Asia/South Korea - Page 2

A number of incidents involving BMW cars catching fire has led to government action on changing the rules of class action in South Korea. | 5yrs

Confusion has emerged over different English versions of Panmunjom Declaration submitted to UN. | 5yrs

South Korean lawyers and tech experts will gather to hold an official ceremony on Friday 24th August. | 5yrs

Following failed Samsung proxy fight leading to huge corruption probe, activist investor Elliott wants $770m in damages. | 5yrs

The top Korean court is reviewing pets' legal status and may grant greater legal protection for animals. | 5yrs

A new patent translation tool from WIPO claimed as 'ground-breaking finds a first adopter in Korea. | 5yrs

South Korean prosecutors' raid is about alleged tax evasion, but also signals more reforms of role played by controlling families. | 5yrs

South Korea's main bourse operator is the latest to join the wave of Asian exchanges implementing AI surveillance. | 5yrs

Opposition in South Korea launching bill aimed at allowing the new cryptocurrencies, overturning government ban introduced last year. | 5yrs

The law firm, Dr & Abu, will use the robots to search through precedents and statutes. | 5yrs

Kap-You KIM, a senior partner at Bae, Kim & Lee, has been appointed to head up the Korean organisation. | 6yrs

TMT specialist Olswang has announced it is expanding its Asian offering to include Korea with the hire of consultant Steve Kim to lead business development and client support services locally. | 7yrs

South Korea's largest law firm has lost some of its dominance of the market according to a report by Maeil Business News Korea. | 7yrs

Latham & Watkins is laying the groundwork for a South Korea launch, filing an application for a foreign legal consultant office and signing a lease for office space in the Yeouido financial district. | 7yrs

Envoys representing the US, UK, EU and Australia have protested the current bill on the opening of Korea's legal market in a joint statement, prompting criticism from Korean lawyers' groups of their 'intervention in domestic affairs.' | 7yrs

An IBA session on crossborder legal services and free trade agreements has heard that bids to open up South Korea to international law firms are still facing obstruction. | 7yrs

The litigation boutique has announced it is opening in South Korea, and will relocate co-founder and partner Michael Kim to lead the new office. | 8yrs

A revised draft of proposed laws by the Ministry of Justice will make Korea more fully open to European and American law firms in July 2016 and March 2017, respectively. | 8yrs

The Seoul office will be the 39th in the law firm's international network, opened to support long-standing project finance clients and to broaden advice given on M&A, private equity and dispute resolution. | 8yrs