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Monday, 14 August, 2023
The Romanian so-long awaited offshore wind draft law is (at the time of preparing this material) under public consultation (the “Offshore Wind Draft”).
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Monday, 14 August, 2023
The Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”) has created additional considerations for commercial property transactions going forward.
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Monday, 14 August, 2023
Employers are advised to take note of recent important developments in the government’s drive to overhaul the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) system.
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Friday, 11 August, 2023
The thieves, fraudsters and other bad actors behind Hong Kong’s soaring cybercrime rate are nothing if not resourceful.
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Thursday, 10 August, 2023
As we have discussed in a previous blog, in December 2021 the EU published the ‘Directive on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers’ which is intended to regulate the sale, purchase and servicing of ‘Non-Performing Loans’ (NPLs) originated by EU banks.
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Thursday, 10 August, 2023
A recently issued final rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will require employers with 100 or more employees in designated industries to electronically submit details of every employee occupational injury or illness.
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Thursday, 10 August, 2023
The Home Secretary announced on 7 August 2023 that fines for employers and landlords who allow illegal migrants to work for them or rent their properties are to be more than tripled, marking the biggest transformation of Civil Penalties since 2014.
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Thursday, 10 August, 2023
In Stingray Pressure Pumping, L.L.C. v. Harris, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-2598, the Ohio Supreme Court considered whether certain fracking equipment, including a blender, a hydration unit, a chemical-additive unit, a sand king, a t-belt and a data van, satisfied the requirements of the exploration and production (E&P) tax exemption under R.C.
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Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
Thynne + Macartney is excited to announce the promotion of four lawyers, including one new Partner, effective from 1 July 2023.
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Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
Over the past decades, standards for profanity, inappropriate social media use, and other workplace issues commonly addressed in employee handbooks have changed along with the political makeup of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”).
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