On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, Linda Sun, a former high-ranking official in New York State’s government, was arrested in Brooklyn and charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for allegedly acting as...more
On July 9, 2024, the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) issued its annual update to its guidelines enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) in a Report to Congress titled “2024 Updates to the...more
On July 10, 2024, Tungsten Parts Wyoming, Inc. (“TPW”) (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports from the People’s Republic of China (“China”). TPW alleges that...more
On June 20, 2024, Webb Wheel Products, Inc. (“Webb” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Certain Brake Drums from the People’s Republic of China and...more
On Friday, June 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the lower court’s dismissal of a 2022 lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to compel casino magnate Stephen A. Wynn to register...more
U.S. Reps. John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) recently co-authored a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for an investigation of a drone company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for...more
China’s amended Law on Guarding State Secrets (“SSL”) took effect on May 1, 2024. This amendment is part of a broader legislative push to enhance national security and data protection, aligning with other recent laws such as...more
Chinese students make up the majority of international students in the United States. However, the number of Chinese students in U.S. universities has dropped from a high of 370,000 in 2019 to about 290,000 today....more
Once considered non-arbitrable, competition law disputes between private parties are increasingly being resolved by arbitration. Even where competition law issues are not at the heart of the dispute, parties are becoming...more
In 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) heightened enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). The UFLPA established a rebuttable presumption prohibiting the importation of goods mined, produced,...more
The long-standing practice to adopt the principle of absolute foreign state immunity by the People’s Republic of China (the PRC) and Hong Kong is coming to an end as the PRC’s Foreign State Immunity Law (the FSIL) is coming...more
Responding to growing geopolitical tensions between Taiwan and mainland China (PRC), Taiwanese businesses are considering ways to diversify their operations away from their largest trading partner. In 2022, China accounted...more
Foreign states are no longer immune from suit or execution in the PRC (including Hong Kong and Macau) in respect of their commercial activities. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) has passed...more
On September 1, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPCSC) of the PRC adopted the amendments to the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (the Amended CPL). The amendments...more
China’s regulations aim to address risks related to artificial intelligence and introduce compliance obligations on entities engaged in AI-related business. This Client Alert discusses what technologies and entities are...more
The Hong Kong Listing Rule amendments relating to People's Republic of China ("PRC") issuers came into effect on August 1, 2023....more
On Aug. 9, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order providing the framework for investment restrictions in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). The President has tapped the Department of the Treasury to oversee a...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued a long-anticipated executive order (EO) to address investments by U.S. persons in companies that engage with certain categories of technology and products located in the People’s...more
On April 26, 2023, China’s legislature approved revisions to the Counter-Espionage Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC Counter-Espionage Law). A draft version of the law had been released for public comment in December...more
After much anticipation by organisations both in and out of the PRC, the new standard contractual clauses have been issued by the Chinese regulatory authorities as a means to permission the cross-border transfer of personal...more
The proposed amendments reflect changes in PRC regulations recently announced by the State Council and the CSRC. On 24 February 2023, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Stock Exchange) published a Consultation...more
It seems like it was a couple decades ago, but it was only about 5 years that I was last in Hong Kong on business. I was staying at a very nice upscale hotel (plenty to choose from) directly across from a massive port,...more
Termination of employment by employers in China is virtually never easy even in absence of a crisis situation. When it comes to the economic downturn, employee dismissal becomes far more sensitive....more
After two years of public consultation and two readings at the National People’s Congress, the first amendment to the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been promulgated under the spirit of...more
On February 16, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued “abbreviated” regulations to implement President Biden’s 2021 Executive Order (EO) barring certain investments in...more