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14 Jun, 2007 9:34 pm
... of doing business in China" and Steve Dickinson agrees: "This is a cautionary tale," said Steve
Dickinson, a Shanghai-based lawyer at Harris & Moure. "This is not a message that you can't do business in China, but if you come to China
and let the Chinese run the business without supervision, they can do this kind of thing. * * * * "This is a flashback," said Dickinson at Harris & Moure. "This is why a lot of companies don't do joint ventures any more. Many of them ended up like ...
7 Oct 8:01 pm
... judgment, there is a price. Brown is one of thousands of indigent inmates who collectively cost Harris County taxpayers about $24 million
each year. In Brown's case, the public ... year or more in jail as their cases wound their way through the clogged Harris County courts - twice
as long as the county's own consultants say those ... Chronicle analysis of jail inmates found. Earlier coverage of indigent defense issues in Harris County is here and here; related posts in the indigent defense category index ...
25 Sep 8:21 am
... perpetrator was free to commit further crimes in the community. Numerous reports have documented the continuing problems with Harris
County's indigent-defense system. The system's problems are deep and varied. The Houston ... implementing the public defender proposal, the Commissioners Court can prove that it is
serious about upholding the constitutional rights of the citizens of Harris County. A public defender office is a win-win opportunity - for
defendants and taxpayers - and the Commissioners ...
19 Nov, 2006 3:47 pm
... owned entity (WFOE) is almost always preferable to going in as part of a joint venture (JV). The second was management. Steve's views on
that are that foreign businesses should use international best practices. This means responsible, ethical leadership and, above ... copyrights which need not be registered, but which
often should be) by prosecuting IP violators. The overall theme of Steve's talk was that China's legal systems have advanced to the point where
it now makes sense to conduct business ...
13 Jul 4:31 am
... live out his life wondering if he takes a job where he's alone and in contact with the public if he'll encounter his robber; a man never caught. A point that brings up a second
nagging doubt about life in general; who was that man who shot him in the leg? For those wondering, I'm on vacation in Germany so some of what is posted is on automatic and I haven't
been able to proofread some of what was written previous to departure. Onward we march. Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Lombardi
5 Sep 1:57 pm
John Coates reports on an amicus brief filed by 25 law professors in the Jones v. harris case pending before the SCOTUS: The Harris case is an appeal of the Seventh Circuit, in an opinion written by Judge Frank Easterbrook, noted previously on this blog here and here. That decision
upheld the trial court's dismissal of the case against Harris Associates, a mutual fund advisor, on the ground that as long as a mutual fund
adviser does not breach the fiduciary duty owed to ...
23 Apr, 2007 9:45 pm
... Corporate Income Tax Law this Wednesday, April 25th, at 8:30 pm in Shanghai. Steve has been spending the last few weeks (both of these only
just came out ... estate development in China and for his upcoming San Francisco talk on this same topic. Steve's talk will be at 439 Wu Kang
Road, in the Arch (whatever that means) which is ... through presentations, conferences and projects." The event will begin at 8:00 p.m., with Steve presenting at 8:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A session that is expected to ...
2 Nov 2:33 pm
The Supreme Court heard argument today in Jones v. Harris, a case in which a mutual fund investor challenged allegedly excessive advisory fees.
Regulatory Background Congress enacted Investment Company Act of 1940 to mitigate ... levels reflect economies of scale as the fund grows Fee structure of comparative funds The
independence and conscientiousness of the trustees The Seventh Circuit Opinion in Jones v. Harris Associates Easterbrook's majority opinion
held that Harris had not violated the Act ...
18 Apr, 2007 1:44 am
It's official. Steve's appearance on Dialogue discussing foreign IP in China will be airing this Thursday at 7:30 p.m., China time and then
will likely repeat at 0:30am, 7:30am, and 1:00pm on Friday. I spoke briefly today with Steve about the show and he said that he was on with Shi
Yusheng, a "very impressive" patent litigator from King & Wood. Steve reported being impressed by the questions asked and having greatly
enjoyed the experience.
