U.S. Businesses Continue to Face Theft, Unfair Tactics in China, U.S.-China Panel Told

U.S. businesses continue to face theft of their intellectual property and Chinese government subsidies to state-owned enterprises, as well as unfair business practices in operating in China, three U.S. businessmen told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission June 14.

European Court of Justice Judgment Opens Door for Challenges to European Commission Environmental Decisions, Group Says

BRUSSELS—An EU Court of Justice ruled June 14 in a pesticide case that environmental advocacy groups can challenge a wide range of decisions made by the European Commission (Stichting Natuur en Milieu and Pesticide Action Network Europe v. European Commission, European Court of Justice, T-338/08, 6/14/12).

Philippines Data Privacy Bill Advances, Would Boost Business Process Outsourcing

TAIPEI—The Philippines moved a step closer to establishing its first comprehensive data protection regime as the Philippine Senate June 6 ratified a Bicameral Conference Committee report on the Data Privacy Act, according to the state-run Philippines News Agency (PNA).