International Law & Trade – May 23, 2012

by Bryan Cave on 5/2/2012

On February 23, 2012, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China promulgated the revised Measures for the Administration of Information Disclosure of Commercial Franchises (“Revised Measures”). When the...more

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/3/2012

For our first newsletter of 2012, we thought it might be timely to look back at the many developments we have seen in franchise agreement and franchise disclosure document preparation in the past few years. Specifically, and...more

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/23/2012

In This Issue: -China Issues New Foreign Investment Catalogue -NDRC Issues Notice to Standardize Equity Investment Enterprises -China Improves Administration of Foreign Invested Holding Companies -MOFCOM...more

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 12/22/2011

Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2011). Much has been written about the phenomenon known as “inadvertent franchising” in the U.S. — a situation that arises when a company, acting...more

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 11/18/2011

In This Issue: 1 OLF Targets the Use of English on Commercial Signage in Quebec 2 Contact Us Excerpt From OLF Targets the Use of English on Commercial Signage in Quebec This week the Office québécois de la...more

by Kocks & Partners Rechtsanwälte Belgien on 10/20/2011

In the past, Courts refused the qualification as distributorship agreement to commercial relations where the ‘distributor’ did not bare the risk of disappointing sales and price fall, was only invoiced for the goods after the...more

by Kocks & Partners Rechtsanwälte Belgien on 9/30/2011

Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) hat in seiner Entscheidung vom 28. Oktober 2010 geurteilt, dass der Handelsvertreter seinen Anspruch auf Ausgleichsentschädigung nicht automatisch verliert, wenn es nach Ablauf des Vertrages...more

by Kocks & Partners Rechtsanwälte Belgien on 9/2/2011

Handelsvertreterverträge werden oft für verschiedene Länder eingegangen. In Ermangelung einer gültigen Gerichtsstandsklausel stellt sich häufig die Frage, welches Gericht in Streitfällen zuständig ist. Der Europäische...more