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Dec 04, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly in China, with the number of patents and the size of the market both ranking highly among countries. However, this rapid development has posed new challenges to the legal framework, ethical norms and social governance, prompting China to continuously adjust and improve the relevant regulatory system.
While great strides have been made across the globe to deepen and solidify the rule of law in 800 years, new challenges have emerged since 2015 to threaten progress made in countries where the rule of law previously seemed stable and uncontroversial.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Sep 27, 2023
The rise in popularity of generative artificial intelligence (‘generative AI’) has ignited the discussion on whether junior employees can be replaced by it. Some have gone to the extent of questioning whether professionals, such as lawyers, can also be replaced by generative AI. Is it wise to replace junior employees or lawyers with generative AI? What factors should be considered before deploying generative AI tools in your business? To consider these questions, we first need to understand the basic workings of generative AI and what it can offer. Fundamentally, AI is intelligence that is not biological. The general understanding is that machines will be ascribed with this intelligence. These machines have the ability to interpret, learn from and process external data in a way that is similar to the capabilities of the human mind. Generative AI is a type of AI program that generates content from a data set. It uses deep learning, a type of machine learning system that behaves like a neural network to simulate the functions of a human brain. In other words, it can mimic human intelligence by exhibiting analytical skills to create new content. Not only can generative AI be utilised in chatbot programs to create text, but it can also be used in programs that can create images, sound or videos. This article will consider two major forms of generative AI, in the context of risks to businesses: chatbots using generative pre-trained transformer technology programs; and image generating programs.
Table moderators: Martin Ibarra, Rene Medrado
Topic 8:
The future of cross-border e-commerce trade regulations
With the De Minimis scheme ending between the EU and the US in July 2024, and escalating regulatory scrutiny on Chinese shipments, the US introduced a major change on May 14, 2025: shipments valued at 800 USD or less from China and Hong Kong are now subject to a 54% tariff, with a fixed charge of 100 USD remaining in place — what are the implications for global parcel trade?
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
Welcome to your very own IBA Festival, where nature moves indoors and the atmosphere is pure magic. Wander through our festival grounds, savour street-food favourites, and take a moment to connect, unwind and soak up the elegant festival vibe. Then when the music calls, step into the Disco Forest and let the rhythm take over!
Guests should use the Postbyn entrance to the Villa Copenhagen.
IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026
Jul 08, 2025
Mediation is on the rise internationally as a means to settle disputes in a cost-effective manner. Chinese parties appear to be increasingly interested in mediation as an option. This article examines the evolving landscape of mediation in China and internationally. It considers how mediation for Chinese parties is evolving and whether mediation is a good option for Chinese parties in cross-border disputes. Commercial mediation has seen remarkable growth, bolstered by a supportive PRC judicial system and legislative initiatives encouraging parties to find harmonious ways to resolve disputes. The article analyses the three primary types of mediation in China: people’s mediation, administrative mediation, and commercial mediation. It also looks at mediation rules and proceedings in common law jurisdictions, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. The article anecdotally considers the cultural elements, emphasising the Chinese parties’ preference for evaluative mediation styles as a reflection of civil law. Through case studies of international disputes involving Chinese and US parties, the article illustrates the practical dynamics of mediation involving Chinese parties and underscores the importance of cultural sensitivity in international mediation. As Chinese parties continue to go global, mediation is emerging as an attractive option for efficient and cost-effective dispute resolution. This analysis assesses whether the promotion of mediation is yielding tangible outcomes and explores the future of mediation involving Chinese and foreign parties.
Apr 22, 2022
This article discusses the recent SEC case involving PwC and highlights the wider implications for intermediary institutions providing professional services in a tightened regulatory and enforcement regime in China’s banking and financial sector.
By Yi-An (Ann) Lai. Alipay and the impact of e-payment systems resulting in new regulations in China and other jurisdictions.
Jun 12, 2024
The new Foreign State Immunity Law 2023 of the People’s Republic of China came into force on 1 January 2024. This shifts the country (as well as its special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau) away from absolute state immunity to restrictive state immunity, bringing it more in line with the relatively prevalent practice among the international community. This article discusses the status of state immunity in public international law, analyses the new law’s provisions and examines practical challenges that will be faced by those seeking to utilise this law to enforce judgments or awards against foreign states and state entities, and the new law’s innovations that go beyond the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property of 2004 and the UK State Immunity Act 1978.
