China Esquire: Law and Business Blog
"Chinese law, business, and society blog, which contains analysis and commentary on practicing law and doing business with Chinese clients."
Author: Thomas Chow is an associate at Gartenberg Gelfand Wasson & Selden in San Francisco.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • International Law • Law Practice Management • International • Asia • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from China Esquire: Law and Business Blog
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hong kong receives a visit from an angell
Not an angel. An “Angell”, as in Boston’s Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge. The National Law Journal picked up very briefly on this story today: The 600-lawyer Boston-based Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge is entering…
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inevitability: the first of the sanlu lawsuits
Well, it seems like national government assistance and local government discouragement (a.k.a. pressure) didn’t prevent what the government as a whole was trying to avoid all along with Sanlu: the lawsuit. While I had thought…
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sanlu + government pressure = no lawyers…
Well, last week I posted “ sanlu + government help = no lawsuits?” where I discussed the policy of the Chinese government to offer help in lieu of allowing Sanlu and other entities to suffer…
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annual meeting of the american society of comparative law
I should have posted this one earlier, like some other interesting conferences/symposiums that are happening around here. Anyways, the ACSL is having their annual meeting from 10/2/08 - 10/4/08 at my alma mater, UC Hastings…
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sanlu + government help = no lawsuits?
I knew I would see a story about the legal ramifications about the Sanlu milk formula scandal sooner or later. The Christian Science Monitor finally wrote up an interesting article today entitled “ What China’s…
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china isn’t getting burned twice
Really interesting article from Time today entitled “ Why China Won’t Come to the Rescue” that discusses why China isn’t about to invest to save battered American financial institutions. I think the reason can be…
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if blocking coke isn’t about nationalism, what is it?
Seems like Coca-Cola isn’t all the rage in China with the Huiyuan deal. This has been receiving little coverage on the blogs–I think only Stan Abrams has covered this more than once. (see his main…
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mccain and obama personally weigh in on china
Dan Harris at CLB recently posted John McCain and Barack Obama’s statements about China from the American Chamber of Commerce. Since I’ve been following this election more closely than the last, I don’t think it’s…
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foreigners following the american law school method
Or perhaps I could rename this post, “ABA accredited school coming to China part II” (following this post about Beijing Daxue’s new law school). I saw this article from the National Law Journal today, and…
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shanghai business networking - 9/10
Sorry for the last minute notice on this, but I thought better late than never. The Investment in China Shanghai Business Club is hosting its “Shanghai Business & Investment Social Networking Evening” on September 10…