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Japan Enacts Law Mandating Tech Giants to Facilitate Access to Third-Party Apps

Japan has passed a new law requiring tech giants such as Google and Apple to provide access to third-party smartphone…

Transplanting Legal Context without the Law: Double Criminality in Meng Wanzhou’s Extradition Case

By Sean D. Yates Introduction Comparative lawyers have for over a century examined the ways different legal orders organize their…

Singapore upholds controversial misinformation law despite criticism

Singapore has defended a controversial new law against misinformation that it has wielded against Facebook, after an opposition party launched…

Huawei urges court to reverse FCC order on government subsidy program

Cites FCC’s arbitrary findings and failure to offer due process protections

Hong Kong privacy commissioner talks regulation in Asia

The rise of emerging information-related technology and its ubiquity pose a very serious concern: how much privacy do we really…

New developments in the extradition case of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei CFO

The fifth court hearing for Meng Wanzhou's case took place in Canada on May 8. Huawei issued a statement regarding…

Huawei rotating chairman hits back at US: Political lobbying doesn’t allay cybersecurity fears

Following the controversy caused by how some countries have expressed security concerns over Huawei, Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu addressed…

New Zealand government issues warning to Google over its news content

The New Zealand government has called for Google to take more responsibility over its news content after the internet search…

Australia seeks access to encrypted data with controversial legislation

Major tech giants Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon have expressed opposition against an Australian law that requires them to give…

Australian ban for Huawei is politically motivated

Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei has issued a lengthy statement in which it has ‘blasted’ the decision by the Australia government…

Is the industry’s toughest patent battle finally over?

After seven years of litigation that spanned the globe, Apple and Samsung have definitively ended a patent battle launched after…

Samsung chairman jailed for five years replaces lawyer ahead of appeal

The jailed Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics Co has replaced his lawyer ahead of his forthcoming appeal against the five-year…