In Part 1, Kenny Tung reviewed the path of Kodak in the face of disruptive changes that may shed some light on the challenges of the legal profession today. Here, he takes a look at some of the changes taking place in the legal industry and proposes three reminders of how we should approach the developments ahead.
Dawn raid. Two words that cause fear among in-house counsel, compliance officers and senior management, even more so when it occurs in a spoke location that might lack the resources and experience to manage an investigation, and where laws, regulation, business practices and/or language might differ dramatically. Taiwan, as in other Asian jurisdictions, continues to see raid activity by both financial regulators as well as prosecutors and other regulatory agencies. In their overview of investigatory raids in Taiwan, Dr George Lin and Ross Darrell Feingold of Lin & Partners discuss what internal stakeholders need to know in order to be better prepared.
In their overview of offshore mutual fund regulation in Taiwan, Dr George Lin and Ross Darrell Feingold of Lin & Partners discuss recent developments in the market, divulge how to obtain registration approval and explain the measures they feel will enhance the attractiveness of Taiwan as a market for offshore fund products.
As the Qualcomm case has come to light and the Provisions of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on Prohibiting the Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights to Preclude ...
The Controller of Patents (India) recently revoked the patent granted for the anti-retroviral drug ‘Valganciclovir’ used for treating active cytomegalovirus retinitis infection (CMV) ...
The main legislation for insurance and reinsurance business in Indonesia is the newly enacted Insurance Law, issued on October 17, 2014. The new Insurance Law ...
The Malaysian Federal Court in the case of Unilever (M) Holdings Sdn Bhd v So Lai & Anor1 has issued a landmark ruling whereby it was held that an employee who had been wrongfully ...
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) that operate or contemplate operating multinational businesses in Korea need to be aware of recent changes in the Adjustment of International Taxes Act of Korea ...
A new decree has been issued in Dubai regulating fundraising in the Emirate of Dubai (Dubai Decree No. 9 of 2015). In summary, the law states that approval must be sought from the Dubai Islamic Affairs ...
On June 25, 2015 the State Bank of Vietnam promulgated Circular No. 07/2015/TT-NHNN on bank guarantees, effective as of August 9, 2015 (Circular 07), to replace Circular No. 28/2012/TT-NHNN dated October 3, 2012 ...
The recent draft Implementation Rule reveals Chinese labor authorities’ efforts to clarify vagueness in the implementation of the Labor Contract Law for the past years.
The draft Cyber Security Law aims to strengthen supervision over cyber security. The proposed measures will influence not only network operators directly but also users and all public sectors.
