South Korea: Compelling foreign-based inventors to provide deposition testimony in the US
September 1, 2017
As part of the discovery process in US patent litigation, the party accused of patent infringement will seek the deposition testimony of the inventor …
Consolidating Indonesia’s SOEs — risk or reward?
September 1, 2017
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are key business players in Indonesia’s economy …
Vietnam Labelling goods circulated in the Vietnamese market
September 1, 2017
Since its promulgation in 2006, Decree No. 89/2006/ND-CP on labelling products is based on legal documents that, so far, have been invalidated …
Indonesia: Amendment to government regulation on oil and gas cost recovery
September 1, 2017
On June 15, 2017, Indonesian Government issued Government Regulation No. 27 of 2017, amending Government Regulation No. 79 of 2010 on the Recoverable Operational Costs …
A roadmap for response and remediation
August 31, 2017
Cybersecurity professionals are no doubt familiar with the oft-repeated adage that there are only two kinds of companies — ‘those that have been breached’ and ‘those who do not know it yet’ …
Cybersecurity a boardroom priority
August 31, 2017
“Nothing is certain but death, taxes and cyber-attack” – By Rory Macfarlane, Partner, Ince & Co Hong Kong …
How the challenges of cybersecurity reflect those in the legal profession
August 31, 2017
From a non-technical, user or customer perspective, most people are happy that the IT folks “just make it work” …
Robin Scott, City Mart
August 31, 2017
Robin Scott discusses his transition to an in-house role in one of the world’s most exciting frontier economies …
India: Protection against groundless threats under Indian IP laws
August 31, 2017
Rapidly growing awareness of intellectual property (IP) rights and a well-structured statutory regime protecting IP has allowed rights owners to assert and enjoy the limited monopolies conferred on them …
Malaysia: Maintaining a compliance programme
August 31, 2017
A compliance programme is, simply put, a set of guidelines and procedures developed internally within an organisation to ensure that it abides by the laws and regulations …
Philippines: Psychological disorders in the workplace
August 31, 2017
The problem of mental health presents a particular conundrum under labour relations and standards …
Myanmar – Microfinance institutions and their obligations under the 2016 notifications
August 31, 2017
Further clarification is required on the implementation, scope and reach of these Notifications and the extent of their interaction with applicable laws …
Asia’s cyber rules risk confusion
August 30, 2017
With such a disparate array of rules and regulations around the region, it is all the more important that in-house lawyers have a good plan in place before a cyber incident occurs.
Update on Data Privacy Law Compliance in the Philippines
August 29, 2017
Automated Decision-Making Operations, Institutions Likely to Pose Threats to Data Subjects and Phase 1 and Phase 2 of Registration with the NPC …
Thailand: Extension of the Reduced VAT Rate
August 29, 2017
Value added tax (VAT) is an indirect, non-cumulative, consumption tax levied on the supply of goods or provision of services in Thailand …
Asian-mena Counsel magazine: Cybersecurity, micro-finance, Myanmar counsel and visionary firms
August 25, 2017
Please find below an interactive PDF of the August 2017 edition of Asian-mena Counsel, magazine