Categories

April 2020

Employment Law

For a type of contract basically determined by the main obligation, if it does not have all the factors of an employment, such determination shall be made based on the entirety of the contract and the main obligation (Taiwan)

April 2020

PRC Investment and Legal Compliance

If there is no fact of mainland Chinese spouses and their Taiwanese spouses living together, the mainland Chinese spouses will lose their basis for their spouse residencies or long-term residencies in the Taiwan Area, and therefore should be denied residence permits (Taiwan)

April 2020

Capital Market / Securities

An offense of non-arm's length transaction is preconditioned by material damage to the company as a result of the legal violation, and the amount of damage sustained by the company should be compared with the size of the company to determine the materiality of the damage (Taiwan)

April 2020

General Corporate Affairs

A controlling company shall be held liable if it that directly or indirectly causes its affiliated company to operate in manners not consistent with normal business practice or resulting in other disadvantages without providing proper compensation to an extent that results in damage to the affiliated company (Taiwan)

April 2020

Other Areas

Although the data about product issues which are obtained by an agency from its audit are the same as those actively reported by the operator, still the agency's audit is different from the operator's reporting, and the operator is not released from its reporting obligation as a result of the competent authority's audit (Taiwan)

April 2020

LTP Special Column

Employer's Granting of Leave and Payment of Wages During Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Taiwan)