DLA Piper (LexBlog China)

On February 28, 2024, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order titled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and US Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern” (EO). This order seeks to restrict the sale of sensitive American data to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba (Countries of Concern) to prevent those...

On January 21, 2024, the FDA issued a final rule amending its Quality System (QS) regulations under 21 CFR Part 820, which addresses current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements for medical device manufacturers. The amendments are aimed at more closely harmonizing these requirements with ISO 13485:2016, which is the international consensus standard for Quality Management Systems, as...

The US Senate on Tuesday, June 8, approved comprehensive technology policy and funding legislation, by a vote of 68-32, aimed at combating the growing influence of China in critical technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum science while ensuring American leadership in setting international technological standards. The United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021...

As the new administration staffs up and Capitol Hill lawmakers begin to contemplate post-pandemic priorities, countering China’s advances in artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies has emerged as a major driving force for US policymakers. This alert provides a summary of expected new AI-related legislation, an overview of a recent report by the National Security...

On January 9, 2021, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued the Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extra-territorial Application of Foreign Legislation and Other Measures (the Blocking Rules).[1] The Blocking Rules establish a regulatory framework for neutralizing the adverse effects on Chinese parties and national interests of foreign laws and governmental measures with extraterritorial...

By Ting Xiao, Horace Lam and William Fisher On 17 October 2020, the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress (“NPC”) passed the first PRC Biosecurity Law, which will become effective on 15 April 2021 (the “Biosecurity Law”).  Notably, the Biosecurity Law was passed by the NPC’s Standing Committee less than a year from...

An updated draft of China’s Amended Personal Information Security Specification (Amended PIS Specification) and proposed new amendments to the privacy specification for mobile apps (App Privacy Specification) were published this week, alongside brand new draft privacy regulations for the banking sector. These drafts will, if implemented, introduce some significant changes to current data...

Please join us for a Labour & Employment Global Law Forum we are hosting, together with our friends at HFN and the ACC, on Tuesday, September 10th, at HFN’s conference center. We have the privilege of being joined by a number of our distinguished employment and labour colleagues from China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy,...

By Scott Thiel, Carolyn Bigg, Lauren Hurcombe and Venus Cheung. While apps are incredibly popular in China, in recent months some have been disappearing from app stores in the country because they do not comply with recent apps regulations. Indeed many companies are not even aware of the comprehensive new privacy compliance obligations for apps in China. Under...

BY EDWARD CHATTERTON, HORACE LAM AND JOANNE ZHANG Amendments to Key IP Laws On 23 April 2019 China passed amendments to two major IP laws -the Trademark Law and the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL). Specifically, the Trademark Law has been amended in order to tackle bad faith trademark filings without an intent to use by...

By Qiang Li, Stewart Wang & Michael Huang In the face of a grueling trade and technology war with the US, China is trying to find new ways to galvanize its own economy.  One strategy is to attract more foreign investment and give foreign investors the so-called “national treatment”.  The newly promulgated “Foreign Investment Law” is a major step...

This month’s Be Global looks at recent employment law developments across the Americas, APAC and EMEA, including changes to income tax law in China and labor exploitation in Spain. To access the full report, click here.

China’s Non-performing Loans market, as well as the legal regime applicable to NPLs, has developed rapidly over the past years and has attracted attention from both international and local investors. Overall, China has steadily deregulated the trading of NPLs since the launch of this industry nearly two decades ago. In this article, written by our...

With the widespread adoption of “super-apps”, multinational companies operating in China and other emerging economies may be exposed to heightened compliance risks, particularly in light of the recent adoption of a new US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy (FCPA Enforcement Policy) that restricts the use of third-party apps for undocumented business communications. For...

*Alan Wang of DLA’s Shanghai Office contributed to this article. If you are an avid shopper, you may have noticed in the past holiday season that fewer and fewer items on the shelf had the familiar “Made in China” label.  In 2013, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast that the era of cheap labor in...