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Global employment, pensions and benefits e-bulletin

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam
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  • April 18 2013

A renewed regulatory focus on sham contracting and a court recent decision in ACE Insurance Limited v Trifunovski highlights the need for employers to

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Consumer goods: update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Indonesia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • February 29 2012

The Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China’s (“MOFCOM”) prohibition of CocaCola’s proposed acquisition of Huiyuan in 2009 generated significant controversy and prompted a fear that the Anti-Monopoly Law could be used to prevent foreign-multinational companies from acquiring well-known Chinese brands and businesses

MOFCOM imposes significant remedies in SeagateSamsung: another example of China's divergence from the EU and the US antitrust regimes?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, USA
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  • February 22 2012

On 12 December 2011, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") published its conditional approval decision of the proposed acquisition of the hard disk drive ("HDD") business of Samsung Electronics of Korea ("Samsung") by Seagate Technology of the United States ("Seagate"

General Counsel Update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • December 7 2011

This is the twenty-seventh in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Chinese state-owned enterprises under the microscope: increased antitrust scrutiny by the EU and Chinese authorities

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union
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  • October 3 2011

The Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), China's first antitrust law, was adopted on 30 August, 2007 and it entered into force on 1 August, 2008

China challenges EU footwear anti-dumping duties before the WTO

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Global
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  • April 15 2010

On 4 February 2009, China initiated dispute settlement proceedings against the European Union (EU) before the World Trade Organization (WTO), contending that the EU imposes anti-dumping duties on leather footwear contrary to WTO rules

EU extends anti-dumping duties on energy-saving light bulbs

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union
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  • October 31 2007

On 14 September 2007, in a move that agitated both the environmental lobby and businesses with interests in China, the EU Member States decided to extend, by 12 months, the anti-dumping duties on energy efficient light bulbs from China