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The Beijing Intellectual Property Court recently concluded an unfair competition dispute between the Palace Museum, Sichuan Palace Wine Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Palace Wine)...

The nature of the relationship between Israeli innovators and China is evolving.

Section 238 of the Companies Act (2025 Revision) (the "Act") provides a statutory right for shareholders who dissent from a merger to be paid a judicially determined fair value for their shares in lieu...

The ESG disclosure standard was developed in collaboration with Chinese insurer Ping An, China Mobile, Ant Group and several other companies.

As of 19 February 2020, the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, the "Coronavirus") has affected 28 countries and regions according to publicly available information.

Recently, the United States District Court of the Northern District of California rejected a Chinese company's argument of China's restriction of cross-border data transfer as a legal justification, and has required the...

In 2011, the "PRC Law on the Application of Laws to Foreign-Related Civil Relations" ("Law") was promulgated to provide for what the applicable laws should be when foreign-related civil relations are involved.

As part of its effort to investigate potential accounting fraud at unnamed China-based companies that are publicly traded in the United States, on December 3, 2012 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") charged the Chinese affiliates of the "Big Four" accounting firms – Ernst & Young, Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers – and BDO with violating the Securities Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Foreign-invested entities ("FIE") in China often encounter several issues in cross-border foreign currency exchange ("foreign exchange").

Companies invested or considering investing in variable-interest entity (VIE) structures in China should take precautionary measures to protect against risks illustrated by recent events in China and the United States.

Often foreign brands question whether to trademark register their name in Chinese before launching in China. Such a topic has previously raised controversial opinions.

The SPC recently made a final ruling on a dispute over infringement of technical secrets, revoked the first-instance court's ruling to dismiss the prosecution on the grounds of repeated prosecution,...

The data protection authorities of the EU Member States (DPAs) are imposing ever high fines for violations of the GDPR.

In China, the invoice — or fapiao (发票) — refers to the certificate of payment or receipt of money made or received in purchases and sales of goods, provisions or acceptance of services and other business activities.

The 2022 Determinations vacate the 2021 HFCAA Determination Report and, as a result, the three-year non-compliance period for Chinese companies subject to the HFCAA is reset.

On July 10, 2021, the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) of the People's Republic of China (China or the PRC) announced that it had denied the merger of online-game streaming companies Huya Company...

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (‘NPC') adopted the revised Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic in China (‘AML'). Effective from 1 August 2022...