Introduction It is trite that when the subject matter of a contract is illegal, it is void for illegality. But what if the contract…

One of the golden wishes of every patent applicant is not only to get their patent granted with a satisfying claims scope, but also…

The Central Bank of Myanmar (“CBM”) has issued a directive, Directive No. 8/2022 (“NBFI Directive 8”), allowing the establishment of 100% foreign owned non-bank…

On 18 January 2022, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOC”) released the Consumer Protection Rules (“CPR”). The introduction of CPR will support the implementation of…

The Securities Commission Malaysia (“SC”) had on 30 June 2022 launched the Sustainable and Responsible Investment linked (“SRI-linked”) Sukuk Framework (“Framework”).[1] Introduced as an…

On 28 June 2022, the Finance and Labour Ministries issued Inter-ministerial Declaration (Joint-Prakas) No. 165/22 setting the date of 1 July for implementation of…

The long anticipated amendments to the Copyright Act of Thailand B.E. 2537 (1994) as embodied in the Copyright Act (No. 5) B.E. 2565 (2022)…

In a very important and critical change, the First Schedule to the Employment Act 1955 (“EA”) has been amended by way of Ministerial Order…

The Labuan Companies Act 1990 (“the Act”) was recently updated to be more effective and to meet the ever-changing needs of the financial sector….

On 6 May 2022, Republic Act No. 11765, otherwise known as the Philippine Financial Products and Services Consumer Protection Act (“FCPA”), was signed into…