Mitigating China Supply Chain Risks Navigating supply chains with Chinese manufacturers presents challenges like withheld goods, surprise fees, unresolved disputes, and late deliveries. Over the years, representing companies that source products from foreign countries has provided me with a deep understanding of how these disruptions impact businesses and the various ways they can be mitigated.
On September 30, 2024, a new antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petition was filed against imports of Hexamine from China, Germany, India and Saudi Arabia. Due to its reactive nature, hexamine is used primarily as an input to produce explosives and energy products, a curing agent or catalyst in the plastics and resin industries,
As lawyers, we spend a lot of time fielding good, bad, weird, interesting, deep, superficial, and all types of other questions from people. We’re generally expected to be oracle-level wizards, a lot like people are treating AI now. In this series, we’ll share some of these questions that people ask us, along with our answers.
International Supply Chain Risks As I write this, nearly 50 Hezbollah terrorists are dead, and 3,000 or so more are lying in hospitals with severe injuries caused by Made in Taiwan/Made in Hungary pagers infused with explosive material. This pager explosion operation, likely orchestrated by Mossad with the help of the IDF and Druze and
What is China’s Game Plan for International Business Relations? As lawyers, we spend a lot of time fielding good, bad, weird, interesting, deep, superficial, and all types of other questions from people. We’re generally expected to be oracle-level wizards, a lot like people are treating AI now. In this series, we’ll share some of these
No More DIY Law, Please Have you ever made a major business or life decision based on advice from a friend, a blog, or a DIY guide, only to find out later that it was flawed? Last week provided me with three compelling examples of why lawyers are indispensable in making any legal decisions. In this
China Licensing Negotiations Our China lawyers have been increasingly drafting contracts for foreign companies licensing their brand names, concepts, or technologies for use in China. Historically, this type of licensing was primarily confined to the industrial sector. Nowadays, a significant portion of our work involves crafting licensing agreements for companies eager to tap into the
Should You Work for a Chinese Company? As lawyers, we spend a lot of time fielding good, bad, weird, interesting, deep, superficial, and all types of other questions from people. We’re generally expected to be oracle-level wizards, a lot like people are treating AI now. In this series, we’ll share some of these questions that
I recently discussed with a client what steps it should take to protect its trade secrets across the various countries where it manufactures products and conducts business. Although this client has been operating internationally for nearly a decade, it now faces the challenge of bringing its most valuable intellectual property into competitive, and sometimes risky,
The Update on the TikTok Ban In The Ticking Clock to a TikTok Stop, I discussed the TikTok ban bill then under consideration in the United States Congress. The bill aimed to address concerns over national security and data privacy, stemming from TikTok’s ownership by ByteDance, a Chinese company. Fast forward to today, and the bill