Feb 17, 2023
This article will outline the development of China’s restrictions on the cross-border transfer of personal information (PI export), detailing PI export mechanisms provided by the Personal Information Protection Law. It will also explain the practical implications of the restrictions.
Jan 27, 2025
A report on the panel session ‘To list, to sell or to flip to the US: sucessful exist methods in Europe’. Participants discussed recent challenges in the initial public offerings market, the ‘dual-track’ strategy and the role of legal advisors among other interesting points.
This article aims to provide readers an overview of, and update on, the foreign direct investment screening mechanisms introduced by the Indian government in April 2020 vis-à-vis foreign direct investments from India’s bordering nations, as a reaction to the ongoing geopolitical tensions between India and China at the Indo-China border.
Dec 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s recent behaviour has reopened the question of his fitness for office.
Jul 14, 2024
The European Fashion and Luxury Law Conference, meticulously organised by the European Regional Forum (ERF) of the International Bar Association (IBA) in Milan on 23 April 2024, was a resounding success. The event, which was fully booked, showcased a remarkable assembly of speakers, each highly esteemed within the industry. These speakers brought with them a wealth of knowledge and expertise, which they shared across a series of discussions and presentations.
Jan 12, 2024
The European Regional Forum (ERF), in particular its Professional Wellbeing Working Party (PWWP), organised a session on lawyers' wellbeing and ways in which we can make our law firms become better working environments. This session was additionally organised with the support of the IBA’s Presidential Task Force on Mental Health and wellbeing and the Professional Ethics Committee; it took place at the IBA 2023 Annual Conference in Paris.
The majority of the new European Union (EU) Prospectus Regulation will become applicable in July 2019. As part of the wider Capital Markets Union initiative, the new Prospectus Regulation aims to reduce costs for issuers in accessing European capital markets, facilitate cross-border investments in the EU and to build a framework resulting in EU-wide risk-sharing.
Feb 10, 2025
Complex legal and ethical issues surround assisted human reproduction, IVF and surrogacy. When does life begin? Should parents be able to select embryos in order to choose sex? Should women have the human right of reproductive freedom? What about the rights of the parents, surrogate and children? This article discusses the law in Australia and some of the leading cases in Australia and overseas.
Competition in the digital age: learning from the European Commission’s Guess decision, In-House Perspective May 2019
IBA Global Insight April/May 2016 - Amidst a major economic downturn and political crisis, a billion-dollar corruption scandal is edging towards its finale. Despite all the bad news, there are grounds for optimism.
As President of the European Court of Human Rights - which oversees justice for more than 800 million people - Sir Nicolas Bratza grappled with a backlog of 138,000 cases, growing anti-ECHR sentiment in the UK and elsewhere, and stagnating funding streams. What hopes for the future?
Nov 14, 2024
A session report from the diversity and inclusion session at the IBA Annual Conference in Mexico City.
Insolvency and Restructuring International aims to cover issues of relevance to the international legal business community, particularly those involved in all aspects of insolvency, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and restructuring.
From the Co-Chairs - Law Firm Management Committee newsletter article, April 2020
The Third Report by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
Apr 10, 2026
Eighteen months after the UK’s assisted dying bill was introduced to Parliament, its progress has stalled in the House of Lords.
Aug 29, 2025
In July, a UK High Court judge lifted the super-injunction that had prevented information about a leak of highly sensitive data by a Ministry of Defence employee being made public for almost two years
Apr 20, 2020
The payment protection insurance (PPI) scandal is among the biggest ever to affect the UK financial services sector, according to the think tank New City Agenda. The organisation calculates that over £53.5bn has been set aside so far to pay redress to consumers and to cover administrative costs - more than five times the cost of the London 2012 Olympics and almost £800 for each person in the UK.
Oct 21, 2025
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) urgently calls for the release of human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoneim, who remains arbitrarily detained in Egypt despite completing a five-year sentence in October 2023. A prominent lawyer, women’s rights advocate and former member…
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