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Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Working Mothers Finally Get a Break

Earlier this month, the Legislative Council finally passed the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019, thus increasing statutory maternity leave under the Employment Ordinance in Hong Kong from a meagre 10 weeks to 14 weeks.

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Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Edwin Coe LLP

Privacy Shield No More

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the Privacy Shield arrangement does not offer sufficient protection to EU citizens’ data in light of the requirements arising from the GDPR and has declared the arrangement invalid.

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Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Lipa Meir & Co

Wall Street Network for Customers: Automatically Extends the Course Period

The trustees of the English Studies Network, which has fallen into debt of about NIS 11 million following the Corona crisis, offer to retain customers by automatically extending the course period, preparing for a job interview and transferring the course to a relative.

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Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Russell Kennedy Lawyers

$19 Million for Artificial Intelligence Health Research Projects

On 29 June 2020 the Government announced $19 million in transformative medical research project funding which will fund applied artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a range of health conditions.

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Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Edwin Coe LLP

Step by Step – Electronic Signatures Update

At the beginning of the pandemic I wrote about the difficulties faced by conveyancers and their clients in getting documents physically witnessed.

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Monday, 20 July, 2020

Boase Cohen & Collins

History and Security Law Brought into Focus

The history of Hong Kong and the circumstances that have resulted in the territory’s new national security law were the subjects of an online presentation delivered by our Senior Partner Colin Cohen.

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Monday, 20 July, 2020

Boase Cohen & Collins

Dr Agnes Chan Delivers Inspiring Talk

The ongoing fight for gender equality and women’s rights was the theme of a “Celebrating Women” lunch at the Helena May in Central attended by nine female members of the Boase Cohen & Collins legal team.

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Friday, 17 July, 2020

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalidated by Europe’s Court of Justice

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated reliance on the EU-U.S.

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Friday, 17 July, 2020

WH Partners

CJEU invalidates the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

In a landmark ruling delivered yesterday by the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’), Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the European Union (‘EU’) – United States (‘US’) Privacy Shield has been invalidated.

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