JSM Mayer Brown JSM

Major Asian practice with Hong Kong head office offering advice on all commercial matters including Aviation, Banking, China and Indochina Trade and Investment, Corporate and Commercial, Construction, Corporate Finance, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency, Employment and Employee Benefits, Financial Services, Hospitality and Leisure, Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance and Professional Indemnity, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Probate, Property, Securities, Shipping, Taxation, Telecommunications and Internet, Trusts and Succession.

Collection of Fingerprints to Record Attendance Breaches Personal Privacy
Hong Tran, November 6, 2009
A recent investigation report published by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the "Commissioner") found that collecting an employee's fingerprint to record the employee's attendance at work breached the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance ("PDPO").

China Mobile Settles Anti-Monopoly Law Case
Hannah C. L. Ha, John M. Hickin, Gerry P. O'Brien, November 5, 2009
On 23 October 2009 the Beijing Dongcheng District People's Court announced the settlement of an Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) case brought by an activist lawyer in Beijing against China's largest mobile network operator, China Mobile.

The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong Releases New Guidelines on Sales Descriptions of Uncompleted Residential Properties
Fun-Kuen Au, Raymond M. W. Wong, October 28, 2009
On 7 October 2009, the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong (REDA) issued a new set of guidelines on the sales descriptions and information in sales brochures and advertisements of uncompleted residential properties (the "Guidelines").

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