Prior to March 15 – the International Consumer Rights Day, LCOUNCIL hosted a forum on the afternoon of March 1. The forum focused on topics including risk analysis for enterprises concerning typical consumer rights enforcement actions in online and offline sales models, general practices in administrative enforcement actions, trends in judicial discretion and self risk inspection prior to the International Consumer Rights Day.

Over 60 legal counsels of enterprises having online and/or offline sales channels from various industries including consumer goods, pharmaceutical and medical, TMT, automobile and parts, manufacturing, real estates, education, logistics, finance and trade, participated in this event. Watson & Band Managing Partner Frank Qian, Senior Partner Fuping Gao and Partner Cathy Wu were invited as honored guests in the panel discussion session.

In the third session, Frank Qian hosted a discussion over the Electronic Commerce Law and related corporate compliance practices, with Fuping Gao and Cathy Wu being the major participants of the discussion. In the current economic situation, the Internet is found everywhere in every industry. The three Watson & Band partners carried out far-reaching discussions over focus issues among the enterprises. The legal peers also actively participated in the discussion. The accurate answers and insightful views from the partners won them unanimous praise from the attendees, who all said it worthwhile to participate in such a discussion.