The International Sustainability Standards Board – What is it and what can we expect from it?

On 3 November 2021 during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (also referred to as COP26), the IFRS Foundation Trustees announced the cr...

Taiwan introduces new health and safety rules for night workers

Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor issued The Guidelines of Occupational Safety and Health for the Night Shift (the "Guidelines") after several high-profile...

Amendments to the Foreign Professionals Act explained

This article originally appeared in the December issue of Taiwan Business TOPICS, the monthly publication of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiw...

Recent developments in Taiwan’s trade secrets protection regime

In recent years, trade secret infringement cases have continually popped up in Taiwan’s news media. In one example, Ability Opto-electronics Technol...

Creative works as NFTs and relevant legal issues in Taiwan

Blockchain or distributed ledger technology is the primary technology upon which cryptocurrencies, utility tokens, security tokens, and similar produc...

Virtual assets, AML and anti-terrorism financing

The popularity of virtual assets is booming. Investors can now purchase and trade virtual assets in a variety of ways, including through any number of...

ESG investment and Taiwan disclosure requirements

ESG investing (sometimes also referred to as “socially responsible investing,” “impact investing,” or “sustainable investing”) refers to i...

Taiwan’s stimulus vouchers explained

In response to the Covid-19 outbreak earlier this year, Taiwan’s government announced a second stimulus program to encourage consumer spending (the ...