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March 2020

Employment Law

With respect to the participation of a factory-based union in the execution of a collective bargaining agreement and the handling of labor disputes, that a factory has its independent personnel, budgeting and accounting functions only highlights that it has a certain scale, not independence (Taiwan)

March 2020

Infrastructure Projects / Construction Laws

In the absence of a term set for superficies, if the duration has exceeded 20 years or if the purposes for setting up the superficies no longer exist, the court may, upon request, set the duration of the superficies or terminate the superficies (Taiwan)

March 2020

General Corporate Affairs

Although Article 16, Paragraph 1 of the Company Law specifically provides that a company shall not serve as a guarantor, still it may jointly issue or endorse checks (Taiwan)

March 2020

Capital Market / Securities

Whether false information in financial documents meets the "materiality" criteria under the Securities and Exchange Law should be comprehensively determined by qualitative and quantitative indicators (Taiwan)

March 2020

Competition Law

The infringement of a company's right of name is not limited to the use of the same name, and lawful registration cannot be asserted as a defense for disputes over similar company names (Taiwan)

March 2020

General Corporate Affairs

Whether the Novel Coronavirus Outbreaks Can Serve as the Ground for Adjusting Contract Performance Obligations (Mainland China)