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Category Archives: Legal
Podcast Audio — Avon, China and the FCPA
Door-to-Door cosmetic sales in China meets the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and four executives discover what the law means for them in practice.
Posted in American Faux Pas, China After the Meltdown, Legal, Management, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged avon, corruption, door to door, FCPA, podcast, vacuum cleaners
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Avon, Door-to-door Sales and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
I once trained, as consultant for a German conglomerate in China, door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen (and women) in sales techniques: 15 cities over six months, approximately 500 trainees. So that I might observe their skills, together we knocked on doors … Continue reading
Posted in American Faux Pas, China After the Meltdown, Entering the China Market, Legal, Management, Scandals
Tagged avon, corruption, door to door, FCPA, vacuum cleaners
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“Korean” Company Targets Law Firm in Email Scam — Law Firm Sues Banks
I’ve written often on email scams targeting attorneys in the US. A foreign individual, masquerading as a company, persuades an American attorney to deposit what appears to be a genuine bank check for a large sum. The check is bogus. … Continue reading
MI5: PLA and PSB “Gifts” to Businessmen Bugged
Commercial espionage among nations should not come as a surprise to anyone involved competitive businesses. I am a proponent of the idea that American intelligence should practice it far more than we already do, which is either so brilliantly executed … Continue reading
Posted in American Faux Pas, Entering the China Market, Investment, Legal, Management, Scandals
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Google in China: A Brief Update
Sources not named by Reuters allege employee collusion: Google (GOOG.O) is investigating whether one or more employees may have helped facilitate a cyber-attack from China that the U.S search giant said it was a victim of in mid-December, two sources … Continue reading
Posted in China After the Meltdown, Entering the China Market, Investment, Legal, Scandals
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New York Times Removes Negative Quotations from Article on Google and Baidu
I write this to satisfy the curiousity of those who may not see a quotation referenced in an Asiabizblog post. The New York Times has removed or revised two quotations from an article it published on January 13, originally titled, … Continue reading
Posted in China After the Meltdown, Entering the China Market, Ideas in Chinese Life, Investment, Legal
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CYBERSITTER v. China et al — Attorneys for the Plaintiff Hacked, Get Your Complaints Here
More on cyberattacks originating in China of private companies with interests contrary to the Party. Article here. Lawyers suing China for 2.2 billion dollars in an Internet-censoring software piracy case said they came under cyberattack this week. Attorneys at the … Continue reading
Posted in Entering the China Market, Investment, Legal
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Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf — Just How Much Can an Animator Make Off Programming in China?
While it is well-known that advertising revenue has made CCTV, the provincial and regional stations superb examples of the proverbial cash cow, we find out from “Li Lisi of the Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd. (“Creative Power”) in Guangzhou” how … Continue reading
Posted in Entering the China Market, Legal, Management
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India Shuts Out Foreign Law Firms
Foreign law firms have been banned from “all forms of practice” in India. Will the US respond in kind? Are you kidding? That would be protectionist!
Posted in Legal
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How Not to Get Scammed by a Scam Email
While not precisely on the subject of China, I post for your amusement and edification the text of an article which was published in the Dec. 7 issued of the Connecticut Law Tribune. It’s also online, but requires a subscription … Continue reading
