In early January, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court issued China’s first pre-litigation preliminary injunction in a dispute between a Chinese subsidiary of a large multinational pharmaceutical company and its ex-manager. This is the same court that issued China’s first preliminary injunction in a trade secrets case in July 2013, though in that case the preliminary injunction was applied for after the plaintiff had formally brought a civil claim against the ex-employee.
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