The International Arbitration Review 2011 Chapter 16 - Artbitraton in Hong Kong
The Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department's partners Joseph Kwan and Cheung Kwok Kit wrote the chapter on arbitration in Hong Kong in the Second Edition of The International Arbitration Review published by UK publishers Law Business Research Ltd.

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Financial Services Newsletter, Issue 2 of 2012: April
"Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal to hear Tiger Asia case"; "Payments of dividends out of capital"; "Regulation of ILAS in Hong Kong"; "SFC announces temporary break in annual licensing fees"; "Japan: confidential information and intellectual property rights in the workplace"

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Changes to Franchisor's Disclosure Obligations and Franchisee's Confidentiality Obligations
China effected major changes to its 1997 franchise administrative measures (trial) in 2005, defining more clearly the way foreign brands might operate franchise businesses in China. The 2005 administrative measures applied to commercial franchising in China, and were revised and replaced by the currently prevailing "Administrative Regulations on Commercial Franchise" ("Franchise Regulations"), effective 1 May 2007.

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Litigation & Dispute Resolution Newsletter, Issue 2 of 2012: April
"Waiver of Privilege or Not?"; "Defamation – An Update on Google Inc. and ISPs"; "Court of Appeal clarifies Court's jurisdiction to grant orders to the SFC under Section 213 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance"; "Head of European Credit Sales at Credit Suisse fined £210,000 by UK's Financial Services Authority for disclosing client confidential information"; "Statutory Derivative Actions - New hope for minority shareholders?"; "The Trade Descriptions (Unfair Trade Practices) (Amendment) Bill 2012"; "Cantor Fitzgerald fails to win damages against departing senior management staff"

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China IP Bulletin
"Deacons wins IP awards"; "Can China manage its Great Online Leap?"; "The application of the prior art defence in China"; "Exporters beware - trade mark infringement by OEM products in China still uncertain"; "Personal data privacy guidelines come into effect"; "New Partner - Ronald Chu"

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Deacons IP Bulletin
"Deacons wins IP awards"; "Does Hong Kong need a "parody defence"?"; "Transfer of personal data - will section 33 finally come into force?"; "Apple v Proview - "one country, two systems""; "Hong Kong to toughen laws against unfair trade practices"; "Macau - still a well-kept secret"

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Construction And Arbitration Newsletter, Issue 1 of 2012: March
"The New CIETAC Arbitration Rules"; "Concurrent Delay"; "Dire costs consequences of challenging an arbitral award"; "Obligations of contractor under side agreement not within scope of bond"; "Conclusive Evidence Clauses to be strictly construed"; "Challenging enforcement of arbitration award under s.86 of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609)"; "Arbitration Clause in contract may not extend to all contractual documents"; "New Judge in charge of Construction and Arbitration List"

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