Weekly Korean Legal News from International Law Firm – IPG Legal

This Week’s Korean Legal News Reported by the Media

• Korea, India agree to upgrade trade pact, diplomatic relations
• Samsung breaks mold in hiring
• POSCO speeds up CEO search
• FTC to toughen rules against patent trolls
• U.S. businesses hope for seats on Korea’s creative economy team
• Hyundai Amco, Engineering to merge after tax audit
• New AMCHAM leader calls for deregulation

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Sean Hayes may be contacted at: SeanHayes@ipglegal.com. Sean Hayes is co-chair of the Korea Practice Team and Entertainment, Media and New Tech Law Team at IPG Legal. He is the first non-Korean attorney to have worked for the Korean court system (Constitutional Court of Korea) and one of the first non-Koreans to be a regular member of a Korean law faculty. He assists clients in their contentious, non-contentious and business developments needs in Korea and China.