Manufacturer China » China Law http://www.manufacturerchina.net China Manufacturer, China Supplier, China Wholesale News Tue, 11 May 2010 05:38:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 lots of conferences for the fcpa nowadays http://www.manufacturerchina.net/lots-of-conferences-for-the-fcpa-nowadays/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/lots-of-conferences-for-the-fcpa-nowadays/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/lots-of-conferences-for-the-fcpa-nowadays/ So many emails to pile through my inbox, but ironically, many of them are about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In light of the recent things happening with Avon in China (see e.g.,
this post at the Wall Street Journal’s law blog), it seems like FCPA compliance and enforcement is coming towards MNCs doing [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/lots-of-conferences-for-the-fcpa-nowadays/feed/ 0 ways to help in the aftermath of the qinghai quake http://www.manufacturerchina.net/ways-to-help-in-the-aftermath-of-the-qinghai-quake/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/ways-to-help-in-the-aftermath-of-the-qinghai-quake/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/ways-to-help-in-the-aftermath-of-the-qinghai-quake/ Back in 2008 during the Sichuan quake, I posted
this list of charities doing work in China in the aftermath of the quake. Now that the 6.9 quake (with aftershocks) has hit Qinghai, I wanted to do the same thing again: make sure that those who want to route funds there can do so.
I [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/ways-to-help-in-the-aftermath-of-the-qinghai-quake/feed/ 0 worldvision allows for qinghai earthquake donations http://www.manufacturerchina.net/worldvision-allows-for-qinghai-earthquake-donations/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/worldvision-allows-for-qinghai-earthquake-donations/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/worldvision-allows-for-qinghai-earthquake-donations/ Worldvision finally put up a webpage for Qinghai earthquake donations
here. Because they are one of my favorite charities, I am giving them a separate post to support them. (it will also appear as an update in my original post)
Alert: China’s Qinghai province was rocked by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/worldvision-allows-for-qinghai-earthquake-donations/feed/ 0 yushu earthquake relief website and more donation possibilities http://www.manufacturerchina.net/yushu-earthquake-relief-website-and-more-donation-possibilities/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/yushu-earthquake-relief-website-and-more-donation-possibilities/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/yushu-earthquake-relief-website-and-more-donation-possibilities/ With the Qinghai earthquake (a/k/a Yushu earthquake and Jiegu earthquake) relief moving along–slowly in the eyes of some, quickly in the eyes of the government–there is still great need there. I saw
this post from Rich Brubaker’s blog at
Collective Responsibility and am just going to borrow much of it. (Rich, I hope [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/yushu-earthquake-relief-website-and-more-donation-possibilities/feed/ 0 more details from give2asia’s qinghai earthquake fund http://www.manufacturerchina.net/more-details-from-give2asia%e2%80%99s-qinghai-earthquake-fund/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/more-details-from-give2asia%e2%80%99s-qinghai-earthquake-fund/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/more-details-from-give2asia%e2%80%99s-qinghai-earthquake-fund/ Just wanted to share some more details that Dien Yuen at
Give2Asia sent my way regarding their
relief fund for the Qinghai / Yushu earthquake:
Give2Asia is seeking support from donors to help the survivors with the longer-term recovery.
The Chinese government has approved 15 government-organized NGOs to raise funds for recovery and reconstruction.
Eight of [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/more-details-from-give2asia%e2%80%99s-qinghai-earthquake-fund/feed/ 0 recap: dr. wang zhenyao’s visit to give2asia http://www.manufacturerchina.net/recap-dr-wang-zhenyao%e2%80%99s-visit-to-give2asia/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/recap-dr-wang-zhenyao%e2%80%99s-visit-to-give2asia/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/recap-dr-wang-zhenyao%e2%80%99s-visit-to-give2asia/ Need to take a break from watching the Yushu earthquake death toll and the relief effort, and I thought I should post a quick recap and thoughts about Dr. Wang Zhenyao’s visit to the San Francisco Bay Area to discuss the development of NGOs with American non-profit leaders. Dr. Wang is Director-General of the [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/recap-dr-wang-zhenyao%e2%80%99s-visit-to-give2asia/feed/ 0 morning session from georgetown exempt organizations conference http://www.manufacturerchina.net/morning-session-from-georgetown-exempt-organizations-conference/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/morning-session-from-georgetown-exempt-organizations-conference/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/morning-session-from-georgetown-exempt-organizations-conference/ Here live at the
Georgetown Managing and Representing Exempt Organizations Conference 2010. I was thinking about live blogging, but given the lack of free internet and poor connectivity, I will try to post over the next few days different things that I hear and learn about.
The morning session opened up with Sarah Hall Ingram, [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/morning-session-from-georgetown-exempt-organizations-conference/feed/ 0 practical tips for non-profit compliance policies http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profit-compliance-policies/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profit-compliance-policies/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profit-compliance-policies/ Still at the Georgetown conference.  Had a very good session called “General Counsel Roundtable”, and one of the speakers was
Mary Elcano, GC for Red Cross and former acting/interim CEO.  While the topic of the discussions was mostly about the role of a general counsel and what worries the typical GC, Mary did a short [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profit-compliance-policies/feed/ 0 practical tips for non-profits engaged in lobbying http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profits-engaged-in-lobbying/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profits-engaged-in-lobbying/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profits-engaged-in-lobbying/ Yet another post from the Georgetown Managing and Representing Exempt Organizations conference.  
Lawrence Mendenhall from the Hewlett Foundation and
Drew Porter from the Gates Foundation gave a good session about lobbying rules for non-profits, and also talked about how you can properly push the limits of the regulations as well.

First off, they two speakers noted [...]

]]> http://www.manufacturerchina.net/practical-tips-for-non-profits-engaged-in-lobbying/feed/ 0 weil gotshal expands its PE presence in HK http://www.manufacturerchina.net/weil-gotshal-expands-its-pe-presence-in-hk/ http://www.manufacturerchina.net/weil-gotshal-expands-its-pe-presence-in-hk/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 02:20:49 +0000 admin http://www.manufacturerchina.net/weil-gotshal-expands-its-pe-presence-in-hk/ Just heard that Weil Gotshal poached… err… picked up John Fadely from Clifford Chance’s Hong Kong office in order to beef up its China funds practice. Definitely a good time to continue to beef up in terms of private equity staff while things are still a tad slower since it’s bound to [...]

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