SINGAPORE ANNOUNCES AMENDMENTS TO ITS INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ACT
On September 1, 2020, Singapore’s Ministry of Law announced that it is tabling the International Arbitration (Amendment) Bill (the “Bill”) to introduce...more
China has recently introduced unreliable entity list ("Entity List") regulations to provide a framework for China's upcoming list of economic sanctions. As early as October 2018 and March 2020, China has implemented "blocking...more
10/12/2020
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Criminal Investigations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Foreign Entities ,
Huawei ,
MInistry of Commerce ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Sanctions ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Department of State
Newly issued Unreliable Entity List (“UEL”) regulations establish a framework for list-based economic sanctions to be administered by China. Viewed together with “blocking statutes” implemented in March 2020 and October 2018...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
9/18/2020
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Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
China ,
Consumer Loan Companies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Herbalife ,
Joint Venture ,
Mexico ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Poland ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
CICC ISSUES FIRST RULINGS, AFFIRMS DOCTRINE OF SEPARABILITY -
In October 2019, the PRC Supreme People’s Court published the first rulings issued by the First International Commercial Court (“CICC”). The three rulings,...more
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Shanghai is to allow foreign arbitral institutions to register in a free trade zone and administer “foreign-related” arbitrations seated in mainland China. Craig...more
Singapore Passes Amendment Bill on Recognition of Foreign Judgments -
On September 2, 2019, Singapore’s Parliament passed the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Amendment) Bill and the Reciprocal Enforcement of...more
Hong Kong Court Addresses Interplay Between Arbitration and Insolvency -
On August 2, 2019, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal addressed the interplay between arbitration and the court’s insolvency jurisdiction in its...more
On September 26, 2019, the Supreme People’s Court announced that a previously announced arrangement between Hong Kong and Mainland China on interim measures in aid of arbitration will take effect from October 1, 2019 (the...more
On 6 August 2019, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) issued a plan for the New Lingang Area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (the “FTZ Plan”), which seeks to match standards in the New...more
On July 1, 2019, the Singapore High Court handed down its anonymized decision in BNA v BNB [2019] SGHC 142 (“BNA”). The case involved an application under section 10(3) of Singapore’s International Arbitration Act (“IAA”)...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
6/12/2019
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Argentina ,
Austria ,
Banks ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hong Kong ,
Italy ,
Malaysia ,
Mexico ,
Spain ,
Venezuela ,
Warrants ,
World Cup
On March 20, 2018, China's legislature passed the Supervision Law, granting extremely broad investigative powers to a new anti-corruption agency – the National Supervision Commission (“NSC”) – established by constitutional...more
On June 30, 2017, the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court (the “Wuhan Court”) issued a decision recognizing and enforcing a civil money judgment issued by the Los Angeles Superior Court arising out of a contractual dispute (the...more