Tomorrow morning (Thursday, April 25), from 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. there will be a panel discussion at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle on “Legal Protection in Fashion.” Because so much clothing and footwear is being made in China and Southeast Asia, there will no doubt be discussion regarding fashion companies protecting… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Events RSS FeedExporting To China. The Webinar. April 10, 2013.
Posted in EventsOn Wednesday April 10, 2013, I will be one of five presenters for Exporting to China, a full day, live, online seminar. The program is designed to help U.S. firms expand their presence in China and it touts that its participants will, among other things, learn to do the following: Interpret the rapidly changing Chinese… Continue Reading
China Business Workshop. Vancouver, BC, March 11, 2013.
Posted in EventsSorry for being so last minute about this posting. Anyway, the Canada China Business Council (CCBC) is putting on a China Business Workshop at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, March 11 and I am going to be one of the speakers. This is the “fifth instalment of this popular cross-Canada… Continue Reading
A Webinar For Companies/Inside Counsel Doing Business With China. February 20, 2013.
Posted in EventsOn February 20 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, I will be co-presenting a China law webinar, along with Andrea Charters, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Rosetta Stone Inc. LexisNexis is sponsorig this webinar and, incredibly enough, it is entirely free. We will be gearing our presentations towards in house counsel and together we will be addressing the… Continue Reading
Protecting Your IP In The Chinese Market. A Webinar On Feburary 8.
Posted in EventsOn February 8, 2013, I will be putting on a China IP webinar through ALI-CLE. It will start at noon Eastern Time and my speech will end at about 1:15 and then there will be 30 minutes or so for questions. The cost is a somewhat reasonable $179 and ALI-CLE describes it as follows: Why… Continue Reading
Doing Business With The New China Seminar. December 13, 2012. Seattle.
Posted in Events, Good PeopleOn December 13, I will, along with Fraser Mendel, be co-chairing a seminar on “The China Market: Selling Products and Services in the New China.” I promise you it will be an excellent seminar. I can make this promise because I have known nearly all of the speakers for many years and I can vouch for… Continue Reading
China Law Blog On Huffington Post Live. Friday, November 30, 2012. (TODAY at 1pm EST/10 am PST)
Posted in EventsI will be participating in a Huffington Post Live show on China TODAY. The show starts at 1 pm EST/10 am PST and it is going to be on the following: Why do American businesspeople “love” Chinese officials. Is this because the key to financial success is finding that government in? Why do expat leaders… Continue Reading
China Conferences In November And December
Posted in China Business, Events, Legal NewsWhat with we lawyers needing to complete our Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits before the end of the year, my November and December are jam-packed with speaking engagements. In the hope that some of our readers will be able to attend one or more of these events, I will briefly set them out here now… Continue Reading
Foreign Service Businesses In China. An AmCham Panel Discussion On August 20, 2012.
Posted in EventsAmCham’s Public Policy and Development Committee is putting on a panel discussion on market access for service providers. This will take place on Monday August 20 from 9:30-11:00. The plan is for the panelists to “briefly present the major market access issues in their sector, followed by a discussion among the panel and audience. After… Continue Reading
What You Need To Know To Manufacture And Buy Products From China. August 14, 2012, In Las Vegas
Posted in EventsI am going to be speaking at ASD’s massive consumer products show in Las Vegas on August 14 from 3pm to 4pm. My speech is entitled, “What You Need to Know to Manufacture and Buy Products from China and Elsewhere in Asia” It will be at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, Room #N246…. Continue Reading
China VIEs And New Oriental Education. July 25 Webcast.
Posted in EventsGLG Research is going to be moderating what I am certain will be a fascinating discussion tomorrow on China VIEs and the SEC’s pending investigation into New Oriental Education (EDU). The event is entitled, VIEs – SEC Investigation into New Oriental Education and it will be taking place live on the net and by teleconference… Continue Reading
Doing Business With China. April 25, 2012, In Seattle.
Posted in EventsOn Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, I will be on a breakfast panel discussing “Doing Business With China” as part of the Economist’s Business Without Borders breakfast series. This event will take place at the Alexis Hotel, at 1007 First Avenue, in Seattle, Washington. My co-panelists will be the following: Ted C. Fishman, Author of two… Continue Reading
Aussiewood Comes To Beijing: The Australia-China Film Industry Forum
Posted in China Business, China Film Industry, EventsThe 2nd Beijing International Film Festival starts early next week. One of the first events on the program is the Australia-China Film Industry Forum at the Australian Embassy on Monday, April 23. Our Beijing-based attorney, Mathew Alderson, spoke at the inaugural Forum and he has been invited to speak at this one as well. Mathew… Continue Reading
Mike Daisey Is A Liar-Asshole.
