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The U.S. office of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm Opens a New Chapter in Cross-Border Legal Services.
As the second decade of the 21st century begins—and coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm (formerly Yunnan Liu Hule Law Firm)—our firm’s U.S. office has officially been established in the state of California, USA. Since its founding in 2000, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm has embraced “accumulating strength steadily for a powerful burst” as its corporate ethos and has consistently upheld “going global” as its guiding principle. After careful deliberation and thorough preparation, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm officially established the Zhongji Law Firm U.S. Office on February 1, 2020, in Irvine, a city located in the southern part of Los Angeles, USA.
As the second decade of the 21st century begins—and coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the founding of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm (formerly Yunnan Liu Hule Law Firm)—our U.S. office has officially been established in California, USA.
Since its establishment in 2000, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm has embraced “accumulating strength steadily for a powerful burst” as its corporate spirit and has consistently upheld “going global” as its guiding principle.
After rigorous deliberation and thorough preparation, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm officially established the Zhongji Law Office U.S. Office in Irvine, located in southern Los Angeles, USA, on February 1, 2020.
Domestic violence is not a domestic matter: Examining how the law protects victims through two heinous cases.
“Elegant bribery” is not uncommon in cases of official misconduct, and some of the news reports that have appeared in the media are truly eye-opening. In practice, elegant bribery exhibits several distinctive features: First, certain criminal methods are indeed highly concealed—or might even be described as “sophisticated”—making them extremely difficult to detect and prosecute. Second, legally speaking, elegant bribery involves issues such as errors in perception, the consistency between subjective intent and objective actions, and the distinction between completed and attempted crimes. Moreover, at times it can be exceedingly challenging to differentiate between genuine and fake items, rendering these cases particularly complex and perplexing. Third, given the unique trading norms and industry traditions that have evolved over thousands of years around calligraphy, paintings, antiques, and other such artifacts, simply applying criminal law to certain situations could inadvertently disrupt this time-honored sector. Consequently, it is not easy to draw a clear line between cracking down on such behavior and safeguarding the integrity of the relevant industries. This article seeks to analyze and explore the issues surrounding elegant bribery.
In the field of construction projects, it is quite common for enterprises, driven by their own interests, to lend their qualification certificates to other entities for use. However, the practice of an actual contractor without proper qualifications borrowing the name of a qualified construction company to undertake projects is explicitly prohibited by laws and regulations—it constitutes an illegal “nominal subcontracting” arrangement. In practice, although the entity being sub-contracted often employs various measures to actively evade legal risks, it frequently finds itself embroiled in numerous lawsuits due to the inherent illegality of the nominal subcontracting arrangement itself, as well as the lack of clear definitions for what constitutes such an arrangement, its diverse forms, unclear standards for rights and obligations, and significant disagreements over liability allocation. As a result, the entity being sub-contracted faces substantial legal risks. Therefore, this article, from the perspective of the entity being sub-contracted, combines selected judicial viewpoints to provide a brief analysis of the risks and liabilities it confronts.