In effect on 1 July 2013, the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations 2005 (SF (CIS) Regulations) were amended by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Read more detail regarding this issue in this article.
Bringing a drug to market requires an extraordinary investment. In-house counsel at biotech and pharmaceutical companies routinely face the challenge of developing an IP strategy that maximizes an investment’s return. This is especially difficult when the market for approval of a drug is relatively small. This article provides an overview of the regulatory frameworks for orphan drugs in the United States and other developed and emerging markets.
Brief discussion of "subject to contract" clauses as reviewed in Singapore and English High Court cases.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on 28 June 2013 the introduction of further measures to fine-tune residential property loan rules, which came into effect on 29 June 2013. MAS Notice 632 has been amended to reflect these new rules, and MAS has also issued a new Notice 645, setting out details as to how banks and financial institutions are to compute the total debt servicing ratio for property loans.
Within the ASEAN region, the five jurisdictions of Cambodia, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Myanmar have yet to enact their respective generic competition laws. The coming years could possibly be the establishment and formative years of new competition regulators within ASEAN and the region would likely be enforcing competition laws more proactively than in the past.
This White Paper is the full version of the March 2013 Asian Briefings article, "Privacy Statutes in Asia-Pacific Jurisdictions." In addition to serving as a primer on privacy statutes in Asia-Pacific jurisdictions, this White Paper also examines the conflict between the US ediscovery laws and the privacy laws and regulations in the Asian-Pacific region, and attempts by the US Court to reconcile such conflicts. It also recommends best practices for navigating the minefield that exists as a result of such conflicts.
This article offers a brief analysis of data privacy laws and regulations in some key Asia-Pacific jurisdictions, including China, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and India.
In answering this FAQ, we provide guidance on what parties need to do (or avoid doing) in order to ensure that any pre-arbitral ADR procedure is enforceable.
A ten point list of important issues to consider when dealing with insurance regulation in Singapore.
This briefing considers the areas of the judgment that are likely to invite challenge on appeal and the practical points to take from the judgment on the assumption that it is upheld.