The 2020 updates to the Practical Law Life Sciences Global Guide to Medicinal Product Regulation and Product Liability  have now been published, providing an overview of the key issues that life science industry professionals should be aware of in this fast-moving field.

The Thailand updates of Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law Life Sciences Global Guide  have been released online, with legal practitioners from Tilleke & Gibbins contributing the Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law section.The guide is a Q&A-style overview of the regulatory frameworks of the life sciences industries across multiple jurisdictions worldwide, with this chapter addressing the following issues as they relate to Thailand:

Experts from Tilleke & Gibbins authored the Vietnam chapter of the recently published 2020 edition of Media, Advertising, and Entertainment Law Throughout the World. The massive two-volume book, published by Multilaw in association with Thomson Reuters, provides a guide to the relevant laws and regulations across 39 jurisdictions in the following areas:

Joseph Tomkiewicz, partner and co-chair of Tilleke & Gibbins’ energy industry team, has contributed the Thailand chapter of the new Lex Mundi Global Climate Change Law Guide . Featuring contributions from Lex Mundi member firms from around the world, the guide responds to the rapid increase of interest in global climate change policies and related issues.

John Frangos, partner and deputy director of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Department, and Noppramart Thammateeradaycho, counsel, contributed to a recent Global Arbitration Review  (GAR) article on Thailand’s future potential to be a center for arbitration in the resolution of disputes in the region.

Southeast Asian food exporters to China should be aware of new regulations announced in late November 2019 by China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) for all food products. The first is still in draft form and seeks to expand the scope of the GAC’s role in policing all food products, while the second update—already implemented–makes the application process for an import license for animal and plant food products much more rigorous.

Labor disputes typically arise when one party—often the employee—feels unfairly treated, for reasons that may stretch far beyond the law, and consequently he or she will feel entitled to restitution. Thailand’s labor laws encompass several safeguards that help employers meet a standard of fairness when dealing with dissatisfied or aggrieved employees.

In late 2019, Thailand’s cabinet approved in principle the draft amendments to the Life Insurance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) and Non-Life Insurance Act B.E. 2535 (1992). The key changes introduced by the draft amendments include:Added provision on insurance business transfers that result in a change of insurer. In such a case, the transferee of the insurance business is required to notify the insured of the right of objection. A novation by substitution of the debtor will be deemed to occur when the insured does not object to the business transfer.