Contributing Lawyers

Canada

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Michael Flavell
Geoff Kubrick

United States

Susan Kohn Ross

India

China

Thailand

Apisith John Southam

Korea

Canada Steps Up Counterfeit Goods Enforcement

Canada is often accused of turning a blind eye to counterfeit goods.  Not so - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police obtained a search warrant and crashed a purse party in London Ontario, seizing alleged counterfeit goods and...

Laptop Searches Editorial in Los Angeles Times

Laptop searches at the border is a topic that I frequently write about on this blog.  The following article appears as a editorial in the Los Angeles Times on September 29, 2008:...

China's Official Government Website - in English

Wondering what is going on in China? Take a look at english.gov.cn, the official government website, which posts most of its articles in English.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Priorities

On its website, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has clearly articulated its trade priorities for the current fiscal year. In alphabetical order, they are:

 1) Agriculture;

 2) Antidumping and Countervailing...

Canada's "Compete to Win" Report Recommends Opening Canada to Foreign Investment

On June 26, 2008, Canada's Competition Policy Review Panel issued its much anticipated "Compete to Win" Report.  The Report was presented to the Minister of Industry who will consider the recommendations.  Foreign...

Canada and the United States Work Together to Combat Cross-Border Deceptive Telemarketing andFraud

On Janaury 15, 2008, the Toronto Strategic Partnership (includes the Canadian Competition Bureau, the Toronto Police Service, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, the Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP, the...

Thoughts on Proposed Egyptian Extra-territorial Charges on Duplication of Historic Egyptian Monuments

News is swirling that Egypt is planning to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whenever its historic Egyptian monuments are reproduced.  Mr. Zahi Hawass, the Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has indicated...