A riverside fireworks display and colorful laser performance bouncing off the most modern architectural designs the world has to offer are only two of the events planned for the opening ceremonies of the Shanghai World Expo. Although some of the surprises planned for the Expo are being kept secret, the city is undoubtedly stepping into the shoes of a world-class economic center in preparation for...
BEIJING, China, February 08, 2010 – Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, Mr Edward Lehman, selected as one of the world’s leading Corporate Immigration lawyers. Edward Lehman, founder and Managing Director of top three Chinese law firm, Lehman, Lee & Xu has been selected by his peers and client’s as one of the world’s leading Corporate Immigration lawyers. The award, administered by...
BEIJING, China, February 08, 2010 – Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, Mr Edward Lehman invited to speak at the Oil & Gas – Asia Pacific 2010 Conference. Edward Lehman, Managing Director of top three Chinese law firm, Lehman, Lee & Xu has been invited to speak at the Asia Pacific 2010 Conference, to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 28, and 29 2010. The event will be...
It has come to our attention that labor arbitration committees in Jiangsu Province are becoming much more strict in requiring that companies strictly follow procedures when terminating employees. Labor arbitration committees have always held a preference for finding some level of fault with employers in order to require some payment of severance. The continuing economic crisis, deteriorating...
Beijing, China, February 2, 2010 The China Daily recently commented that overseas companies may have a number of reasons for not having a presence in China but one of the major ones, according to some, may be their local names. Take Google as an example. In 2006, Google launched its website search engine in China with the name “Guge” which in Chinese literally means “harvesting song”. However...
Georgetown and George Washington, two universities based in Washington D.C, USA, will join hands to celebrate Jerome A. Cohen’s upcoming 80th birthday. The conference titled “Six Decades of Asian Law: A Celebration of Professor Jerome Cohen” is scheduled to take place on February 19th 2010, between 14.00 – 18.00, and to held at George Washington’s University School of Law. Jerome Cohen, a...
Sam Engutsamy, January 14 2010. 2009 saw the first full year of China’s AML in effect. During this period three private actions cases were decided upon by the courts in accordance with the powers granted by Article 50. This posting shall give a brief overview of the three private actions cases decided upon by the Chinese courts. Tangshan Renren Information Co., Ltd (Renren) – Baidu Company...
On August 19, 2009, Administrative Measures on the Establishment of Partnership Enterprises by Foreign Enterprises or Individuals (??????????????????????, “FIP Measures”) was issued by the State Council, which will be effective on March 1, 2010. The key issues concerning the Measures According to the FIP Measures foreign individuals or enterprises are allowed to establish a...
Actions have been implemented to bring criminal proceedings against Shanghai Panda Diary Co (“Panda”) after milk products were found to contain high levels of the chemical melamine. This recent discovery follows on from the 2008 incident where milk and infant formulas also containing melamine, affected over 300,000, led to the death of six infants, and led to a further 860 being hospitalised. In...
China’s State Administration of Taxation (SAT) has announced that it will begin taxing year-end bonuses at a lower rate reflecting their one-time status. The SAT made this clarification after the administration said it scrapped its previous practice of levying tax at year-end. Under the new policy, the year-end bonus will be deemed a one-off yearly bonus that can be divided by 12 to determine the...