A Shanghai Bureau of Justice official has hinted that the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone’s (FTZ) experiment on allowing associations between Chinese and foreign firms will lead to further opening up of the country’s legal services sector. The FTZ was launched in September 2013 to test-run an opening up of China’s financial system, easing restrictions …
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On June 20, 2013, in American Express Corp. v. Italian Colors Restaurant , (No. 12-133), the United States Supreme Court held that a party cannot escape individual, non-class arbitration by asserting that class action procedures are necessary to effectively prosecute the claim. That is true even if the economics of a non-class arbitration are not viable: ”[The …
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By Pamela Sakowicz Menaker , Litigation News Contributing Editor – March 11, 2014 The Delaware Court of Chancery has held that in a merger of two companies, absent an agreement providing otherwise, privileged communications between the seller corporation and its legal counsel may not be protected in subsequent litigation between the merging companies. Great Hill …
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39 Essex Street’s Jenni Richards QC successfully persuaded the High Court that a widow has the right to save her dead husband’s frozen sperm so that she could have his children in the future. Richards successfully argued that Warren Brewer had wanted his wife to have his children after his death, despite having died before …
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By virtue of its position, the South China Sea forms part of a vital route for maritime trade and transport for East Asian and Southeast Asian countries and their trading partners in Asia, Africa and beyond, which gives this area great geopolitical significance. Therefore, disputes over regional control and influence among the littoral states are …
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January 24 th – Beijing – The sex scandal of French President François Hollande and Actress Julie Gayet has caused an international buzz. CCTV’s Yang Rui sits down with long-time “China-hand” and legal expert Edward Lehman, of LEHMAN, LEE & XU , Italian columnist Francesco Sisci, and French Journalist Sabastien Ricci to delve into the …
MANILA, Philippines – Joining a United Nations arbitration process to resolve territorial disputes is the course of action China should take and not just meeting Manila “halfway” on a controversial fisheries regulation in disputed waters, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. “The nine-dash line claim is in gross violation of international law. It …
Japanese big-four firm Nishimura & Ashahi has opened a second China office in Shanghai. Nishimura & Ashahi’s Shanghai opening comes two months after the firm received a licence by the Ministry of Justice in December 2013. The firm established its first China office in Beijing in April 2010 to support Japanese companies investing in China. …
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Malacañang on Wednesday rejected the call of the Chinese government for bilateral negotiations in connection with the alleged harassment of Filipino fishermen at the disputed Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal by Chinese authorities. Instead, the Philippines will pursue the arbitration case it filed before the United Nations (UN), according to deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte on Wednesday. …
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MANILA – Joining a United Nations arbitration process to resolve territorial disputes is the course of action China should take and not just meeting Manila “halfway” on a controversial fisheries regulation in disputed waters, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. “The nine-dash line claim is in gross violation of international law. It is …
