Prompted
by the widespread Russian influence campaign that targeted nearly two dozen states during the 2016 presidential election and the proliferation of secretive political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook, Cuomo proposed and the state Legislature successfully passed the «Democracy Protection Act,» which prohibits
foreign entities from creating independent expenditure committees or
buying political ads, requires anyone who purchases an online political ad to register as an independent expenditure committee, and also requires online ads to include information about who paid for them, as is currently required of traditional media platforms.
VICTORIA — New legislation introduced
by the British Columbia government intends to charge a 15 per cent additional tax on
foreign entities buying residential property in Metro Vancouver.
Legal services provided
by us include determining the appropriate business
entity, jurisdiction and taxation status, structuring and formation of new
entities,
foreign investments,
foreign collaborations, joint ventures, and technology absorption, setting up of branch offices, liaison offices or project offices, tax planning, developing and documenting shareholder agreements, creating executive employment agreements that attract and retain key leadership, identifying and securing intellectual property via trademarks, patents and copyright protection, creating business financing strategies, advising clients for ongoing business needs and transactions, distributorships, sales agreements, stockholders»
buy - sell agreements, franchise agreements, intellectual property and license agreements, outsourcing agreements, licensing agreements and technology transfers, including hardware, software and other services and products, trade practices, advertising and promotions.