In its 5th session that closed on 15 June 2018, Vietnam’s 14th National Assembly passed 7 bills, including the controversial Cybersecurity Law. When the laws are revised, it is game on for law firms, but crucial is  action before the laws are passed. Vietnam’s bureaucrats who draft the laws are ... read more

A video replay of the webinar “Cannabis 106: Banking and Financing in the Cannabis Industry” is available to view. ... read more

A. INTRODUCTION Le cadre juridique pour le secteur de l’immobilier au Vietnam est défini par la loi sur le commerce immobilier de 2014 (LREB), la loi sur les logements résidentiels de 2014 (LRH) (tous deux en vigueur depuis le 1er juillet 2015). La LREB est régi par le décret n ... read more

The Lawline course “Trends in Internet Gaming and Other Developments in the Gaming Industry” is now available for replay. Join Duane Morris attorneys Christopher Soriano and Adam Berger for an overview of trends in internet gaming and other new developments in the gaming industry. Soriano and Berger will discuss the ... read more

The New York Times reported yesterday that the New York State Health Department is ready to recommend legalizing adult use of cannabis in the Empire State.  Commissioner Howard Zucker was quoted as saying they had reviewed the pluses and minuses and concluded, in a study requested by NY Governor Andrew ... read more

Unless you are living on another planet, you are quite familiar with how to summon an Uber car on an app on your phone so that an Uber driver can pick you up and drive you to the destination of your choice. But Uber is not content with just this ... read more

Am 12. Juni 2018 erörterte und veröffentlichte die Elektrizitätsregulierungsbehörde von Vietnam [engl. Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam („ERAV‘)] auf einem Seminar über erneuerbare Energien, weitere Informationen über Regelungen für die Umsetzung einer Pilotvereinbarung zu direkten Stromabnahmeverträgen [engl ‚Direct Power Purchase Agreement‘ (“DPPA”)] und über den Sektor der erneuerbaren Energien. Die ... read more

Now that the United States has retreated from the Paris Climate Accords, and relinquished its leadership role in the fight against climate change, it remains to be seen whether smaller nations will stick to their pledges of greenhouse gas reduction. Eyes are on countries like Vietnam to see if they ... read more

The Vietnam – EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), a new-generation free trade agreement between Vietnam and the EU’s 28 member states, is a comprehensive and high-quality trade pact that is expected to bring a range of benefits to both Vietnam and the EU. For many years the EU has been ... read more

Fast-growing Vietnam is facing an infrastructure bottleneck. With the state lacking the budgetary might to finance the nation’s much-needed highways, tracks and tunnels, experts are increasingly looking towards the private sector to fill in the financial shortfall.   Amid such constraints, the continuing mobilisation of financial resources from non-state sectors ... read more