On 7 November 2016, China approved a controversial cybersecurity law. The proclaimed aim of the new law is to protect Internet users and minimize fraud. Several human rights watchdogs have notably spoken out against the law, expressing important concerns. In...
On 12 October 2016, the French Assemblée nationale adopted the law on « Justice of the XXIst Century » (Justice du XXIe siècle). The texte includes a wide number of measures notably extending the current mechanism of class-actions to cases of discrimination (not in...
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama blocked the bill (Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)) allowing victims of 9/11 and their relatives to sue the Government of Saudi Arabia over its alleged involvement in the terrorist attack. See our previous...
On 1st September 2016, a new law on arbitration comes into force in the Russian Federation. Key innovations of the so-called « Arbitration reform » inter alia address the following matters: the adoption of a presumption of arbitrability of disputes together with the...
The German Bundestag has adopted the a new criminal law regarding sexual assault at the beginning of the month . Accordingly, a sexual act will in the future also be considered as a rape if the victim does not actively defend itself. A crime is therefore also deemed...
Singapore ratified the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements with the aim to bolster it’s position as a dispute resolution hub in Asia. The Convention will come into force for Singapore on 1 October 2016. The Convention’s two basic aims are the enforcement of...
