Legal Teahouse

This episode overviews the contact tracing practice in various countries and the legal risks American businesses will face if they impose contact tracing apps on their employees

William Ju talked about his experience as a first-year associate practicing in the area of real estate finance, a business hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Legally trained in the U.S. and China and licensed to practice in CA and NY, William shared his thoughts on becoming a transactional attorney.

Missouri joined the blame game by suing China for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.  However, it's highly unlikely that Missouri can get around sovereign immunity China enjoys under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

UCLA Law student Zhang Zhening talked about his views of racism and Chinese writer Fang Fang's Wuhan quarantine Diary.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, China has been blamed for its wildlife trade.  Is the blame legit?  How is China coping with it? 

A UCLA law student and co-founder of Asia Law Organization, Adam Renth shared his work experience in China, his thoughts on contemporary issues, and his perspectives of cross-border legal practice.

U.S. government and Chinese government were each sued for allegedly mishandling or even creating the COVID-19 pandemic.  How will the cases go? 

A top Chinese law school graduate and currently a UCLA Law student, Hannah Zhang joins Legal Teahouse to talk about her experience and observations in the two countries.

China's nationwide lockdown has proved effective. Meanwhile, individual rights issues, including disproportionate compulsory measures and discrimination, are not to be neglected.

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang received an eight-year ban for refusing a sample collection. Court of Arbitration for Sport found the testing personnel had properly followed procedural requirements, and Sun had no compelling justifications to break the sample collection container. This case provides a typical example of Chinese approaches colliding with international rules. Sun gambled his career based on his reliance of Chinese sports bureaucracy. And his disrespectful attitude earned him the maximum sanction.