22 Apr, 2007 3:03 pm
... to watch China Law Blog's own Steve Dickinson on China's leading international news talk show, Dialogue. Steve's portion comes on about 4 minutes into the show, but there is (at least near as I can tell), no way to fast forward. I thought Steve's most interesting point was how American companies base their decisions too much on what they read in the media regarding counterfeiting of DVDs and
software in China, even though counterfeiting of those items has almost nothing to do with the ability to ...
8 May, 2007 6:06 am
... own Steve Dickinson will be speaking tomorrow, Wednesday, May 9, on "Shifts in CCP Political, Economic and Legal Policy." Steve will be speaking before the Northwest China Council's monthly meeting, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Louie's ... includes a quite good and quite ample
lunch. For more information and to register online, click here. More specifically, Steve's talk will focus on the following: He will talk about
the fundamental shifts in CCP political, economic and legal policy following the 5th ...
6 Jul, 2007 8:10 am
Daniel Radcliffe on the likely ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: I think I might die in it, but that's just my prediction. I've thought Harry was toast for a
long time. Two weeks and we'll know.
6 Oct 3:19 pm
... on investment company regulation are a case in point. Do read the whole thing, but I'll excerpt here the passage on Jones v. Harris, which
is a pending SCOTUS case we'be veen following here at PB.com: The Supreme Court soon will hear oral argument in the case of Jones v. Harris
Associates L.P. [8] The Supreme Court is set to decide the appropriate level of scrutiny courts should bring to bear in reviewing investment advisory fees under section ...
25 Jun, 2007 6:37 pm
CT Petit sent me a link to the first video below, which got me to thinking: Wouldn't it be cool if Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows used the same as Wizards?
8 Jul, 2007 5:28 pm
Five years ago (6/27/2002), the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Zelman v Harris-Simmons which held that Ohio's Cleveland-based voucher program
was constitutional. Sunday's Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) has this assessment of the program: From Cleveland Heights to Akron, the population shift from older neighborhoods could lead
to the closing, merger or consolidation of about one-sixth of the schools in the eight-county Cleveland Catholic Diocese. But Catholic schools in Cleveland proper have a ...
22 Apr, 2008 3:32 am
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Normally we do not report on practitioner moves but this one is a biggie. Steve Harris, the leading Asian antitrust practitioner in the United States, has made a lateral move to Jones Day where he...
17 Aug 5:40 pm
Dale Oesterle comments: The Supreme Court has agreed to take a case on executive pay, Jones v Harris Associates. In case is on manager's fees
in the mutual fund industry but the holding will have profound effects on corporate governance in all industries. The question is whether a mutual fund board of directors or mutual fund
investors have adequate incentives to police executive fees, in this case the fees of the mutual fund managers. Judge Easterbrook, writing for the majority, said yes; Judge ...
15 Nov, 2006 7:58 am
Steve Ganster of Technomic Asia spoke on becoming China Ready. Technomic Asia "supports SMBs [small and medium businesses] to accurately and
efficiently assess their Asia opportunities and then crafts a strategy to exploit them." Mr. Ganster is the author of "The China Ready Company," of which I have heard nothing but good
things. Mr. Ganster was kind enough to give me a copy of his book, which I will eventually read and describe. I was hugely impressed with Mr. Ganster, who clearly knows ...
12 Feb, 2007 3:42 am
Do not know how long this has been up (hours, days, weeks?), but just went over to ChinaSolved in my never ending search for China content and instantly saw the less than gorgeous mug
of my co-blogger, Steve Dickinson, staring me in the face. Was anyone ever going to tell...
15 Apr, 2007 4:00 am
On Thursday, April 19, China time, China Law Blog's own Steve Dickinson will be appearing on CCTV International's Dialogue program to discuss
China intellectual property protection. The focus of the show will be on China's current regime for protecting IP and, in particular, its impact on foreign companies. Dialogue is hosted
by Yang Rui Tian Wei. Wikipedia refers to it as "formatted similar to Larry King Live and Imus in the Morning, [my link] in which the talks are generally political in ...
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