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国际争端解决条款:语境决定一切

1.国际争端解决条款 每个月左右,都会有律师突然给我写信,提出关于合同草案的 "快速问题"。我们收到的最常见的 "快速问题 "之一是要求我们 "确认 "某些特定的法院或仲裁机构对此类案件最合理。

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起诉你的中国制造商的劣质产品

我们的国际诉讼律师很早就开发了电子邮件模板,用于回复那些给我们写了关于中国产品质量问题的公司。以下是我们为那些写信给我们反映中国产品质量问题的美国公司所使用的模板,这些公司提供给我们的合同一点都不好。大多数情况下

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起诉中国公司的产品责任

在过去几年中,我所在的律师事务所的国际争端解决团队(我是其中一员)看到,涉及个人和公司以及律师希望就中国制造的产品伤人而起诉中国公司的案件有了极大的增加。来到我们律师事务所的案件通常涉及以下内容之一

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如何从中国获得免费产品

在过去的一周里,我每天都收到至少一封来自一家外国公司的电子邮件,他们向中国的一家公司支付了钱,但实际上没有得到任何回报。这方面的术语是偷窃。这种事情是中国公司给的,为什么最近如此盛行?

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外国公司国际仲裁

去年秋天,在《美国最高法院将对重要的国际仲裁问题作出裁决》一文中,我写到了美国最高法院正在审理的一个重要的国际仲裁问题,即在美国做生意的外国公司是否可以对与一家美国公司的争端进行仲裁。具体问题是:纽约公约》是否

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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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Illegal Transshipping/False Country of Origin — Help Us Help You Get Rich

Earlier this year, “Univar USA Inc. paid  U.S. $62.5 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Evaded $36 Million in Antidumping Duties on Imported Chinese Saccharin.”  My law firm profited handsomely from this case because we brought it to the government’s attention and then assisted on it. The United States Department of Justice describes this case

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Foreigners Win 68% of Cases in Beijing IP Court: How to Use This to YOUR Advantage

Many foreign IP owners doing business in or with China do not believe the Chinese court system works. They or their foreign lawyers therefore tend to choose foreign law and jurisdiction in their contracts. When this results in contracts that are unenforceable against a Chinese party, everyone blames the Chinese. The prophesy about the lack

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良好的合同是关键,腐败是可耻的

前几天收到一封来自一家规模不错的公司的电子邮件,询问与泰国、台湾、印度尼西亚和马来西亚等国家的公司签订制造合同的好处。邮件的内容是这样的(我说 "什么 "是因为我把它改了,所以没有人能够识别它):我是

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China’s Intellectual Property Courts: A Procedural Overview

— Protecting Innovation in an Innovative Way: What are China’s IP Courts? After decades of engagement between US and Chinese legal experts on reforming IP protection in mainland China, Chinese IP courts were first pioneered in 2014 in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou (see the National People’s Congress (NPC) Decision of Establishing Intellectual Property Courts in