Chinese Courts' Anti-Suit Injunctions Reveal a Stark New Reality
Chinese courts are using anti-suit injunctions to exert tremendous power over foreign companies.
Meng Wenzhou, the Two Michaels and China Hostage Taking: What YOU Need to Know
About a year ago, I spoke at a Berkeley Law School class regarding hostage taking in China. I presume I was brought on to speak about this because I helped Professor Chris Carr write an academic article on hostage taking in China, Commercial Hostages: Local vs. Foreigner Business Disputes in China. At my Berkeley talk,
Moving Your Supply Chain From China to Southeast Asia/South Asia: The Three Big Issues
As buyers work to diversify their supply chains out of China, many are finding the process extremely difficult. Most buyers are finding they have been spoiled by China. Foreign buyers have been working in China for over thirty years and during that thirty year period, these buyers have been training Chinese suppliers on the whole
China Manufacturing and the First to Market Fallacy
Being first to market is usually no protection at all. You must protect your IP from China with IP registrations and appropriate contracts.
The Five Most Basic Rules for Doing Business in a Foreign Country
The Five keys to succeeding in a foreign country.
Dan Harris Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
U.S. and China are decoupling. Get used to it and start acting accordingly.
Reviewing China Contracts
The contracts Chinese companies provide to their foreign counter-parties are typically terrible because the Chinese company wants them to be terrible.
A Checklist for Avoiding China Employment Problems
A checklist for getting into compliance with China's employment laws
China LOI and MOU: Don't Let Them Happen to You
At least once a month, an American or sometimes a British company will come to one of our China attorneys after having spent considerable time negotiating a complex transaction with a Chinese company. They then show us a Letter of Intent (LOI) or a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that sets out in great detail the