With the cost of manufacturing in China and shipping from China having increased so substantially of late, and with all signs pointing to those costs continuing to rise, many companies are looking at doing their manufacturing outside China and you should too.

In recent years, a large chunk of our work has been helping long-term and new China clients shift manufacturing and supply chains to other parts of Asia, as well as to Latin America and Europe.

This is the latest post in our global trademark series. Having covered Australia, Brazil, and Türkiye, we now turn to Spain—a key jurisdiction in the European Union...

Effective August 1, 2025, the New Mexico Environmental Department (NMED) issued emergency amendments to New Mexico's Hemp extraction, production, transportation, warehousing, and testing administrative code.

In the roughly two months since the SEC has been under the control of the Trump administration, the agency has largely shut down years of "rulemaking by enforcement" concerning "digital crypto assets."

To say the global manufacturing landscape is in flux would be an understatement. What was once a relatively straightforward comparison of labor costs has evolved into a far more nuanced and strategic decision-making process.

A $100,000 fee to hire an H-1B worker. Two days' notice. No exemptions for hospitals losing doctors or universities mid-research project.

My law firm's international lawyers do a significant amount of transactional work, which we call "happy law." It's generally happy because the buyer and seller largely ...

It can be difficult and confusing for an international cannabis company to determine the best way to engage in banking in the U.S.

As anticipated, Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol ("Delta-8 THC") has become the hottest, most flourishing cannabinoid currently found on the U.S. market.

The H-1B lottery has always been a source of uncertainty. Every year, employers prepare registrations and hope that the odds break their way.

In recent months, lawful permanent residents (LPRs)—commonly known as green card holders—have increasingly faced denial of reentry to the United States after returning from international travel.

Leasing commercial real estate to a cannabis business in California can be a great opportunity for the right lessor, but it comes with significant risks. It's important for lessors to understand these risks...

Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp that delivers a clear warning to companies attempting to evade U.S. trade duties...

When Xi Jinping took office in 2013, I—like many others—hoped that his leadership would improve China's trajectory. But over time, my optimism faded as the country became more repressive, and the spaces I once enjoyed...

Our firm recently launched our AI subpage reflecting our growing expertise in this nascent industry.

Business litigation in the United States is expensive, time-consuming, and unpredictable. Understanding the true costs, realistic timelines, and strategic considerations can help business owners determine when pursuing a lawsuit makes economic sense and when alternative dispute resolution may be more practical.

It's been a wild week in the rulemaking around marijuana rescheduling, to say the least. I've started writing about it a couple of times, only to be whipsawed by filings, rulings, prominent hot takes, prominent rebuttals.

Because this is the beginning of the year, and because I have had many clients ask me about the status of Washington's cannabis market lately, I wanted to weigh in on my predictions for Washington...

A few years ago, a Canadian company came to my law firm seeking to sue their Chinese supplier.