On January 1 of this year, amendments to the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (CPL) entered into effect, representing the nation’s proactive approach to refining its legal system ...
A new amendment to the China Civil Procedure Law makes it easier for disputes between Chinese and foreign entities to be heard in Chinese courts. The new law expands scenarios in which foreign-related ...
On 17 September 2019, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Arbitration Centre launched the ADGM Arbitration Guidelines. The ADGM Arbitration Guidelines have been developed to provide end-users of ...
Dong Wei of P.C. & Associates explains how recent amendments to the Civil Procedure Law are having a positive impact on patent infringement litigation in China As part and parcel of patent protection, ...
Life-tenured judges play the long game. Last spring, the Judicial Conference adopted, without any debate, a "binding" policy that would force reassignment of cases seeking nationwide relief. After ...
Article 142 When trying simple civil cases in which the facts are evident, the rights and obligations clear and the disputes trivial in character, the basic people's courts and the tribunals ...