9 March 2022
The Evolution of the Right to Privacy Between Europe and the United States
Introduction 1. Our present legal concept of privacy originated in the United States in the late nineteenth century, as an extension of the right…
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Announcements, activities and updates from the Swiss Chinese Law Association.
4 October 2021
WTO Dispute Settlement System in crisis: Can ad hoc members of the WTO Appellate Body be a solution?
The paralysis of the Appellate Body poses a danger for the survival of the WTO trade system. How could ad hoc members provide a…
29 September 2021
International negotiation between Mexican and Chinese businesses: Why is it so difficult?
When concluding contracts in a Western “legal” culture, the parties normally write lengthy contracts with numerous clauses. Perhaps, this is to justify the legal…
26 April 2021
Bitcoin Bid: Are China and NATO countries diverging on cryptocurrencies?
The US, Turkey and China have stepped in to address cryptocurrencies in very different ways in the past few years.
29 November 2020
The ECJ has declared the basis for data export to the USA ineffective: What does it mean for the future?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ, Case C-311/18) has declared the EU-US agreement on the so-called Privacy Shield invalid. This agreement regulates the conditions…
29 November 2020
Company Compliance and Covid: If you are proud of how your firm handled compliance during the pandemic you might not have considered this
There’s an old saying: smooth seas never made a good sailor. The past months have undoubtedly brought one of the biggest global challenges our…