On October 21, 2024, the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released a pilot plan that allows non-end-to-end manufacturing of biologics. The NMPA has a longstanding position to require an end-to-end...

On February 7, 2014, the China Food and Drug Administration promulgated a notice titled "The Fast Track Approval Process for Innovative Medical Device (Tentative)", effective as of March 1, 2014.

Yesterday, November 19, 2012, the European Council announced that it has reached final agreement on the European Union’s proposed Unitary Patent System.

As we welcome 2025, I wanted to share some thoughts on the year ahead for China's and Southeast Asia's private equity investment landscape, based on trends we have seen in 2024.

On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, Keith Krach, released a letter to...

Being an aspiring commercial lawyer often means being confronted by complex, often abstract, concepts leading to an often impenetrable wall of jargon for students and trainees.

In a case of fundamental constitutional importance, the High Court ruled this morning that the UK Government has no power to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union to withdraw from the European Union, without an Act of Parliament.

It's certainly an exciting time for innovation and innovators at law firms, with a host of efforts – including firmwide engagement challenges, restructuring internal processes...

The UK Treasury confirmed today that it will amend Article 53 of the Regulated Activities Order (covering the regulated activity of "advising on investments") to bring it into line with...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have announced the much-anticipated final Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") premerger notification rules and published a new HSR form, completing a rule-making process started in August 2010.

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced on February 4 that they have suspended the practice of granting early termination of the review...

Due to travel limitations imposed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, instead of taking trains, buses and cars to commute to work, people are going to work at home.

On December 8, 2020, Massachusetts extended its COVID guidance relating to the sourcing of employee income that was set to expire on December 31, 2020...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently released additional guidance on the definition of "voting equity securities" as applied to the bad actor disqualification rules under Rule 506(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

The Department of Labor has issued a final rule that extends the effective dates of the new fee disclosure rules for ERISA plans.

Less than a month ago, we posted about a big week for U.S. forced labor regulation. That week saw, among other developments, record expansion of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed into law a bill prohibiting employers from using credit checks for employment purposes, which will take effect on September 2, 2015.

Class-action lawyers have begun targeting retirement savings plans offered by colleges and universities across the country. These lawsuits are founded in claims of ERISA breaches of fiduciary duty.

On February 12-14, 2020, the Fund Finance Association held its 10th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium at which lenders, sponsors,...

On May 14, 2019, the Joint Audit Committee (the "JAC"), a representative committee consisting of U.S.