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Episode 292 -- 3M's $6.5 Million FCPA Settlement with the SEC
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Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China
The Grace Period for Novelty in Chinese Patent Law
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Episode 276 -- Review of Phillips and Franks Int'l SEC FCPA Settlements
Sanction and the Increasing Complexity of Trade Compliance
Braumiller Law Group Help With China Imports
Coming Conflict with China: Part 5 - Good Compliance Is Good Business
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Taiwan's Enhanced Trade Secret Restrictions and Stricter Penalties
JONES DAY PRESENTS: The Challenges of Defending Trade Secrets in China
The November U.S. Presidential electoral campaign is in full swing. Since President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and Vice President Kamala Harris secured the Democratic Party nomination, polls now show a tight race...more
Welcome to the June, 2024 edition of Plugged In. I am filling in this month for our editor, Heather Frayre, during her well-earned vacation. This month we focus on the U.S. and China relationship as North America’s EV...more
In recent years, direct investment from Chinese companies into Mexico has experienced significant growth. This surge is evident in the figures, rising from $38 million in 2011 to $386 million in 2021 and $282 million in 2022....more
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At the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on October 18, 2023, President Xi Jinping announced that China will remove all restrictions on foreign investment access in the...more
On Sunday August 13, 2023, the State Council released the Opinions to Further Optimize the Environment for Foreign Investment and Increase Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment (“Opinions”)....more
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This news summary is provided by Foley’s Competitive Intelligence Team to inform business leaders of recent news and developments relevant to the Manufacturing Sector. ...more
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In China, foreign investment opportunities are there for the taking – if you’re prepared to seize them By Jun Wei, Urszula Nartowska, and Stephanie Tang China’s chemical industry has been the world’s largest since 2011 – but...more
Driven by national security concerns, over the past three years the US Government has taken a much more aggressive position on an array of technology issues involving China. These policy and regulatory changes range from...more
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On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a planned rollback of the manufacturing foreign ownership limits first set forth in the 1990s, which require that manufacturing operations in China be at least 50% Chinese...more
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On August 18, 2017, China’s State Council issued guidelines clarifying rules passed a year ago by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) limiting outbound investments as cover-up to move money out of China....more
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On 4 February 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a draft of the Network Products and Services Security Review Measures (“Draft Measures”) for public comment: the Draft Measures remain open for comments until...more
On 4 February 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a draft of the Network Products and Services Security Review Measures (“Draft Measures“) for public comment: the Draft Measures remain open for comments until...more
Latin America is open for business and the world is taking notice. Foley Partner Jeffery Atkin outlines which countries are actively taking on development projects in Latin America and how the culture is affecting the way...more
Amidst high hopes in the foreign investment community for a streamlined framework regulating inbound investment to the PRC, China’s State Council launched the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (the “SFTZ” or “Zone”) in...more
Ralls Corp., a privately-held company owned by executives of the China-based heavy machinery manufacturing conglomerate Sany Group, recently filed an appeal in its ongoing effort to avoid President Obama’s order requiring the...more
According to the state media agency Xinhua, Central and Western China received $19.21 billion USD of foreign investments in 2012, or 17.2 percent of the country’s total foreign investments ($111.7 billion USD)....more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) recently released the unclassified version of its annual report to Congress for transactions notified to CFIUS during the calendar year 2011. Most notably, the...more