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Litigation In China: Ten Things You Must Know
In 2007, China's GDP grew at the rapid rate of 11.9 percent; the forecast for 2008 is a solid 9.8 percent.1 Along with this fast-paced economic growth comes a continued increase in the volume of business opportunities and of lawsuits. China already is an active and expanding litigation jurisdiction...
Read MorePut Your Boots On: Preparing For The Product Crisis
Claims about product defects or failures - whether based on safety or performance - are fodder for media scrutiny, regulatory action, political grandstanding and, inevitably, lawsuits. Thanks to the Internet, both legitimate and bogus claims spread with the speed of a mouse click. It is essential...
Read MoreHouston - A Dynamic Metropolis
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background and practice. MacKimm: My specialty is environmental litigation, which I've been doing for over 20 years. For 14 of those years I've been with Jones Day. I know the firm well, having spent time in our Chicago and Dallas offices. I've been...
Read MoreDestined To Be Pro Bono Partner: My Dream Job
Editor: You have just been appointed Jones Day's first full-time Pro Bono Partner in charge of firmwide Pro Bono. How has your firm's pro bono practice been handled historically? Please tell our readers why at this point in time the firm needed someone in this post. Parcher: Historically, we've...
Read MoreSupreme Court Breathes New Life Into Patent Exhaustion Defense
On June 9, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics , a case concerning application of the "patent exhaustion" doctrine as a defense to patent infringement. At issue were: (1) whether the sale of a product can exhaust the patent holder's rights in a...
Read MoreThe "Work For Hire" Doctrine Almost Never Works In Software Development Contracts
It is a common scenario in business today. A company needs software or technical documentation developed and hires an independent contractor to do the job. The company wants to own the intellectual property in the software or documentation to make sure the contractor cannot provide them to a...
Read MoreChina Publishes Draft Merger Review Regulations
China's State Council has published draft Regulations on Notifications of Concentrations of Undertakings (the "Draft Regulations") for public comment. These are intended to implement the relatively general merger control provisions in China's new Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML"), which goes into effect...
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