By Jiang Ke and Yang Nan King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
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he newly released Online Publishing Service Rules, due to its multiple amendments to the previous Internet Publishing Interim Rules which has been implemented for almost 14 years, has caused widespread concern of China’s regulation on the online publishing. This article,
By Susan Ning, Weiqing Qiu and Kate Peng King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
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n February 3, 2016, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) announced its first decision in 2016: SAIC’s Jiangxi provincial branch imposed penalties on 17 local insurance companies for concluding and implementing anticompetitive agreements to divide the casualty insurance market for construction projects in Jiangxi. The fines imposed in the case ranged from 5,934 ($902) yuan to 2,091,970 yuan ($317,979).
Continue Reading A Simple Tip to Undertakings: Coinsurance or JV Arrangement Cannot Circumvent Cartel Prohibition
By Susan Ning, Ting Gong, Kate Peng King&Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
From late 2015 to early 2016, we notice that China’s Anti-monopoly law regime has continued to gain momentum with an intensified legislative effort. It is reported that altogether six guidelines are expected to be issued by the Anti-monopoly Commission of the State Council in 2016, namely, the guidelines on the interface between intellectual property (“IP”) rights and antitrust; the guidelines on leniency programme; the guidelines on commitments by undertakings under antitrust investigation; the guidelines for the motor vehicle sector; the guidelines on calculation of illegal gains and fines; and the guidelines on procedures for exemption application in relation to monopoly agreements.
Continue Reading Highlights of Recent Legislation in connection with China’s Anti-monopoly Law
作者：张保生 周伟 刘思远 朱媛媛 金杜律师事务所争议解决部
海南某上市公司（下称“公司”）因为信息披露问题被监管机构行政处罚，引发部分股民提起虚假陈述民事赔偿诉讼，金杜受托代理公司应诉。近日，海南市中级人民法院（“海口中院”）作出一审判决，驳回股民全部诉讼请求。该案例说明，上市公司因虚假陈述被提起民事赔偿诉讼，只要应对得当、抗辩有力，并不必然败诉；同时，该案作为金杜代理上市公司成功应对虚假陈述诉讼的又一经典案例，体现出金杜在证券诉讼领域成熟的应对策略和丰富的实战经验。
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By Stanley Zhou Minny Siu Janet Gu King & Wood Mallesons
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ina’s bond market is the world’s third largest bond market in the world in terms of trading volume. China has two main bond markets: the inter-bank bond market (“Inter-bank Bond Market”), which is primarily regulated by the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”)
23 February 2016, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) won the award of Finance Team of the Year by American Lawyer Magazine (ALM), the publisher of The Asian Lawyer and The American Lawyer, at its Asia Legal Awards Ceremony today. 2016 is the 3rd year of this Award Ceremony and these awards acknowledge those firms who
2016年2月23日，金杜律师事务所在由《The American Lawyer》与《The Asian Lawyer》联合举办的《亚洲法律大奖》颁奖典礼上摘得 “年度杰出金融律师团队”大奖。2016年是该颁奖活动在亚洲举行的第三年，通过一系列严格广泛的评选，以表彰过去一年中参与最大宗、最重要的商业法律事务的律所。金杜金融与资本市场团队以创新精神和领先的跨境团队又一次收获了来自国际知名法律媒体的赞誉。
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