Legal

This week the SEC's decision on the Big Four hit the headlines. Elsewhere, Actavis left China, Caterpillar's mistakes were exposed and plans for a possible 12 new free trade zones were announced

The second amendment to the PRC Company Law removes registered capital requirements. The Ministry of Environmental Protection has categorised environmental credit ratings and the Ministry of Finance has clarified the accounting treatment for mergers.

A Chinese online game developer has sued Apple for unfair competition in a case that will test the concept of joint liability in China's IP laws

A Chinese online game developer has sued Apple for unfair competition in a case that will test the concept of joint liability in China's IP laws

SAFE relaxes forex control on trade in services.

The CSRC will conduct random checks of the price inquiries and roadshows of IPO issuers.

This week we looked at the leading copyright cases of 2013, concern mounted over shadow banking and five companies postponed their listings

The State Council has released draft Implementing Regulations for the new Trademark Law while the CSRC has stepped up its regulation of new IPOs

Professor Huang has been teaching for almost 20 years on anti-monopoly laws. He talks to David Tring about unifying antitrust administrative agencies and gives advice to enterprises about the increase in enforcement