By Yonah Baker and Daniella Phair. King & Wood Mallesons’ Melbourne office.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a non-profit policy research organisation in the United States, estimates that the theft of data and other IP results in a global cost between $450-600 billion each year.
To help counter this threat,
By Jiang Junlu Pei Xiu King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
Since the idea of the Ethnic Chinese Card (“ECC”) was raised by Hong GUO (Director of the Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun) on 27 November 2015, Chinese communities worldwide have been following the discussion with interest.
On 13 March 2016, Yuanping QIU, Director
By Lucy Lu, Lexina Li and Enya Yang King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercila & Regulatory group
Annual leave is an important reflection of the right to rest granted by law to employees. The introduction of the annual leave system has made the taking of holidays a hot topic amongst both employees and employers.
Mr.
By Susan Ning , Wu Han, Zhao Yangdi King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
Big data has become a hot topic in recent years, and the big data industry has been considered as one of the critical sources of economic growth by governments around the world. The U.S. Government issued reports on the
by Andrew Fei King & Wood Mallesons’ New York office.
China’s central bank – the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) – has successfully completed a trial of a blockchain-based digital currency prototype system, taking it one step closer to becoming one of the first major central banks to issue its own digital currency.
By Jiang Junlu, Qin Wen King & Wood Mallesons’Commercial & Regulatory group
Date:October 2016Richard, 39 years old, had worked in a foreign-owned enterprise before being employed as HRD by the company six months ago. He has outstanding domestic and overseas educational background and work
By Paul Starr, James McKenzie and Nicholas Lee. King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office.
In the recently released “Report on Third Party Funding for Arbitration” (“Report”) the Law Reform Commission (“LRC”) has recommended that the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) be amended to permit third party funding in
By Yin Juquan and Zhang Yuanhao King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
A document that certifies the cancellation or termination of an employment contract is known as a severance of employment certificate. Pursuant to Articles 50 and 89 of the PRC Labor Contract Law, if an employment contract between an employer and an
by Xu Xiaodan and Wang Zhaogang King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
On 30 November 2016, the Supreme People’s Court published the “Minutes of the Eighth National Working Conference on the Courts’ Trial of Civil and Commercial Cases (Civil Part)” (the “Minutes”). This article analyzes and interprets the employment-related
by Linda Liang, Yuting Zhu King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
Human resources are key to a company’s core competences. In Beijing, as the household registration quota is scarce, enterprises often attract employees by helping them obtain household registration. However, some employees have their own calculation, which is to leave their jobs
