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  Countermeasures against Unfair Trade Practice: What if a large retailer requests business management information from its supplier in South Korea? ​ Countermeasures against unfair trade practices, large retail business act, request to provide management information | Dowoo Hwasan Attorneys & Counselors, Fair Trade Team |   ​ ​ Article 14(1)-(4)(Prohibition of Request for Management Information) of the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business   (1)   A large retail business entity shall not unduly request a supplier, etc. to provide any of the following information: 1.   Information concerning the supply terms (including supply price) for the goods which suppliers supply to other business entities; 2.   Information concerning the lease terms (including rental rate) to open a sales floor in other business entities' stores; 3.   Other management information prescribed by Presidential Decree that

  Violation of the Franchise Business Act in South Korea: What are the justifiable reasons for refusing a renewal of franchise contract? ​ Countermeasures against unfair trade practices, renewal of franchise contracts, fair trade team, franchise attorney | Dowoo Hwasan Attorneys & Counselors |   In handling franchise law issues in Korea, case resolutions cannot be properly done with only legal provisions and cases of Korea. The Corporate Legal Team of Dowoo Hwasan Attorneys & Counselors represents a case by deploying a specialized team led by an attorney with Korea and the U.S. franchise experiences, and it is our principle to resolve cases with attorneys who are former judges and public officials, attorneys who passed the judicial examination of Korea with big law experiences overseas, and U.S. attorneys well-versed in the global distribution business.   . What are the justifiable reasons for refusing a renewal of franchise contract?   ​ Article 13(1)

  What if the franchisor provided false or exaggerated information to conclude a franchise contract in South Korea?   Distribution and Franchise in South Korea | The Best Law Firm for General Corporate Law in South Korea | Dowoo Hwasan | www.dowoolaw.com We provide information to clients looking for franchise attorneys by organizing helpful data as below. A franchise is a business model that has allegedly occurred in the southern U.S. For a franchise, the Corporate Legal Team (02.6207.1114) of Dowoo Hwasan Attorneys & Counselors, led by an attorney experienced in a franchise in Korea as well as the U.S., solves the cases and provides solutions of a different dimension based on the whole of Asia. With only legal provisions and cases of Korea, franchise law issues cannot be solved properly. The reality is that attorneys with a narrow view as attorneys handle franchise law-related cases in Korea. On the contrary, Dowoo Hwasan Attorneys & Counselors is a law firm whose pr

Counseling for fair trade lawsuit: What if a large retailer forces its suppliers to do exclusive transactions or interferes with the suppliers in their transactions with other business entities?   Distribution and Franchise in South Korea | The Best Law Firm for General Corporate Law in South Korea | Response against Unfair Transaction Practices in Distribution & Retail Business & Counseling on Fair Trade Laws in South Korea | Litigation related to Distribution & Franchise in Korea | Dowoo Hwasan Article 13 (Prohibition of Forcing Exclusive Dealing) of the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business (“Large Retail Act”) : A large retail business entity shall not unduly have a supplier, etc. do exclusive transactions and shall not interfere with the supplier, etc. in their transactions with other business entities. ​ · Transactions conditioned on exclusivity - Positive effect: The large retail business entity makes it a condition that the supplier will ex

  Occupational Accident under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act in South Korea Proximate Causal Relationship between Work and Accident?   Employment & Labor Law | English-speaking Korean Lawyers | Korean Corporate Lawyers | South Korea | Dowoo Hwasan   Workers’ compensation is a legal area that often becomes an issue as a part of human resources and personnel management. The Human Resources and Labor Team of Dowoo Hwasan Attorneys & Counselors represents one case by forming a team of experts and labor-specialized attorneys with over 20 years of experience from Korean and overseas leading law firms, as former judges and prosecutors, and at Korea Worker's Compensation & Welfare Service where they handled industrial accident cases. Dowoo Hwasan provides legal services equal to the level of large law firms at an efficient cost, with corporate-specialized attorneys. ​ Definition of Industrial Accident in South Korea Article 5-1 of the Indu