Although the Asia-Pacific region has yet to implement a standardized process for conducting ediscovery, most Asian countries have blocking statutes or privacy laws that restrict the transfer of personal data — generally defined as any data that can identify an individual — outside their borders.
This document addresses the situation where personal data are initially transferred by a controller to a processor within the European Union (“EU”) and are subsequently transferred by the processor to a sub-processor located outside the EU.
Clive Anderson oversees Manulife’s legal and compliance functions in seven Southeast Asian countries, including Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Read this article to learn his take on Manulife’s Pan-Asia growth strategy.
The purpose of this InfoPAK is to assist corporate counsel in understanding and making decisions about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and global anti-corruption law. Included is a summary of the Act, the role of the various government agencies, enforcement trends, and a discussion of steps companies can take to mitigate risk and fulfill their obligations under the Act. <p><b>Also included is a summary of anti-corruption laws in: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, and Thailand.</b></p>
A review of legal privilege for in-house counsel in various jurisdictions around the world.
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.
Tips on how to make a business trip a bit more positive.
In this edition, the Docket reviews what every company in in the region needs to know in order to succeed, as well as providing a toolkit for counsel on mitigating IP loss exposure in China.
The Real Estate Survey is being conducted by members of the Lex Mundi Real Estate Practice
Group. This multi-part survey of Issues in Real Estate Investment and Finance presents jurisdictional overviews of real estate investment and financing laws in jurisdictions around the world. This survey covers four general topics: foreign investments, ownership of real property, finance and commercial leasing.
Establishing a foreign presence is a relatively straightforward project. Learn how to begin the project and what steps to take to complete it in a timely and efficient manner.