LexBlog Singapore

Publisher

Law Firm

Latest documents

• [Book Review] Fashion and Intellectual Property

  This is a review of the book Fashion and Intellectual Property (Cambridge University Press, 2025), edited by David Tan, National University of Singapore, Jeanne Fromer, New York University, and Dev Gangjee, University of Oxford.The book is available inmultiple formats Readers approaching Fashion and Intellectual Property should be prepared for the impressive density of fashion

• Singapore: IMDA launches SGD 200 million talent development program to support the local media industry

  On 3 December 2025, the Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) launched the Talent Accelerator Programme (TAP), a new development program to support Singapore’s media industry. The TAP is an SGD 200 million, three-year initiative to develop local creative talent, strengthen co-production partnerships and build a more resilient media industry. Through the TAP, the IMDA aims...

• Singapore: Health Sciences Authority’s partnership with overseas regulators and focus on AI in healthcare

  Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has announced the launch of the new Regulatory Innovation Corridor with the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This new coordinated fast-track pathway will enable developers to engage both regulators early and concurrently, accelerating access to breakthrough health technologies in both jurisdictions. The HSA highlighted that this initiative...

• 2026 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize To Professor James Penner

  William and Mary Law School’s Property Rights Project has announced that Professor James E. Penner (Kwa Geok Choo Professor of Property Law at the National University of Singapore) will be awarded the 2026 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize. This is in keeping with the international theme in the 2026 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, which will be...

• XLK v XLJ: Comity Beyond the Child Abduction Convention

  By Haoxiang Ruan, PhD candidate at Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo, Japan). Haoxiang Ruan consistently maintains an interest in international family law, which led him to undertake the 2024-2025 academic stay at Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan). From the perspective of state participation, the Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the...

• The Professor of Theft: Singapore Jails Malware Tutor in Historic Ruling

  Editor’s Note: Singapore’s landmark sentencing of a malware instructor underscores a growing shift in cybercrime law: prosecuting not just the perpetrators, but the educators. This article is crucial for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals, as it explores how knowledge transfer—once a gray zone—is now clearly within the scope of criminal liability. The technical breakdown...

• Singapore: Key Amendments to the Cybersecurity Act Now in Force

  Since the enactment of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Act 2018 (Cybersecurity Act), Singapore’s digital economy has grown rapidly, and cyber threats have evolved at a remarkable pace. To address this shifting landscape, the Cybersecurity (Amendment) Act 2024 (Amendment Act) was passed last year, introducing significant amendments to the Cybersecurity Act to broaden regulatory oversight. On 31 October 2025, several key provisions of the...

• European Union and Singapore discuss reinforcing digital cooperation through Digital Partnership Council, covering AI

  The European Union and Singapore held their second Digital Partnership Council meeting in Brussels, reaffirming their commitment to enhance cooperation across various digital domains, including AI safety, online consumer protection, trust services, cybersecurity resilience, data flow enhancement, and joint research in semiconductors and quantum technologies. On AI, the parties reaffirmed the importance of the administrative...

• Singapore: Key Cybersecurity (Amendment) Act provisions in force from 31 October 2025

  In brief Key provisions of the Cybersecurity (Amendment) Act (“Amendment Act”) came into force on 31 October 2025. This follows a public consultation, the introduction of a draft bill in early 2024 and the final passing of the Amendment Act in parliament on 7 May 2024. The Amendment Act amends the Cybersecurity Act 2018 (“Cybersecurity Act”). From 31 October 2025,...

• Singapore: MAS publishes consultation paper on proposed guidelines on AI risk management for financial institutions

  On 13 November 2025, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published the Consultation Paper on Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence Risk Management (“Consultation Paper”). The Consultation Paper sets out the MAS’ proposed Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Management (“AIRM Guidelines”), which are intended to complement the existing principles on Fairness, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency. The AIRM Guidelines...

Featured documents

• APEC Forum Discusses International Privacy Legislation Developments

  On July 28, 2009,  the Data Privacy Subgroup meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in Singapore reported a number of privacy-related legislative developments on the horizon.  Among the highlights: On July 15, the Malaysian Cabinet approved privacy legislation to be enacted...

• Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission Publishes Consultation Paper

  On February 5, 2013, Singapore’s new data protection agency, the Personal Data Protection Commission, published a consultation paper outlining its positions on issues such as access and correction requests and data transfer restrictions. Comments on the Paper are due by March 19, 2013....

• Singapore Issues New Regulations In Advance of Data Protection Law Entering Into Force

  On July 2, 2014 Singapore’s new Personal Data Protection Act (the “PDPA” or the “Act”)) will go into force, requiring companies that have a physical presence in Singapore to comply with many new data protection obligations under the PDPA.   Fortunately, in advance of the Act’s effective date, the...

• Singapore High Court refuses to set aside delayed Arbitration Award

  In Coal & Oil Co LLC v GHCL Ltd [2015] SGHC 65, the Singapore High Court dismissed an application to set aside an arbitral tribunal’s award issued 19 months after receiving the parties’ post-hearing submissions, finding that the delay did not constitute a breach of natural justice. Case Summary In...

• SIAC announces newest edition of Arbitration Rules

  On 27 May 2016, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC“) introduced the sixth edition of its Arbitration Rules (SIAC Rules 2016). Mr Gary Born, President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration, commented that the new rules “…contain many innovative features aimed at ensuring that SIAC...

• SIAC Announces Release of the SIAC Investment Arbitration Rules

  Further to our previous post the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC“) announced on 30 December 2016 the official release of the first edition of its Investment Arbitration Rules (“SIAC IA Rules 2017“), a specialised set of rules to address the unique issues present in the conduct of...

• OFAC Penalizes Singaporean Communications Provider $12 Million For Iranian Transactions Conducted In U.S. Dollars

  Global communications solutions provider, CSE TransTel, a subsidiary of CSE Global Limited (both based in Singapore), recently agreed to settle Iran sanctions charges leveled by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for $12 million.  The charges involve 104...

• A Tale of Two Enforcement Actions

  And a Tale of Four Countries: Singapore Fines a U.K. Bank, and the U.S. Imposes a Consent Order on a Chinese Bank Less than a week apart, two major financial institutions (“FIs”) have been hit with penalties for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering (“AML”) protections. But the...

• Singapore data protection commission issues warning for “heat of the moment” disclosure of personal data

  On November 28, 2018, Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (commission) issued its grounds of decision against Big Bubble Centre (respondent), a sole-proprietorship in the scuba-diving business. The facts of the case were as follows: The complainant was an individual who had worked for...

• Singapore Issues New Guidelines for Data Breach Response

  “Organisations in Singapore are now expected to take no more than 30 days to complete an investigation into a suspected data security breach and notify the authorities of the incident 72 hours after completing their assessment. These are part of new guidelines to help companies manage data breaches ...