🔥 US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers. The firm is essentially treating Hong Kong as the same as mainland China.

Latham & Watkins — the world’s second-highest-grossing law firm — has told… pic.twitter.com/4zgCFzom4Z

— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) February 13, 2024

//“What it means is if you have . . . raids in Hong Kong, law enforcement [can only] access Hong Kong and China databases,” the second person said.// https://t.co/z5TzbaP1yH

— Mary Hui (@maryhui) February 13, 2024

The world's second-highest grossing law firm is cutting off its #HongKong-based lawyers from automatic access to its international databases, a sign of how greater #CCP control over HK is forcing global firms to rethink how they operate there. .https://t.co/BPOMdzROD7

— Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us) February 13, 2024

"US law firm Latham & Watkins is cutting off automatic access to its international databases for its Hong Kong-based lawyers, in a sign of how Beijing’s closer control of the territory is forcing global firms to rethink the way they operate"https://t.co/fqWcYYDVQd

— China Beige Book (@ChinaBeigeBook) February 13, 2024

Action: "HK last month unveiled its proposals for a new security law that would step up scrutiny on data and “state secrets”"
Reaction: "The world’s second-highest-grossing law firm […] is now “treating Hong Kong as the same as mainland China”"https://t.co/ruI0qcsXqy

— Raphaël Becanne (@rbecanne) February 13, 2024