A special guest post by Global Security Consultant and Political Risk Expert, Paul Crespo. This is the sixth post in the series. With larger and costlier data breaches being reported every day, cyber security is quickly moving from being seen by C-level executives as a purely technical security issue, to a top business risk for global corporations. Cybercrime and … [Read more...]
Codes, Locks and Keys: 35 Industrial Espionage Countermeasures that Will Save Your International Business.
Last week Apple released the Apple iPhone 5s. The most innovative feature of the new phone was the device's fingerprint scanner, which was widely heralded as being the world's first "hack proof" access point. It took only a few days, however, for a German hacking group to bypass the phone's latest security feature and gain access to the device. The incident is the latest … [Read more...]
Spies, Lies and Secrets: 37 Industrial Espionage Tactics that Threaten to Kill Your International Business.
Earlier this week I wrote about industrial espionage and how it is the fastest and least expensive way for our foreign competitors to bridge the innovation gap with the U.S. Using cutting-edge technology and age-old techniques of deceit and manipulation, corporate spies are the greatest post-cold war threat to international business. Today’s international conflicts are … [Read more...]
U.S. Companies More Likely Than Russians to Engage in Industrial Espionage? LOL
Spying continues to dominate the news. Just today Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a trip to meet with President Obama over revelations that the U.S. actively spied on Brazil. Up until recently, the prevailing view was that companies located in China and Russia had the most active industrial espionage programs. That’s all changed after the Snowden … [Read more...]
Worried About Your Global Supply Chain? Then You Must Check Out Create.org.
For any company concerned about the integrity of their global supply network, there's a great post over at the venerable China Law Blog by Dan Harris. The post, Improving The Global Supply Chain: Create.Org highlights Create.org, “a non-profit organization dedicated to helping companies and their suppliers and business partners reduce counterfeiting, piracy, trade secret theft … [Read more...]
International Licensing: An Alternative to Forming a Foreign Corporation.
I received some feed back in reference to yesterday's post, The 5 Key Factors You Must Consider When Establishing a Foreign Corporation. It seems I left some readers with the impression that forming a foreign corporation was not worth the risk given all the legal issues that must be addressed. While I did not intend to scare anybody who is considering establishing a … [Read more...]
How to Draft an International Manufacturing Contract.
The other day I got a call from a company requesting my assistance in structuring an international manufacturing agreement. While the majority of my cases are centered on international litigation or arbitration, I get a big thrill out of structuring international business contracts. Doing international transactional work allows me to get an inside look at the business side of … [Read more...]
Key Principles for International Law Firms to Follow.
The American Lawyer just did a great piece on how the most successful international law firms operate. The article, The 7 Key Steps International Law Firms Should Take in 2013 to Ensure Themselves a Bright Future, lists a number of principles that a modern international firm should follow for success in the age of globalization. While the article is directed at firms with … [Read more...]
Get the International Business Law Advisor App.
Several years ago, we introduced the International Law Advisor App for the iPhone. We are thrilled with the enormous amount of interest it has generated. The International Business Law Advisor App is available as a free download here through the iTunes App Store. Simply enter the text “International Business Law Advisor” and you’re all set! Let us know what you think and … [Read more...]
3 Compelling Reasons to Read the International Law Quarterly.
The 2012 issue of the Florida Bar international Law Section’s International Law Quarterly was released today. For nearly three decades, the International Law Quarterly has been recognized as one of the world’s leading journals covering all areas of international law. The current issue, edited by Hogan Lovells partner Alvin Lindsay, builds on this legacy with an extraordinary … [Read more...]