Sun, 27 Feb 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme Court’s newly-issued 2021 Conference Summary on cross-border commercial and maritime litigation, addressed, among others, jurisdiction clauses, cross-border electronic service, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s newly amended Civil Procedure Law aims to reduce the caseload and simplify the litigation procedure by, among others, promoting online litigation and supporting mediation.
Sun, 13 Feb 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , 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.
Sun, 09 Jan 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟
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 杜國棟
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 杜國棟 , 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 杜國棟
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.