Sun, 13 Feb 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Diverging views among Chinese local courts are expressed on the question of whether the disclosure of Chinese judgments infringes the privacy of the parties.
Insight: China Justice 中国司法洞察
Sun, 09 Jan 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Though legal professional ethics has long been underappreciated in China, it has gradually enjoyed better status since 2015.
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.
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
Can I initiate arbitration proceedings against Chinese companies in my country and then have the awards enforced in China? You probably don’t want to go to faraway China to sue a Chinese company, and you don’t want to agree in the contract to submit the dispute to an arbitration institution that you don’t know about.
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.
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.