In a prior client advisory on the legal implications of coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) in China, we explored employment, force majeure, data privacy, tax and other issues. Our colleague in our Shanghai office, Daniel F. Roules, has prepared a supplemental client advisory, identifying specific supply chain issues that are arising from COVID-19. As China is … Continue Reading
Our colleagues Laura Lawless, William J. Kishman, Adam D. Colvin, Kimberly J. Donovan, and John E. Wyand have prepared a comprehensive client advisory on the impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) on organizations in the United States. While every business faces unique considerations, the document provides detailed guidance that should be considered as organizations … Continue Reading
Our colleagues in our Beijing and Shanghai offices, Daniel F. Roules, Sungbo Shim, Laura Wang, Ju (Lindsay) Zhu and Changshun (Ryan) Chen, have prepared an in-depth and well-developed client advisory on the impacts of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) on companies operating in China. The document provides detailed guidance on several topics, including employment matters, force majeure in … Continue Reading
As a tactic in the ongoing civilian aircraft subsidies dispute between the US and the EU at the World Trade Organization, the US government has proposed a preliminary list to tax about US$11 billion worth of products exported to the US from the EU. The product list includes two sections, one focusing specifically on products … Continue Reading
Our colleagues Matthew Lewis, Matthew Kirk, and Robert MacLean have prepared another in-depth analysis of the current status of Brexit. You can read and download the full update here. The range of options, and timescales, days after the UK should have left the EU, remains as wide as ever. We are still some way from knowing what future trading relationships will look like. … Continue Reading
The UK is scheduled to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, but so far the UK has failed to ratify a Withdrawal Agreement. Whether the UK will leave with or without a deal remains unclear, and the analysis changes on a near-daily basis. Regardless of outcome, however, the nature of the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU will need to be … Continue Reading
The UK is scheduled to leave the EU on March 29, 2019. At this time, however, the UK has failed to ratify a Withdrawal Agreement, risking a “no-deal” exit. Whether the UK will leave with or without a deal remains unclear, and the analysis changes on a near-daily basis. Regardless of outcome, however, the nature of the UK’s future trading relationship with the EU … Continue Reading
In the most recent edition of the Tax Strategy & Benefits Newsletter, our colleagues address international efforts to find a consensus on the tax challenges arising from digitalization of the global economy. The G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project has so far failed to find an international consensus. That delay and lack of progress has … Continue Reading
On Tuesday, November 6, voters across the US cast ballots in the first major referendum since the election of President Donald J. Trump in 2016. As a result of the most expensive midterm elections in history, Democrats will be in charge of the House of Representatives and Republicans will expand their control of the Senate … Continue Reading
In the past few months, the United States has rolled out three lists of Section 301 tariffs that it has imposed, or will soon impose, on products being imported from China. For each list there has been, or will soon be, both a public comment period – during which companies could ask for specific tariff … Continue Reading
We have published our latest legal updates for February 2018, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments in the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our latest legal updates for January 2018, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our latest legal updates for November-December 2017, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below. … Continue Reading
We have published our latest legal updates for October 2017, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our latest legal updates for September 2017, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal updates for the month of July, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal updates for the month of April, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal updates for the month of March, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal updates for the month of February, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal updates for the month of January, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal updates for the month of December, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal updates for the month of November, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across the UK, European Union, Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal update from the month of October, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across the UK, European Union, Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below.… Continue Reading
We have published our legal update for the month of September, highlighting some key commercial and intellectual property developments across the UK, European Union, Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US. The update can be accessed by clicking on the document below. … Continue Reading
