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Don’t Make These Mistakes When Buying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Brokers

In my last post regarding PPE, I discussed the normalization of the Chinese N95 mask market, the increasing insanity of the Malaysian nitrile glove market, and other market forces at work, including limitations based on shipping container shortages and financing troubles. In this post I will provide some additional insights our international PPE lawyers have

Due Diligence: Always Important, but Critical in Times of COVID

I am currently organizing a webinar on PPE transactions with my colleagues in the Florida Bar International Law Section, which will feature Dan Harris as a panelist. As we finalized the agenda, one of my co-organizers observed that fraud overshadowed every other agenda item. Not only do I agree, but this provides the best framework

Problem Free China Outsourcing in These Tough Times

1. Good Manufacturer, Good Manufacturing Contract, Good QC We are always preaching that if you 1) choose a good manufacturer, 2) use a good Manufacturing Contract, 3) engage in good quality control monitoring, and register your trademark, the odds are overwhelming that you will do just fine in outsourcing your product from China. The odds

Tariff Exclusions for COVID-19 Products: Get Yours Before June 25!

If you import a product related to the medical response to COVID-19 that is subject to Section 301 China tariffs, you still have time to request an exclusion from the US tariffs, irrespective of whether you previously applied for one. As we explained back in March in Coronavirus Legal Issues Around the World, Part 9:

Operating Internationally During a Pandemic: It’s Complicated.

Had a long conversation with an old friend the other day regarding layoffs. This friend is an international attorney for a big company (not in employment law) that is going through layoffs throughout the world. My friend was bemoaning this fact and together we bemoaned how complicated it is for international companies to manage a

On COVID-19, Cryptocurrencies, and Geopolitics

By James Cooper On Friday, April 24, I led a continuing legal education program along with my colleague Emilio Cazares of Sheppard Mullin in San Diego and co-founder of the San Diego Blockchain Forum. Invited by Fred Rocafort of Harris Bricken and Leonid Kisselev of the International Practice Section of the Washington State Bar Association,

How to Manage a Chinese Factory

Many Chinese factories are hurting right now. Badly. This should come as no surprise. First they went through months of closures due to the coronavirus, and just when they opened they faced massively reduced demand. Chinese factories are closing left and right and many of those that are open are facing reduced demand and falling

FDA Pulls the Plug on a Lot of China PPE

According to press reports, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn its authorization for dozens of China-made respirators, “after government testing found many didn’t work properly.” This is reflected in the FDA’s own thinning list of China-made respirators covered by the relevant Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), the current iteration of which lists only

New Guidelines for Handling COVID-19 Employment Disputes in China

Photo by torbakhopper Shanghai’s Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and Shanghai’s High People’s Court together recently released a set of Guiding Opinions on “Handling Labor Dispute Cases Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Below are some of the highlights from these Guiding Opinions, which though focused on just Shanghai, will be influential — even

Fighting Fake and Bad Quality PPE with QC Inspections

We have written frequently here on some of what you can do to increase your odds of you getting the PPE you pay for from China. For an in-depth look at the various issues buyers of PPE face from China, go here to get the recording of a 90 minute webinar where two lawyers from

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Don’t Make These Mistakes When Buying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Brokers

Due Diligence: Always Important, but Critical in Times of COVID

Problem Free China Outsourcing in These Tough Times

Tariff Exclusions for COVID-19 Products: Get Yours Before June 25!

Operating Internationally During a Pandemic: It’s Complicated.

On COVID-19, Cryptocurrencies, and Geopolitics

How to Manage a Chinese Factory

FDA Pulls the Plug on a Lot of China PPE

New Guidelines for Handling COVID-19 Employment Disputes in China

Fighting Fake and Bad Quality PPE with QC Inspections

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Don’t Make These Mistakes When Buying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Brokers

Due Diligence: Always Important, but Critical in Times of COVID

Problem Free China Outsourcing in These Tough Times

Tariff Exclusions for COVID-19 Products: Get Yours Before June 25!

Operating Internationally During a Pandemic: It’s Complicated.

On COVID-19, Cryptocurrencies, and Geopolitics

How to Manage a Chinese Factory

FDA Pulls the Plug on a Lot of China PPE

New Guidelines for Handling COVID-19 Employment Disputes in China

Fighting Fake and Bad Quality PPE with QC Inspections