Fighting coronavirus – How to resume work during the prevention and control of the epidemic
By Jingxia Liu , Yixuan Liu, Ting Xiao, Ying Wang At the start of the new year, 2020, a sudden novel coronavirus pneumonia emerged in China. It spread quickly in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, and then indiscriminately spilled over all of the provinces in China. COVID-19, the name given by the World […]
Should car manufacturers bear liability when man and machine are driving together?
Fatal road accidents involving self-driving autopilot technology have raised fresh safety concerns, while opening up a debate about the ethics of automobile makers
The 2019 convention – key matters and its influence on China
A recent development concerning the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters seen from a Chinese perspective
What constitutes fraud under China’s consumer protection law regime
As the country leads the way in sales of cars, protection against dealership fraud is
as important as ever, as a recent study of Chinese court judgments shows
The integrated competition agency you should know
By Jin Yi Regulatory body SAMR is playing a big part in shaping competition policies and establishing itself as a responsible and proactive model under China’s State Council…
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Addleshaws recruits second finance partner from McDermott
A partner from McDermott Will & Emery’s finance practice has left the firm after 18 months for Addleshaw Goddard. Rachel Kelly, who specialises in structured finance and debt capital markets, moves to Addleshaws with fellow lawyer Kerry Pettigrew, who joins Addleshaws as a legal director. Kelly was one of the first partners to depart the […]
DWF secures landmark Supreme Court turnaround for Morrisons
DWF, Blackstone Chambers and 11KBW today pulled off a dramatic victory for Morrisons in the Supreme Court, as it ruled that the supermarket chain was not ‘vicariously liable’ for a mammoth data breach that affected over 100,000 employees. In a judgment handed down by five justices via live stream on Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court unanimously […]
Hundreds of Irish barristers lend support to virus contact tracing scheme
Almost 400 barristers registered to the Irish Bar have volunteered to carry out coronavirus contact tracing in order to help relieve pressure on health staff. A total of 385 barristers, which is about one-sixth of all practising barristers in Ireland, have signed up to volunteer for the Health Service Executive. Under the scheme, which is […]
Shearman opts against salary hikes in Italy
Shearman & Sterling’s Italian arm has told its staff that it will not be handing out any pay rises this year. Following a management decision, which is understood to have been made slightly before the coronavirus outbreak, staff in the Milan and Rome offices of the US firm will not be granted raises for the […]
Covington replenishes competition ranks with BCLP hire
Covington & Burling has made its first London lateral hire in two years, bringing in a new partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to boost its competition capabilities in the City. James Marshall joins the Washington DC-based firm after more than 10 years at BCLP, having spent nine of those years at Berwin Leighton Paisner […]
Ashurst hires from Deloitte for consulting venture
Ashurst has launched a consulting business in its Australian offices, hiring a chief strategy officer from Deloitte to run one of the groups. Philip Hardy – who was chief strategy officer of Deloitte’s audit and assurance division – will run Ashurst’s risk advisory service, which will focus on how to manage risk and compliance issues […]