In June 2016, the Korean Fair Trade Commission ("KFTC") announced its proposed amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act...

Beginning August 1, 2016, Korea's revised law on the corporate governance of financial companies took effect. On the same day, the FSC announced its year-long review of controlling shareholders...

The Korean government's support for the development of offshore wind power in Korea has reached a crescendo.

On June 28, 2016, the Financial Services Commission ("FSC") proposed the enactment of the "Act on the Financial Consumer Protection Framework" (the "Proposed Enactment").

When a South Korean video game company attempted to avoid a $250 million earnout payment by relying on ChatGPT for legal strategy, Delaware's Court of Chancery delivered a decisive ruling that exposed the perils of substituting AI for experienced counsel. The case reveals critical lessons about structuring earnout provisions, protecting seller interests in M&A transactions, and the irreplaceable value of human legal judgment in complex corporate disputes.

In recent years, Asia has very much embraced international arbitration. And yet, it is often suggested that this is international arbitration, with Asian characteristics.

On August 12, the DOJ and Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed update to their Antitrust Guidelines for Licensing of Intellectual Property, and called for public comments.

While walking the streets of Seoul, South Korea's energetic capital, it was fascinating to see the contrast between its centuries-old palaces set against a backdrop of modern high-rise buildings.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has increased our dependence on digital platforms more than ever, dominant platforms with significant market power continue to draw the focus of antitrust regulators around the world.

18 firms across the Asia-Pacific listed top employment law issues, with similar trends seen across many of the regions.

ver the course of the World Cup, we have been publishing our own matchups, comparing various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the participating countries.

Patent Litigation Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of South Korea, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

On June 13, 2016, in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., 579 U.S. ___ (2016), the Supreme Court unanimously abrogated the Federal Circuit's 2007 decision in In re Seagate Tech.,

Greenwashing is a form of marketing that misrepresents a product, service or practice as having positive environmental effects...

134 law firms participated in this year's Index of Pro Bono. Of these, 127 firms provided data on the levels of pro bono engagement among their lawyers.

Greenwashing is a form of marketing that misrepresents a product, service or practice as having positive environmental effects, thereby misleading consumers and preventing them from making an informed purchasing decision.

We present to you the Summer 2025 edition of the Asia Tax Bulletin. It contains tax developments in Asia on a host of topics, such as Hong Kong's and Japan's tax legislation...