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The US Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Health Care Reform, or the ACA) is complicated. While there is nothing in the ACA that requires any employer to provide group health care coverage to its employees, the failure to do so can come with a price. The ACA is a game changer - one that requires a different approach to compliance than in the past. As with any complex law, the devil is in the details. This article contains some of the big picture strategies to consider when dealing with the ACA.

This Top Ten focuses on protections needed in a ground lease in order for a leasehold mortgagee to consider the ground lease financeable.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses the use of medical marijuana in the workplace, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor ACC Network.*

This Top Ten provides a brief overview of some of the most attractive reasons a foreign investor should take into consideration when deciding to invest in Romania. From a business standpoint, information on the following areas could raise the interest of a potential investor in Romania.

New rules for acquiring agricultural land in Slovakia

This Top Ten article addresses considerations for employers in states with medical or otherwise legal marijuana in the US.

Health and Safety is generally regulated under the Brazilian Labor Code and more specifically by the Ministry of Labor through its Regulations ("NR"). The regulations vary according to industry, type of work, premises and number of employees. The rules involve minimum standards of sanitation, safety, comfort, medical control programs (as described below) and risk prevention.

This Quick Counsel discusses the concept behind regulatory takings related to permit conditions, summarizes two key prior cases on regulatory takings and permit conditions, and discusses how they were expanded by the recent Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District.

This Warranty Deed with Vendor’s Lien contains a general warranty of title, does not include a reservation of the grantor’s oil, gas and other minerals, and includes a vendor’s lien which reserves superior title to the property until the note evidencing the purchase price is paid in full.

In this Top Ten are some important points for foreign purchasers to consider before entering into negotiations to buy land in Australia.