作者:吴青 郑未 金杜律师事务所商务合规部
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察机关提起公益诉讼改革的基本情况
1. 检察机关提起公益诉讼改革的背景
探索建立检察机关提起公益诉讼制度是十八届四中全会明确部署的改革任务。通过建立检察机关提起公益诉讼制度,充分发挥检察机关法律监督职能作用,促进依法行政、严格执法,维护宪法法律权威,维护社会公平正义,维护国家和社会公共利益。
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By Richard Wigley King & Wood Mallesons’ IP Group
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hinese consumers who have purchased and have used mobile phones/devices (including smartphones, smart tablets, and smart watches) often find that said phones/devices include pre-installed applications. These applications may be core to the function of the phone/device or, alternatively, be included by the manufacturer/distributor to provide…
作者:韦理察 金杜律师事务所知识产权部
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国消费者在购买和使用移动电话/设备(包括智能手机、智能平板电脑以及智能手表)时常常发现这些电话/设备安装有预置的应用软件。这些应用软件可能对实现电话/设备的功能有重要的作用,或者也可能是制造商/经销商为了向用户提供增值服务/功能而安装的。但是,中国用户对于这些电话/设备中的某些预置应用软件的担忧也在日益增长,一些用户称这些应用软件可能具备一些他们并不想要的功能,例如监视甚至窃取他们的个人信息或者产生不必要的流量。这些用户希望在购买时可以首先被告知这些应用软件的存在,并且需要时可以删除这些软件。目前在一些案件中,已有就这些预置应用软件而提起的诉讼。在这种情况下,中国政府针对预置应用软件出台指导性法规也就不足为奇了,下文将对此进行论述。
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By Edmund Wan and Nicole Parlee King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong Office.
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onsider this situation: a dispute has arisen between two parties in relation to an agreement which is subject to an arbitration clause. Separately, a winding up application has been made against one of the parties to the arbitration in the jurisdiction…
作者:Edmund Wan Nicole Parlee 金杜律师事务所香港办公室
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想如下情形:双方当事人因协议产生争议,该协议包含仲裁条款。另外,双方在一方当事人公司注册地进行了仲裁,在仲裁中另一方当事人对该公司提出了清算申请。仲裁庭对该面临破产的公司做出了仲裁裁决。该公司在香港拥有资产,而债权人现在想要行使其权利。由于香港法院对仲裁裁决大方执行,其做出的清算判决可能会给外国清算人和这家外国公司的其他债权人带来很大损失。
本文将讨论如下问题,即债权人有权依据仲裁裁决行使其对濒临清算的外国公司在港资产享有的权利,而该行为有可能会损害其他债权人的利益。
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By Yin Juquan and Song Miao King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
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abor disputes tend to occur among the contractor, the affiliated party, the lessor and lessor of business license in cases involving illegal contracting or subcontracting to employers without entity qualifications. To be specific, it’s worth pondering over who takes responsibility…
By Linda Liang and Zhang Jingjing King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory Group
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n increasing number of employers are resorting to part-time employment in practice. Compared to full-time employment, the former bears more flexibility for both the employer and employee. For the employer, part-time employment features low cost and more freedom in contract…
By Paul Stothard King & Wood Mallesons’ London Office
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ran has been subject to a web of UN, US, and EU sanctions since the 1970s, but a significant part of those sanctions are now poised to be relaxed following a historical deal reached between Iran, the EU and the “P5+1” (the United Kingdom, France,…