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TMT Talk Episode 11: Expected Developments in M&A Transactions in the TMT Sector

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TMT Talk continues to identify issues relevant to the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sector, as companies determine their next steps and strategies around COVID-19. In this episode, Raffaele Giarda, Howard Wu and Derek Liu tackle the M&A developments and trends that have emerged as tech companies find ways to adjust in the new world created in the aftermath of the pandemic. This insightful discussion features perspectives from the West Coast and China, with increased M&A activity in gaming and content…

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Regulatory Update: China’s Emerging Cybersecurity Regime (Part 2)

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As reported in our previous post, the Chinese legislator recently passed a new Anti-terrorism Law which imposes certain cybersecurity-related obligations on telecom business operators and Internet Service Providers. It also passed the 9th Amendment to the Criminal Code which exposes network service providers that fail to comply with certain cybersecurity-related obligations to criminal liability. This law as well as other related developments are covered in this post.Criminal Liabilities For Jeopardizing CybersecurityFollowing the 9th Amendment to…

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Regulatory Update: China’s Emerging Cybersecurity Regime (Part 1)

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The Chinese legislator passed the 9th Amendment to the Criminal Code in August 2015, and the new Anti-terrorism Law about four months later. Both contain cybersecurity provisions and have come into effect by now. In this two-part post, we offer our observations and comments on these and other recent cybersecurity developments (as an update to our previous alert on China’s “Internet Sovereignty” and Emerging Cybersecurity Regime).Fast Pace On Security Law-MakingBoth legislations were passed within a…