Wed, 09 Mar 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
When you make payments to Chinese suppliers, they may ask you to pay to several different bank accounts that may not belong to themselves.
Wed, 09 Mar 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
First things thing, you need to obtain its legal Chinese name. Then you need to have a check-up on the official website of the Chinese company registration authority, to see whether the company is legit.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2022, China Securities Regulatory Commission and other departments jointly issued the “Guidelines for the Application of Regulatory Rules – Legal Class No.2: Rules for the Practice of Law Firms Engaged in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) and Listings” (监管规则适用指引——法律类第2号：律师事务所从事首次公开发行股票并上市法律业务执业细则), which sets new rules on law firms IPO practice in China.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2022, China officially joined the Hague System of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Marrakesh Treaty.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In February 2022, the Supreme People’s Court issued the “Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning Application of Law in Trials of Compensation Execution-Related Cases” (关于审理涉执行司法赔偿案件适用法律若干问题的解释), which focuses on judicial compensation due to mistakes in the enforcement of judgments.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2021, China’s Ministry of Justice and other two authorities jointly issued the “Opinions on Further Regulating Lawyers’ Fees” (关于进一步规范律师服务收费的意见), which focuses on regulating the contingent lawyers’ fees.
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s National Platform for Lawyers’ Integrity Information, an online platform developed by China’s Ministry of Justice and the All China Lawyers Association, started its operation officially in February 2022.
Sun, 06 Mar 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme People’s Court elaborated on how Chinese courts would handle cases involving the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in a conference summary, embarking on a new era for judgment collection in China.
Fri, 04 Mar 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In January 2022, a company that used data from Douyin without permission was ruled to compensate damages of CNY 1 million, marking China’s first unfair competition case involving rights and interests of live streaming data.
Thu, 03 Mar 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
China used to have Inheritance Law (Law on Succession). However, after the promulgation of the Civil Code in 2020, China has only the “Book VI Succession” in the Civil Code. In other words, the inheritance law became a part of the civil code.