“Your first and second goals conflict with each other. Which one do you really want?” His words struck me for three reasons. First, they were abrupt. They hadn’t even been preceded by “hello.” Second, they were addressed to an AmCham chairperson by a senior U.S. senator who had told his staff he wanted to see…
BY PAUL J. CASSINGHAM AND JEFFREY LIEN Like many jurisdictions, Taiwan has long imposed restrictions on the enforceability of employee post-termination noncompetition agreements. For many years, Taiwan courts have enforced such agreements only if the employer had a business interest worthy of protection, and only if the scope and duration of the noncompetition obligation were…
Controversy rages in the United States over the likely fate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP was signed on February 4, 2016, but to take effect it must be ratified by at least six of the signatories, including the United States and Japan. U.S. President Obama has written that the TPP would level the…
