Doing Business in China: The Labor And Employment Law Story. Is That Elliott Spitzer?

On May 9, 2008, The Center for Labor and Employment Law at New York University (NYU) will be putting on what looks to be an excellent seminar on China's new labor contract law. The seminar will take place in Pollack Colloquium, Ninth Floor, Furman Hall, NYU School of Law, 245 Sullivan Street. (h/t to the Workplace Prof Blog)

Professor Samuel Estreicher, NYU Law, and Michael J. Gray, from Jones Day's Chicago office will be the co-chairs.

Professor Benjamin Liebman from Columbia Law School will speak on "Doing Business in China: A Historical Perspective." He will be followed by the following panel discussing "The New China Labor and Employment Law: A Practical Perspective:"

Moderator: Terry Sharp, Home Depot

Panelists: Mark Nordstrom, GE
Martin Schmelkin, Goldman Sachs
Dale Skivington, Kodak
Henry Valdez, McDonald's Corporation

Next will be another panel discussion, this one, on "Dealing with Unions in China : the U.S. Model, the European Model, or a New Paradigm?" with the following panelists:

Moderator: Prof. Samuel Estreicher, NYU Law

Panelists: Earl Brown, Solidarity Center
Ed Potter, Coca-Cola
Dale Skivington, Kodak
Henry Valdez, McDonald's Corporation

China Law éminence grise Professor Jerome Cohen, of NYU Law, will be the luncheon speaker

The next session will be on "The Role of Counsel in Assisting Multinational Companies in China" and will consist of the following:

Moderator: Mark Dichter, Morgan Lewis Philadelphia

Panelists: Joseph Chan, Pillsbury Winthrop Shanghai
Darren Gardner, Seyfarth Shaw S.F.
Winston Zhao, Jones Day Shanghai

The seminar will conclude with a roundtable on "Recent Issues Affecting Multinational Companies Doing Business in China : Topics include the Beijing Olympics, the new ADR law (effective May 1) and the protection of confidential information." The panel for this session will be the following:

Moderator: Torrey Whitman, NYU Law

Panelists: Rob Landau, NBC Sports
Ed Potter, Coca-Cola

It does look like it will be a winner.

Go here to register and go here to tell me whether the bottom picture is really Elliott Spitzer. Is it really him?

Comments

It does sound like a great conference and that does look very much like Mr. Spitzer. Thanks for sharing. Perhaps Ms. Dupré will be making a guest appearance.

Posted by: HoundDog | April 9, 2008 9:14 AM

will this affect american businesses contracting with chinese companies?

Posted by: Paralegal Jobs | April 9, 2008 12:40 PM