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China Law Update Blog
The Latest Developments in China Law
The China Law Update Blog, published by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, focuses on legal developments and regulatory changes in China affecting businesses and investors. It covers topics such as data privacy and personal information protection laws, cross-border data transfer regulations, amendments to competition and anti-unfair competition laws, trade secret protections with extraterritorial implications, and foreign investment rules in Chinese markets. The blog provides analysis of legislative drafts, enforcement trends, and compliance requirements relevant to multinational corporations, legal practitioners, and stakeholders engaged in China-related commercial activities.
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New Export Control Law: China Strengthens its Regulatory “Great Wall”
Year 2020 definitely is a milestone year for China in building up and strengthening its regulatory legislation in the field of international trade. Following the Regulations on Unreliable Entity List (“UEL”), the Export Control Law came out on October 17…
Huya DouYu Merger is a Sign of Things to Come in Esports M&A
The streaming landscape has experienced its second major shakeup this year with Huya’s merger with DouYu on October 12, 2020. Huya and DouYu are China’s largest streaming platforms, averaging 169 million and 165 million monthly users respectively, and will…
Certainties and Uncertainties Under China’s New Unreliable Entity List
On September 19, 2020, China took a new strategic position in its ongoing trade confrontation with the United States. The Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (“MOFCOM”) issued Regulations on Unreliable Entity List (“UEL”) and drew wide public attention to…
Executive Orders on Pause: WeChat and TikTok Bans Temporarily Suspended
By Reid Whitten & Minjie Lu*
On Saturday, two actions put a stop, at least temporarily, to the U.S. shutdown of the popular social media apps WeChat and TikTok.…
How the New Presidential Proclamation Regarding Non-Immigrant Visas Affects Your Company
Presidential Proclamation
On June 22, 2020, the White House announced an extension and expansion of Proclamation 10014, which was originally announced on April 22, 2020 and restricted the issuance of and entry on immigrant visas. The new visa ban expands…
Huawei Whack-A-Mole: The U.S. Takes Another Swing at the Chinese Semiconductor Industry
On Tuesday, May 19, the U.S. Commerce Department published a regulation (effective May 15, 2020) that prohibits sale to Huawei of a microchip made to a Huawei specification, made outside the United States with non-U.S. materials, sent from a foreign…
Coming to America…to Wait Out the Coronavirus — Visa & Immigration Considerations
By Greg Berk
With the growing concern about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19” or “coronavirus”) some foreign nationals who live outside the U.S. have decided to fly to the U.S. and wait out the crisis. This article discusses the related visa and immigration issues,…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Vitamin C and the Future of U.S. Antitrust Enforcement Against Chinese Companies *
By Helen Eckert, Joy Siu & Leo Caseria
Over the last three decades, government antitrust enforcers and private plaintiffs in the United States have increasingly sought to apply U.S. antitrust laws to conduct by foreign businesses that is deemed to have effects on the U.S. economy. Many…
Antitrust Claims Against Telescope Manufacturer Ningbo Sunny Dismissed and Shot into Space
By Leo Caseria
On September 28, 2017, Judge Edward Davila dismissed an antitrust complaint filed by Optronic Technologies, Inc. (dba Orion) against Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co., Ltd., Sunny Optics, Inc. and Meade Instruments Corp. The case is Optronic Technologies, Inc. v. Ningbo …