This article seeks to educate foreign attorneys practicing business franchise law in the People's Republic of China. It begins by explaining the most crucial differences between practicing law in the PRC and in other countries. It then provides the important provisions and an analysis of all of...

Recent litigation between Huawei Technologies and InterDigital Group in the People's Republic of China has been closely followed by the international legal community due to its relation to cases in the United States and implications for intellectual property holders and licensees. This article...

This article first provides a general model for how to perform Chinese legal research and discusses each step in the model to enable the reader to perform his or her own research. It then suggests specific legal services, provides other ways of obtaining English-based legal information, and...

China is the world's largest exporter and second largest importer. It is the only developing country other than Russia on the list of the world's top ten exporters. The value of its imports is only about 300 billion USD less than the US's imports, and over 700 billion USD from the next largest...

The People's Republic of China is the world's second largest economy. Beginning in the 1980s, substantial economic growth combined with political and regulatory changes led to a dramatic increase in non-performing loans. By the turn of the century, 1/4 of loans held by Chinese banks were...

This book consists of two of my articles (both available for free on SSRN) that explore contemporary legal issues in China that are particularly important to foreign companies participating in the Chinese market. The first article, Western China's Financial Centers: Regulations Affecting Foreign...

One of the most developed, open and strongest Southeast Asian countries, Malaysia has exhibited an increasing need for various forms of infrastructure including energy, water and transportation. Based on our experience performing due diligence for a large-scale water works project, this short...

This short scholarly article appears in the 2013 The Year in Review published by the American Bar Association. It outlines how China's new trademark law will affect trademark enforcement in China. Specifically, this article explains each amendment that affects judicial and administrative...

This article discusses domestic westward economic expansion in the PRC. In the context of the PRC’s progress towards a developed and globalized society, this article focuses on foreign participation and examines the effects of expansion on developing areas in Western China and more developed...