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 …
If you are a foreign invested enterprise (FIE) that needs to secure land use rights in China for your business operations there are many legal obstacles under Chinese law that you will have to navigate a path through before you may reach your goal. How do you begin and what steps do you need to …
Last week, Penn Law hosted a panel discussion on “Rights Litigation, Law and Political Reform in China” in Fitts Auditorium. The event was divided into two parts: the first part consisted of a panel in which the speakers discussed what the state of the rule of law in China was, and the second part consisted …
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For years, Vietnam and Hong Kong have built strong ties whether in terms of trade, tourism or otherwise. Given my role as the Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong, my focus is naturally law-related. Without seeking to downplay the importance of other contributing factors, it is clear that the effectiveness of our legal system, legal …
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will be suspended for the entire 2014 regular season and postseason, arbitrator Fredric Horowitz ruled on Saturday. Major League Baseball had sought a 211-game suspension based on what has been described as overwhelming evidence that Rodriguez not only obtained illegal performance-enhancing substances from the now-shuttered Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in South …
Courts in China’s Guangdong Province are adopting new ways in order to track and monitor the large numbers of cases that crowd their dockets every day; they have taken to using modern information technology (IT) to assist them with making their work more efficient and the overall legal system much more manageable. The “China Daily” …
On January 21, 2014, “mondaq” posted on its website a very informative article about the amendments to company registration laws that are just around the corner here in China. This article entitled “China: The interpretation of recent amendments to the Company Law of the Peoples Republic of China”, by Mr. Jiang Rongqing, contains a very …
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There have been some changes made to China’s Trademark laws that you should be aware of if you are thinking of doing business in China, or, if you are already doing business here. The protection of your intellectual property is of paramount importance to all foreign businesses in China. Realizing that foreign businesses will either …
