On April 16, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court of China (the “SPC”) issued the Guiding Opinions of the SPC on Several Issues Concerning Proper Trial of Civil Cases Involving COVID-19 (I) (the “COVID-19 Opinions”), providing a...more
5/13/2020
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Employment Litigation ,
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Statute of Limitations ,
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Business operations, supply chains and the resolution of international disputes have experienced significant disruption as a result of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and actions taken by governments and...more
The Supreme People’s Court (the “SPC”) of China and the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on April 2, 2019 signed the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of...more
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) recently released a new version of the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules, effective November 1, 2018. The new version updates the 2013 HKIAC Administered Arbitration...more
11/29/2018
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Live broadcasts of football games failed to reach the fixation and originality requirements for copyright protection, held by the Beijing IP Court in its recent judgment...more
5/1/2018
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Broadcasting ,
China ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Exclusive Licenses ,
Football ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet Streaming ,
Movies ,
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Reversal ,
Sports
China’s One Belt One Road initiative (“OBOR Initiative”) provides promising and lucrative opportunities for foreign investors to invest in large-scale infrastructure projects across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe....more
The Cyberspace Administration of China ("CAC") recently released the first batch of "Catalog" - a listing of the specific network products that have been identified for review under China's New Cybersecurity Law. This article...more
Potential Implications for Foreign Network Products and Services -
Cybersecurity is of national strategic importance to China, which has the largest group of internet users and the largest internet market in the world....more
The European Commission has recently successfully negotiated a new trade pact with Canada (referred to as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement or ‘CETA’) and one with Vietnam (the ‘EU-Vietnam FTA’) which...more
After splitting from the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (the CIETAC) through the notable “CIETAC split” event in 2012, the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (the...more
Introduction -
The dragon’s skin began to shed in 2011, when the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) initiated the revision process of its 2008 Arbitration Rules for Administered Cases (“Old Rules”)....more
For years, the Chinese private fund industry has operated in regulatory limbo, but a recent series of legislative and regulatory actions should provide greater certainty and help create a more favorable environment for the...more
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) (the PRC government regulator responsible for price setting) announced in early July an investigation against 60 pharmaceutical companies for their drug pricing...more
Driven by its vast abundance of coal, copper, iron ore, gold and uranium (to name a few), Mongolia is forecast to have the world’s fastest growth rate in 2013, at 12% of GDP—a figure Western economies can only dream of in the...more
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China adopted a Decision Relating to Strengthening the Protection of Information on the Internet (the Decision) on December 28, 2012....more