Lawyers

• Apple Pay goes live in China, likely to garner smaller user base

  Another form of online payment scheme has been available in China as Apple introduced their mobile payment system, Apple Pay. However, the company is likely to garner a smaller user base in China compared to competitors like AliPay and Tencent's WeChat Payment.

• Alibaba lobbies to stay off U.S. blacklist list for fakes

  Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is lobbying hard to stay off the U.S. Trade Representative's blacklist after coming under renewed pressure this year over suspected counterfeits sold on its shopping platforms.

• Police search Uber offices in Hong Kong and arrest five drivers

  Police raided the Hong Kong offices of taxi-hailing service Uber Inc on Tuesday and arrested five drivers for the "illegal use of vehicles for hire", police said.

• Chinese authorities visit Uber's Chengdu office

  Authorities in China's southwestern city of Chengdu visited the offices of Uber on Wednesday as part of a new investigation into the online taxi-hailing service, a spokeswoman for Chengdu's transportation commission said.

• U.S. business interests square off against lawyers in Delaware

  An influential group of lawyers in Delaware, home to more corporations than any other state, is gearing up to do battle with some of the largest U.S. companies over the increasingly busy industry of shareholder lawsuits.

• Taiwan orders Alibaba to withdraw after violating rules: official

  Taiwan has ordered China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to withdraw from the country within six months because the online retailer had violated investment rules required for a Chinese company, an economics ministry official said on Monday.

• Alibaba's Jack Ma seeks to reassure employees over U.S. lawsuits

  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Executive Chairman Jack Ma urged employees to relax about U.S. lawsuits against the firm over possible failure to disclose information to investors, in a letter to staff posted on his official microblog on Friday.

• China quality watchdog tells Alibaba fakes threaten China's reputation

  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd must pay more attention to product quality and step up the fight against fake goods sold online, China's product quality watchdog chief told company executive chairman Jack Ma, according to a statement on Tuesday.

• Alibaba IPO legal fees dwarf Facebook's

  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd disclosed on Friday that it would pay $15.8 million in legal fees to law firm Simpson Thacher and other attorneys who advised the Chinese e-commerce giant on its upcoming IPO, six times what Facebook paid its counsel two years ago.