Sun, 02 Jan 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Drivers in ride-hailing platforms like Uber are not employees, but independent contractors, says a newly issued Chinese government policy in 2021, which also emphasizes that the platforms should treat workers like employees in certain aspects.
Sun, 26 Dec 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
On December 26, 2021, ICDPASO released ICDPASO Commercial Mediation Rules (Draft). ICDPASO (International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization) is a non-governmental international organization established by China in 2020.
Sun, 26 Dec 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
With a major overhaul of China’s trial system, the ongoing reform will grant higher courts greater discretion to decide to hear the first-instance cases from its lower courts, so as to ensure that judges are impartial and independent of local authorities.
Sun, 19 Dec 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In July 2021, a Chinese court recognized a Singapore judgment based on reciprocity, a key prerequisite that was earlier confirmed by the China-Singapore memorandum on recognition and enforcement of judgments.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
Most likely, you don't want to have to go so far away as to sue a Chinese company. You may just want to take your case to the court on your doorstep because you are more familiar with your home state.
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Since 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate has been exploring to establish a corporate compliance non-prosecution system. In June 2021, the newly-issued SPP policy document signals the adoption of conditional non-prosecution when introducing a third-party supervision and evaluation mechanism.
Sun, 28 Nov 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's Personal Information Protection Law (个人信息保护法), enacted in August 2021, draws the boundaries for Internet platforms conducting automated decision-making through algorithms.
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People’s Court published the Annual Report on Judicial Review of Commercial Arbitration (2019). Cases relating to judicial review of foreign-related arbitration agreements in 2019 are introduced in Part Three.
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People’s Court published the Annual Report on Judicial Review of Commercial Arbitration (2019). Cases relating to recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in 2019 are introduced in Part Three.
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People’s Court published the Annual Report on Judicial Review of Commercial Arbitration (2019), Part One of which presents a legal framework of arbitration in China.