LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive Friday aiming to maximize the use of city-owned property for housing. This is the third executive directive that Bass ...

The fight against Europe's controversial hedge fund regulations, which were finally passed by the European Parliament on Thursday, is to be taken up by commercial property companies who have warned ...

T he European Council of Ministers is set to adopt a new law that will introduce harmonized anti-piracy and counterfeiting measures across the EU. Meeting on March 11, ministers from the 15 EU member ...

The Mortgage Directive, officially known as the Credit Agreements Related to Residential Property Directive (CARRP) attempted to create a single regulatory framework which would govern all mortgages ...

The EU’s new Directive on intellectual property rights, proposed by the Commission in January 2003, will harm telecom companies, SMEs and civil society interests, a civil liberties group has warned.

A new anti-money laundering directive from the European Union that has come into force is set to be a financial and administrative burden on estate agents and surveyors in the UK, it is suggested. The ...

The Chinese government on Sunday announced it was “intensifying” intellectual property rights protections, as Washington and Beijing struggle to reach a trade deal due in part to disagreements over IP ...

Last month the Financial Services Authority (FSA) published a discussion paper on the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The directive, which takes effect from ...

The directive concerning legal protection of biotechnological inventions (98/44/EC) has not been annulled according to a judgment made by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on October 9 2001 (C ...