2016.09.25 James Cheng On September 25, the State Council issued the Guiding Opinion on the Accelerated Promotion of the “Internet + Government Services” Undertaking for setting up the overall deployment to accelerate the promotion of the “Internet + Government Services” […]

2016.07.12 Tiffany Wu The Taiwan High Court rendered the 103-Yi-Shang-33 Civil Decision of July 22, 2016 (hereinafter, the “Decision”). The decision held the primary complaint of patients shall be specified on medical records or excerpts of medical records, which is […]

2016.08.05 James Cheng On August 5, 2016, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce promulgated the draft for soliciting opinions for the Enforcement Rules for the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests (the “Rules”) to solicit opinions from […]

2017.01.06 James Cheng The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued and circulated the Administrative Provisions on the Access of New Energy Vehicle Manufacturers and Products (the “Provisions”) to address the pressing needs of protecting citizens and their property, as […]

2017.01.06 James Cheng After the new Law of Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests (the “Law”) came into effect on March 15, 2014, Article 25 provides that except for special goods, consumers have the right to return goods sold by […]

2016.11.30 Ankwei Chen The Taichung High Administrative Court rendered the 105-Su-289 Administrative Decision on November 30, 2016 (the “Decision”), in which it held that vehicles operated by waste disposal businesses in the disposal of wastes shall be equipped with a […]

2016.12.20 Tiffany Wu The Taiwan High Court rendered the 103-Yi-Shang-29 Civil Decision of December 20, 2016 (hereinafter, the “Decision”), holding that if a laser or intense pulse light therapy is adopted, the types of the skin lesions, the therapeutic effects […]

2016.09.22 Ankwei Chen The Supreme Court rendered the 105-Tai-Shang-2372 Criminal Decision on September 22, 2016 (the “Decision”), which held that unlawful disposal of wastes refer to disposing and treating wastes on behalf of another without the relevant permits, and whether […]

2017.3.29 Sean Liu The Taiwan High Court rendered the 106-Chung-Shang-1028 Civil Decision of March 29, 2017 (hereinafter, the “Decision”), holding that to interpret a standard contract, the purposes of the contract should be considered first, and the principle of interpretation […]

2017.5.2 Zoe Qiao On May 2, 2017, the State Internet Information Office promulgated the Security Review Measures for Networking Products and Services (Pilot) (the “Measures”), which serve as an accompanying measure to the National Security Law and the Network Security […]

2017.5.22 James Cheng The Ministry of Transport has been paying great attention to developments in bicycle sharing. To encourage and regulate developments in bicycle sharing, the Ministry of Transport has set up a joint task force in conjunction with other […]

2017.5.22 James Cheng On May 22, the State Internet Information Office promulgated the Implementation Regulations on the Licensing of Internet News Information Services (the “Implementation Regulations”), which came into effect on June 1, 2017. According to the official-in-charge at the […]

2017.4.7 Ankwei Chen The Supreme Administrative Court rendered the 106-Pan-170 Decision on April 7, 2017 (the “Decision”) in which it held that a categorical ban on advertisement materials without inquiring into their impact on the cityscape violates the principle of […]

2017.4.19 Tiffany Wu The Taiwan High Court rendered the 104-Yi-Shang-12 Civil Decision on April 19, 2017 (the “Decision”) in which it concluded that as there is no medical literature specifying how to assess the amount of autologous fat cells to […]

2017.4.13 James Cheng The State Council has distributed a circular on the reform proposal for mining resource royalties (the “Proposal”) to set up a new system that fits the specific characteristics of China and can safeguard and realize the benefits […]

2017.3.16 Tiffany Wu The Ministry of Health and Welfare promulgated the provisions of Item 1 and Schedule 2 under Item 2 of the Criteria for Determining If the Labeling, Promotion or Advertising Expressions of Food Products Involve Exaggerative or Misleading […]

2017.2.28 James Cheng The Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Issues Concerning Property Investigations the “Property Investigation Provisions”) in Civil Enforcement Procedures were adopted during the 1708th session of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on January […]

2017.1.5 Sean Liu The Taipei High Administrative Court rendered the 105-Su-917 Decision of January 5, 2017 (hereinafter, the “Decision”), holding that the criteria for suspension and termination of operation due to material violation under the Water Pollution Control Law are […]