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Navigating The Pitfalls Of Arbitration With Chinese Parties
Western companies doing business with Chinese counterparts are often nervous about how any disputes which result from their contracts will be resolved. Few have experience of the Chinese court system, and fewer still have confidence in it. Chinese parties will likely feel the same way about...
Read MoreThe Long Arm Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Editor: Please tell us about your previous government experience and current practice. Harmon : After clerking on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, I worked for several years at King & Spalding. I joined the Department of Justice in 1998, and during my time at DOJ, I served...
Read MoreThe War On Cartels And Help For Their Victims
Editor: Please tell our readers about your practice area. Sullivan: Jim and I focus primarily on cartels. We are part of a group that covers a full range of antitrust issues ranging from advising clients how to structure their business operations, to handling merger due diligence and antirust...
Read MoreKeeping Your Secrets Safe: Mitigating Risk When A Key Employee Leaves
Editor: Please describe your practice area and your experience with this type of case. Johnston: I began my career as a prosecutor, a job that provided me with a lot of trial experience. In 1986, I received an LLM in labor and employment law from Georgetown. My practice has focused for the...
Read MoreHealthcare: So Much Left To The Regulators!
Editor: Please describe your practice, background, and approach to representing clients on healthcare reform matters. Morrisey: My practice includes healthcare regulatory, public policy, reimbursement, legislative, and risk mitigation counseling for a wide range of clients, including manufacturers...
Read MoreAn Export Compliance Program: Key To Best Practices
Editor: Please tell us about your most recent position as an attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Savage: While in that office, my focus was on trade policy issues, specifically unfair trade remedy cases that U.S. manufacturers...
Read MoreAntitrust Law: At Home and Across The Border
Editor: In our last interview in October 2009, you both generally agreed that there would never be complete convergence between our U.S. antitrust and Canada's competition laws. Where do you think that we are one year later in minimizing conflicts between the two systems? Brown: I think it always...
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