On January 1 of this year, amendments to the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (CPL) entered into effect, representing the nation’s proactive approach to refining its legal system ...

Dong Wei of P.C. & Associates explains how recent amendments to the Civil Procedure Law are having a positive impact on patent infringement litigation in China As part and parcel of patent protection, ...

On August 31, 2012, China's legislature, the National People’s Congress, approved an amendment (“Amendment”) to the PRC Civil Procedure Law (“CPL”). The Amendment presents the second time in six ...

Life-tenured judges play the long game. Last spring, the Judicial Conference adopted, without any debate, a "binding" policy that would force reassignment of cases seeking nationwide relief. After ...

The National People’s Congress has passed an amendment to the Civil Procedure Law which seeks to alleviate the caseload burden on the judicial system and ensure the effective execution of judgments.

Most practitioners in Florida are familiar with at least one of the various axioms about state and federal matters and procedures. Litigating in federal court on a “rocket docket” is often compared to ...

February 2006 The President of the State, H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed, issued the Federal Law No. 30/2005 amending some provisions and articles of the Federal Law No. 11 of 1992 Regarding Civil ...