In what appears to be the first ruling granting motions to dismiss in the current wave of securities class actions against Chinese companies whose shares trade on U.S. exchanges, a federal judge in Manhattan has tossed claims against China North East Petroleum Holdings and related defendants.

Canadian mining company Silvercorp, China’s largest primary silver producer, has filed a defamation suit against websites that allegedly published false reports accusing the company of engaging in a $1.3 billion accounting fraud.

Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department officials signed an antitrust memorandum of understanding with Chinese antitrust agencies on Wednesday, creating “a framework for long-term cooperation” almost three years after China’s anti-monopoly law went into effect. The U.S

Boies Schiller’s Lee Wolosky says that his client Starr International’s suit against China MediaExpress is the first in the expanding “reverse merger” litigation to target individuals in the U.S. who helped a Chinese merger partner obtain a listing on an American exchange.

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