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08/26/2008	Regulations on Land Conservation in the People’s Republic of China
08/06/2008	Building a Greener San Francisco
07/21/2008	Stayin’ Alive: California Legislature Grants Automatic One-Year Extension to Subdivision Map Act Approvals
06/26/2008	The Scoop on California’s Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases – Golden State to Require Cap-and-Trade, Wind-Solar-Geothermal, Green Buildings and Clean Cars California’s Greenhouse Gas Plan
05/12/2008	Developers Beware: Significant Changes in Store for General Storm Water Permits for Construction Activities
05/07/2008	New Ninth Circuit Decision Confirms that Parties Who Undertake Soil and Groundwater Cleanups Voluntarily or at the Request of State Agencies May Seek Recovery of Costs Via Superfund Lawsuits
02/01/2008	Further Changes in China's Real Estate Regulations
06/27/2007	China Update: Real Estate
05/31/2007	China Update: Chinese Real Estate
05/29/2007	IRS Issues Guidance Relating to the Treatment of Foreign Currency Gains of Real Estate Investment Trusts
04/30/2007	Composite Wood Products “Across-the-Board” Face New California Limits on Formaldehyde
02/28/2007	China Real Estate Update, February 2007
05/17/2006	New Tax Legislation Includes Important Amendments Affecting Regulated Investment Companies (Mutual Funds), Including Their Investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
04/17/2006	IRS Issues Private Letter Rulings on REIT Income Tests and Limitation on Compensation Deductions
01/18/2006	To Pay and Protest or Not to Pay and Protest: California Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Remedies in Mitigation Fee Act Challenges
12/19/2005	Congress Passes Technical Corrections to Recently Enacted Tax Legislation Affecting REITs
11/02/2005	EPA Publishes Final Rule on All Appropriate Inquiries
07/08/2005	U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Property Rights Rulings in Closing Days of the 2004-2005 Term
03/22/2005	Contribution Claims for Environmental Contamination Get New Life: California Court of Appeal Holds that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Cooper Industries v. Aviall does not apply to suits under California’s state counterpart to CERCLA
11/03/2004	Anti-Tax Shelter Provisions of American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Expand Reporting Rules for Taxpayers and Advisors, Substantially Increase Penalties for Non-Compliance and Provide IRS with Additional Sanction Authority
10/27/2004	The Impact of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 on RICs and REITs
04/12/2004	IRS Ruling Excludes Payment for Guarantor Substitution from REIT Gross Income Tests
12/05/2003	Supreme Court of Japan Confirms Right to Claim Rent Decrease for Master Leases
12/02/2003	Congress Passes Anti-Spam Law, Preempts Much State Anti-Spam Legislation
07/14/2003	IRS Revenue Procedure 2003-65 (Released July 11, 2003)
03/18/2003	IRS Issues Final Regs re Property Transfers to REITS
02/13/2003	California Supreme Court Rules on Antiquated Subdivisions
11/25/2002	New Withholding Requirement for Sale of Real Property in California
03/01/2001	California Court of Appeal Confirms Property Owners' Right to Attorney's Fees in Actions to Enforce Judgments or Settlements in Inverse Condemnation
12/01/2000	Proposition L was Defeated, but Conflict over Development Continues
08/01/2000	Advisory Regarding Propositions K And L: Competing San Francisco Office Development Limit Initiatives
01/01/1998	Important Appellate Decision Affecting Residential Lending Practices
04/29/1996	New Exemptions to the Premerger Notification Requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for Certain Real Estate Transactions