May 28 2009
The New York Lawyer had an article yesterday entitled “ Chinese Lawyers Could Be Disbarred for Taking Human Rights Cases“. It should come as no surprise to most readers that stuff like this happens in China. I wasn’t all that surprised. The only interesting twist? Its the judiciary in China that is threatening to disbar attorneys who take up human rights issues. More after the jump.
May 18 2009
And so this brings me to part 2 of my NERA notes—the part presented by Fei Deng, who talked about the role of nationalism in this deal. Unfortunately, she decided to start with imperialistic times and talked about things like the Summer Palace, and Chinese humiliation. Not any of my favorite of topics.
But then she went back to Coke-Huiyuan. More after the jump.
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May 14 2009
Got this little post card in the mail the other day. My alma mater, UC Hastings College of the Law, recently hired a “China expert”. (wait, I thought that was me?!) Professor Keith Hand is going to do an MCLE presentation entitled “China’s Legal System at a Turning Point.” I have no information about the actual program, but he and David Tang at K&L Gates appear to be leading this lecture.
Here are the details:
Thursday, June 18, 2009 (6/18)
6pm Reception
6:30pm Lecture
K&L Gates San Francisco
4 Embarcadero, Suite 1200, SF
I might be showing up for this one too, but not sure since Mrs. China Esquire is supposed to have Baby China Esquire around that time. But we’ll see.
May 13 2009
I figured I would get around to this eventually. But it took a while to finally find some time to post my notes from the NERA Antitrust and Litigation in China seminar. There were 3 speakers, so I will post multiple blogposts—because they each had a different focus.
Greg Leonard presented about the role of MOFCOM. After giving an overview about the development of the legal and judicial system in China, he launched into an overview of MOFCOM and talked about the Coke-Huiyuan scenario. More after the jump.
May 12 2009
Here’s something truly new with firms… an international firm is building up its LITIGATION practice in China. (Okay, Hong Kong, which is arguably part of and not part of China) But this news story really caught my eye since I’ve been seeing the trend being more IP or corporate as a focus. (or the generic term “China practice”) Skadden’s decided to break the mold. More after the jump.
