China's cyber economy boom is partly due to Internet giants having easy access to and utilizing a tremendous amount of personal data for free: Taobao and similar online shopping platforms’ recommendation system is based on the analysis of personal data; Tiktok's operation on recommendations is completely dependent on personal data;...
On November 6th, 2020 the Italian Prime Minister’s new Decree came into force (hereinafter referred to as “DPCM”) and will be effective until December 3rd 2020. The adoption of the decree was considered necessary in order to establish new measures able to cope with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy. The new D...
In the past decade, the Indian economy has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world. By 2025, one-fifth of the world's working age population will be Indian and by 2030 there will be over 850 million internet users in India. By 2035, India's five largest cities will have economies of comparable size to middle income cou...
The epidemiological situation in Italy is not getting any better and for this reason, on November 10th, the Minister of Health, Mr. Roberto Speranza, issued an Ordinance to modify the regional areas of risk. The areas have been divided as follows: - Yellow Zone: Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Marche, Molis...
Generally speaking, if companies want to explore the online market, they have two options (i) selling their products through their own website or (ii) opening a store on an e-commerce platform. In this article, we will concentrate on the major legal aspects of the latter in the Russian market. Step 1. Choosing an E-commerce pla...
Introduction After 8 years and 21 rounds of negotiations, China and 14 other Asia-Pacific countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea) have signed one of the world's largest trade agreements, the Regional Comprehensiv...
Just like many other economies around the world, Arab states’ second largest economy, the UAE, is also suffering from the impact of COVID-19. “Trade, tourism and transportation” are the foundations of the UAE economy and as the region has had one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, such travel restrictions and strict lockd...
China is India’s second biggest trade partner behind the United States (US), and as a result, India is heavily dependent on China in matters of trade, technology and investment. However, since the spread of COVID-19 in India, the economic and political relations between the two countries have gone through a sea change, with the int...
Starting from 2021, the new Vietnamese Labor Code will officially take effect. Accordingly, there’s a number of notable provisions that employees and employers need to be aware of and within this article, we would like to summarize the main amendments for your reference. Contract Name...
Its common practice for disputes between employer and employee to arise in relation to the conclusion of open-ended labor contracts, among which, the issue of whether an employer has the right to terminate the labor contract or to sign an open-ended labor contract with the employee after signing two fixed-term labor contracts, usuall...
