A strong legal claim can still be a bad lawsuit. A customer refuses to pay, a partner diverts business to a side venture, or a former employee leaves with confidential information. Any of these may support a claim, but that does not settle whether suing makes business sense.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, foreign trademark owners have faced an increasingly volatile and unpredictable intellectual property environment.

You file a trademark application with the USPTO, and the examining attorney refuses it because of an older trademark registration. That can feel like the end of the process, but it usually is not.

Yesterday, in The Essential Checklist for Signing Contracts with Chinese Companies, I wrote about what our China lawyers typically advise our clients regarding the signing...

A few years ago, a Chinese manufacturing company received an $850,000 settlement offer just two months into a U.S. breach of contract dispute.

It started as a routine partnership. A fast-growing American software company needed a trusted partner in Shenzhen to manufacture its new IoT device. Eighteen months into the relationship...

A continuación, la medida se someterá al pleno del Senado y, de ser aprobada, se enviará a la Cámara de Representantes para la consideración de ese cuerpo.

As part of our global trademark registration series, we turn to South Korea—one of Asia's most innovation-driven economies and a top destination for foreign brands.

Companies manufacturing in China often overlook trademark registration, assuming protection is unnecessary without local sales.

A Michigan cannabis grower proved its case. A jury found that the buyer breached its supply agreement and awarded the grower $31.8 million in damages. But the grower still walked away without an enforceable verdict.

Last month, I spent a Saturday scraping together a syllabus for the Cannabis Law and Policy class I teach at Lewis & Clark Law School here in Portland, Oregon.

If Sinosure—or one of its aggressive U.S.-based collection agents—is coming after you, stop everything and speak to experienced counsel immediately.

When a Silicon Valley electronics manufacturer discovered that its Korean supplier had delivered $2.5 million worth of defective components, it was confronted with a situation all too common in today's global economy...

You won a final US money judgment against a Spanish defendant with assets in Spain. Now you want to get paid.

Australia's cannabis laws are complex, with federal, state, and local regulations all playing a role in determining the legal framework. Businesses looking to enter Australia's medicinal cannabis...

International cannabis markets face critical political shifts as Brazil, France, and Germany approach elections that could reshape their medical marijuana programs. With right-wing governments already rolling back reforms in Colombia and threatening changes across Europe and Latin America, the durability of cannabis legalization now depends heavily on who controls government power.

Washington businesses often treat arbitration clauses as harmless boilerplate, but these provisions fundamentally reshape dispute resolution by limiting discovery, narrowing remedies, and restricting appeal rights.

On October 15, 2025, China's revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL) will take effect, ushering in the most significant overhaul of China's market regulation in nearly a decade.

You have spent months finding the perfect manufacturer for your product buying client. The first shipment arrives, and everything looks great, and your client is thrilled.

I-9 compliance is more crucial than ever for businesses, especially those in the U.S. hospitality industry. An ICE audit can shut down your restaurant overnight. A single misplaced I-9 form could cost tens of thousands.