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China is a strict first-to-file jurisdiction for trademarks and patents, so foreign companies should file core marks and key technologies in China early, ideally before entering the market or starting...
China now offers more reliable tools to chase assets, including a powerful Asset Reporting Order that forces judgment debtors to disclose their property or face fines, detention, or even criminal...
In China, enforceable non-compete agreements are mainly for senior management and key technical or confidential staff, not for ordinary or low-level workers. The Supreme People's Court Interpretation II introduces the...
Last reviewed: August 2026. Severance caps quoted below are the municipal figures in force in 2026; each city re-publishes its average wage annually. N is statutory severance: one month's average...
Since 1 January 2025, Viet Kieu who hold a valid Vietnamese passport have held land use rights in Vietnam on the same basis as domestic citizens, under the 2024 Land...
From August 2024, the new Law on Real Estate Business in Vietnam caps any pre-contract deposit for off-plan homes at 5% of the selling price until you sign the Sale...
Vietnamese employment law is highly statutory and employee-protective. You must align contracts, policies, and terminations with the Labor Code 2019 and guiding decrees or risk reinstatement orders and back pay....
Vietnam's Labor Code 2019 and the Social Insurance Laws (2014 and amended 2024, effective 1 July 2025) govern most employment and social security rights, with enforcement by MOLISA and Vietnam...
From July 2025, major e-commerce platforms in Vietnam (such as Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop) must withhold and declare taxes on behalf of sellers under Decree 117. For trading goods, the...
Vietnam's banking and finance sector is tightly regulated by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), with strict rules on foreign exchange, foreign loans, and security over assets. Foreign investors must...
Vietnam is moving from a patchwork of ICT and cybersecurity rules to a full Law on Personal Data Protection (PDP Law) that will apply strictly from January 2026, on top...
Factories can normally only sell excess rooftop solar power to EVN if their systems and contracts fit the specific categories defined in the latest Prime Minister decision and MOIT circulars...
Most foreign investors operate in Vietnam through a limited liability company (LLC) or joint stock company (JSC); both are governed primarily by the Law on Enterprises 2020 and the Law...
Vietnam's 2024 Law on Credit Institutions tightens credit concentration rules, pushing single-borrower limits below the old 15% of a bank's own capital and requiring more granular caps for groups of...
Federal estate and gift tax exemption is historically high (over $13 million per person in 2024) but is scheduled to drop by roughly half after December 31, 2025. The IRS...
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and New York's LLC Transparency Act are separate regimes: reporting to FinCEN does not satisfy New York's 2026 state filing requirement. Most small corporations...
By 2026, many U.S. employers that use AI in recruiting will face mandatory or de facto-required "bias audits," starting with NYC Local Law 144 and similar emerging state rules. Federal...
The US immigration system is statute-driven (mainly the Immigration and Nationality Act) and administered by USCIS, the Department of State, CBP, and the Department of Labor, each controlling different stages...
US employment law is a mix of federal baselines and highly specific state rules, so every 2026 employment contract must be checked state-by-state, especially for non-competes, pay, and leave. With...
From 1 January 2026, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Indiana will each enforce a comprehensive consumer privacy law that applies to many e-commerce businesses that sell to residents in those states,...