In this regional update, we provide you with a practical overview of the most notable antitrust legal developments of quarter 1 in 2022 that may affect your business.
On 26 January 2022, the US Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, Homeland Security and the Office of the US Trade Representative issued a joint advisory that highlights certain supply chain-related risks for companies whose business and supply chains may touch Burma/Myanmar.
On 24 January 2022, the Department of Homeland Security published in the Federal Register a request for public comments on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. US importers and other interested parties should consider submitting comments that will both inform the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force of the challenges companies face vetting their supply chains across industries, as well as provide insight into the effectiveness of various compliance-focused measures.
On 1 January 2022, the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases Endangering Food Safety came into effect. This supersedes the previous version that came into effect on 4 May 2013. The New Interpretation establishes a more sophisticated system of punitive damages in respect of food safety crimes.
Hong Kong’s data privacy law, the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, has been amended to introduce “anti-doxxing” provisions. The new regime creates offences to curb doxxing acts, and empowers the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data to carry out criminal investigations, institute prosecutions and issue cessation notices. The changes came into effect on 8 October 2021. The Commissioner made its first arrest under the doxxing regime on 13 December 2021.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore requires all providers of cryptocurrency, known under the Payment Services Act as Digital Payment Tokens, to understand that DPT trading is unsuitable for the general public. MAS has issued PS-G02: Guidelines On Provision Of Digital Payment Token Services To The Public on 17 January 2022 to all DPT service providers to ensure that their marketing campaigns, advertisements and promotions for buying or selling of DPTs or facilitating the exchange of DPTs are consistent with the risk disclosures under the PSA, which requires that all actual and potential customers be provided with a risk warning statement highlighting the risks associated with trading in DPTs.
The Baker McKenzie Asia Pacific Employment & Compensation Team is pleased to provide you with our fourth quarterly update for 2021 highlighting key employment law changes across the Asia Pacific region.
Digitalization and technological trends have rejuvenated the global marketing landscape in the most drastic and unpredictable ways. We are seeing an uprise in the number of companies, big and small, engaging KOLs as part of their marketing strategies. In this interactive session presented in Cantonese, Baker McKenzie associates have explored and discussed currently-trending types of KOL engagement, relevant laws in mainland China and Hong Kong, emerging legal risks, recent cases and experience, and insights on mitigating legal risks.
The courts were busy in the second half of 2021 with developments in the space where insolvency law and environmental law overlap.
In Victoria, the Court of Appeal has affirmed the potential for a liquidator to be personally liable, and for there to be a prospective ground to block the disclaimer of contaminated land, where the liquidator has the benefit of a third-party indemnity for environmental exposures
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has amended its Listing Rules, including the Corporate Governance Code, to enhance the corporate governance framework and promote good governance among issuers. The amendments follow a consultation period and the conclusions drawn in the published Consultation Conclusions.