在国际上开展业务的法律检查清单

这篇文章的内容:确认合法性 创建合同 保护你的知识产权 遵守出口管制法 了解就业法 遵守税务规则 律师喜欢检查表,我们国际商业律师也不例外。我爱客户,不仅因为他们是我的律师事务所的生命线,因此也是我的生计、

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中国娱乐法:一部新的视听作品即将面世

中国目前形式的版权法从2010年开始实施,从那时起就有许多修订建议被提出来。全国人民代表大会最近发布了另一个修正案草案并征求公众意见。据我所知,这将是2010年以来的第5个草案。在最近的一篇文章中

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对有抱负的国际律师的现实检验和鼓励之词

我从法学院和商学院毕业已经八年了。我是在2008年秋季开始上法学院的,当时世界还没有崩溃......最后一次崩溃。2008年开始搅动世界的金融危机的回响一直持续到2012年,当时我已经毕业并开始工作。

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在海外做生意:信任的事

作为一名专门从事国际交易的商业律师,我花了大约一半的时间与我的客户研究法律策略。我把法律策略描述为找出从A地到B地的正确途径,而这些途径往往被国际边界、浩瀚的海洋以及语言和文化所分隔。

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关于分离

中国共产党最头疼的问题之一是其帝国边缘地区的分裂主义威胁--无论是真实的还是想象的。这种担忧的最新表现是中共对香港持续动荡的回应。2020年5月20日,全国人民代表大会通过了一项关于香港 "国家安全 "的决定。

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China Products Made With Forced Labor Are Now in U.S. Customs’ Crosshairs

On May 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced it had issued a withhold release order (WRO) against hair products manufactured by a Xinjiang company called Hetian Haolin Hair Accessories Co. Ltd. (Haolin). The WRO was issued under the authority of 19 U.S.C. 1307, which prohibits importing merchandise produced by forced labor. To be

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China’s Other Supply Chain Infection — Forced Labor

Photo of a Xinjiang “industrial park” from Quartz Magazine China’s coronavirus outbreak continues to damage the supply chain worldwide. But another sickness in China could eventually cause as much damage: the use of forced Uighur labor in factories all over China. China’s Coronavirus was initially limited to Hubei province and China’s oppression of Uighurs and

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Force Majeure in the Time of Coronavirus

Way back in the pre-coronavirus days — October 30-2019 — in Do Not Let Force Majeure be a Major Force In Your China Contract, we did a post warning of force majeure provisions in contracts with Chinese companies. That post began with the following warning/joke; Pull out and look at your contract with your Chinese

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China’s Coronavirus Reaction: Law Trumps Medicine, Part 2

I am writing this to update my recent post on the legal response to the Covid-19 virus epidemic in China, China’s Coronavirus Solution: More Government Control Trumps More Medicine. In response to President Xi’s Statement on using law to combat the virus outbreak, the Beijing authorities have responded in a manner consistent with the theme

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China’s Coronavirus Solution: More Government Control Trumps More Medicine

In the face of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Xi Jinping went into hiding. From January 28 to February 5, he made no public appearances. He briefly appeared on February 5 and promptly disappeared again. We would have expected that during his brief appearance Mr. Xi would make a stirring speech about leading China in a