Companies doing overseas contract manufacturing often "co-develop" products with their overseas manufacturers.

Imagine a multinational manufacturer that spends almost five years caught in a foreign court system trying to recover a 2.5 million-dollar debt.

Cannabis law has become a contradictory patchwork of federal and state regulations, international treaties, and conflicting frameworks that treat identical products differently based on arbitrary distinctions. This comprehensive analysis examines the current state of U.S. marijuana and hemp regulation, explores the inconsistencies between medical and adult-use frameworks, and investigates how international drug treaties continue to shape global cannabis policy despite widespread legalization efforts.

This morning a client sent me an NDA and asked if it was a good NDA. I said "yes, it's well drafted." Then I told him the part that mattered: "It's terrible for what you're doing."

In one matter my law firm handled, a manufacturer of industrial coatings signed an exclusive Southeast Asia distribution agreement with a distributor that looked ideal.

A new USCIS policy memorandum has sparked widespread concern by reframing adjustment of status as "extraordinary relief" rather than a standard pathway to permanent residence.

To talk about trademark infringement, we first must address what a trademark is. A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination of these things...

A foreign trademark registration (and even a pending application) can materially strengthen and accelerate U.S. trademark strategy, not just for foreign businesses...

The Madrid System for trademarks is like a chainsaw: incredibly powerful in the right hands, potentially destructive in the wrong ones.

With so much discussion around the potential rescheduling of marijuana to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), we must have an honest conversation...

Colorado regulates marijuana businesses through the state Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED), while local jurisdictions retain separate licensing and regulatory authority over marijuana businesses within their boundaries. The current Colorado Marijuana Rules are codified at 1 CCR 212-3 (version effective January 5, 2026). Because state rules, forms, fee schedules, and local ordinances can change, applicants should confirm relevant requirements before filing or closing a transaction.

With heightened immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, employers must be more vigilant than ever in ensuring compliance with federal work authorization requirements.

This must be China contract damages week. I say that because in cleaning up months of emails I came across three interesting emails on contract damages

Delivered Duty Paid shipping can make an international purchase feel “almost domestic.” The overseas seller quotes one landed price, arranges transportation, clears the goods through U.S. Customs and Border Protection, pays the duties, and delivers to the buyer’s door. The arrangement works when the seller follows U.S. law and gives the buyer access to the customs records. It turns dangerous when the buyer treats that convenience as permission not to know how the goods entered the country.

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump began his second term with a staunch America-first agenda aimed at reshaping immigration policies and tightening border controls. These sweeping changes have...

Sending a quick demand letter to a China supplier can destroy your leverage. Twice last week, I had to explain that to companies that were not clients.

The 2023 Oregon legislative session kicked off yesterday.

Literally every single day this past week, the international IP lawyers at my law firm received at least one email from an American/European/Australasian company

A cloned executive voice. A fake endorsement. A synthetic campaign ad. A deepfake intimate image. Each of these can now trigger criminal liability, consumer-protection claims, platform-removal obligations...

They designate an agent, post a policy, and assume they have handled the issue. Then an actual dispute arrives. A notice goes to the wrong inbox. Content comes down too quickly or not quickly enough.