Posted in China Business, EventsThe more I read and think about l’affaire Daisey, the more pissed I get. And it has nothing to do with the fact that he completely duped me. Honestly it doesn’t. I raved about Daisey’s one man show in my post, “The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs. Laugh Out Loud Insight On China’s… Continue Reading
US-China Healthcare Conference. March 24 In Philadelphia.
Posted in EventsWhat is looking to be a top-flight China healthcare conference is going to be held on Saturday, March 24, at The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, in Philadelphia. The conference is the 2012 Intercollegiate US-China Healthcare Conference, an all day event offering a panel of expert speakers and panelists and opportunities for discussion and networking…. Continue Reading
Will China Escape The Middle Income Trap?
Posted in EventsOrville Schell and Peter Schiff contend that China’s brand of state-directed capitalism has the resilience to come out on top of the global market. Ian Bremmer and Minxin Pei put their money on the American model despite its faltering in recent years. Where do you stand? Intelligence Squared U.S., in partnership with Slate, promises… Continue Reading
Wharton China Business Forum. Tomorrow in Philadelphia.
Posted in EventsI will tomorrow (Saturday, February 18) be on a panel at the Wharton China Business Forum. The forum/conference is going to take place in the Jon M. Huntsman Hall at the Wharton School in Philadelphia. It will run from 9 am until 6:30 pm. You can buy very reasonably priced tickets here. There will be… Continue Reading
The Sentencing Of Matthew Ng. A Very Long “No Comment.”
Posted in China Business, Events, Legal NewsWe have many times written of the risks foreigners face of being found on the wrong side of China’s criminal laws. I cannot emphasize enough the need for foreigners to take China’s criminal laws seriously. My firm has helped oversee a number of criminal cases in China involving foreigners in China and I cannot tell… Continue Reading
Don’t Be A Bull In The China [Movie Production] Shop. A Seminar In Australia.
Posted in China Film Industry, EventsThe Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) hosts a big annual conference each year that is the main event in Australia’s film industry calendar. At this year’s SPAA Conference in Sydney (running through November 16), our Beijing-based attorney, Mathew Alderson, will be sitting on a China film panel, entitled, “Don’t be a Bull in the… Continue Reading
Second Summit on Chinese Business Law and Practice in Santiago, Chile. November 18, 2011.
Posted in Events, Legal NewsLast November, the Asian Studies Program and the Law School of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Catholic University of Chile) hosted a Summit on Chinese Business Law and Practice in Santiago. As I mentioned in my post on that event, I had very high hopes for the Summit, in part because it was organized by… Continue Reading
CLB On The Road. US-China Film Co-Production Summit. Los Angeles, November 1.
Posted in China Film Industry, EventsTomorrow, November 1, I will be attending the second annual US-China Film Co-Production Summit in Los Angeles. Not only will I be there, but two of my firm colleagues, Mathew Alderson and Matthew Dresden, will be there as well. Mathew Alderson is here from Beijing, where he handles the bulk of our China film, media… Continue Reading
To VIE Or Not To VIE (in China). Answers Will Come Via Web Discussion This Tuesday.
Posted in China Business, Events, Legal NewsFor the last couple of years, there has been massive discussion regarding Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) in China. We at China Law Blog have taken a strong stand on them and our position has always been that we will not do them because we do do not think they hold up to legal scrutiny. Or… Continue Reading
China And The WTO. Hopkins China Forum, Beijing, October 16, 2011
Posted in China Business, EventsCLB’s own Steve Dickinson will be one half of a two person discussion this Sunday, October 16, at 3:00 p.m., on China and the WTO. The event is part of the Hopkins China Forum, which describes itself as “a quarterly speakers series that brings together counterparts from the United States and China in China’s capital… Continue Reading
Protecting Hollywood Films In China Makes Sense For China.
Posted in China Business, Events, Legal NewsI was fortunate enough to have been invited to attend a recent session in Beijing convened by Nancy E. Kremers, the Senior IP Attaché to the US Embassy here. The purpose of the session was for intellectual property lawyers from US firms, together with representatives of IP-dependent US companies, to brief the Attaché on current… Continue Reading
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