, scaling high and/or remote areas to inspect or take photographs....By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Several industry updates that affect manufactured housing either take effect October 1, 2020, or will be unveiled sometime later this month. Detailed below is a summary of recent developments....By: McGlinchey Stafford