Sun, 30 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
What do we talk about when we talk about Typical Cases issued by China's Supreme People's Court (SPC)?
Litigation in China
Sun, 16 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
"No", answers a Shenzhen court in Gao v. Shenzhen Yunsilu Innovation Development Fund Enterprise (2018), ruling to set aside an arbitral award on the ground of public policy, given that cryptocurrency exchanges are banned in China.
Sun, 16 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's Supreme Court's latest judicial interpretation (2020) sets out the standards for the application of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law in trade secret infringement cases.
Sat, 08 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
Bitcoin is protected as a virtual asset under Chinese law, but shall not be deemed as currency or financial product, as a Shanghai court decided in Li et. al. v. Yan et. al. (2019).
Sun, 02 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
The collection of personal information should be lawful, justified and necessary, as a principle upheld by Chinese courts in Guo v. Hangzhou Safari Park (2020).
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
No more notarization and authentication of a power of attorney; online verification is what those living overseas and wishing to appoint a Chinese lawyer need.
Sun, 11 Apr 2021 Insights Dennis (Yongquan) Deng 邓永泉
No, the agreement, at least the part relating to the organizational structure and internal governance matters, may not be arbitrable, says Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court in Tang v. Beijing XX Decoration Technology Company (2019).
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Empirical studies in Chengdu Courts show that the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a widespread shift to online litigation, which has been unexpectedly popular among judges and litigants.
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
China's Supreme Court's Several Provisions on Providing Online Case-filing Services for Foreign Litigants (2021) provides an Internet platform for foreign parties to file cases with Chinese courts, and streamlines the case-filing procedures.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Recent years have seen a number of cases wherein Chinese courts actively apply international human rights treaties, despite the unclear status of international treaties in the Chinese legal system.