Criminal Law

China: more friendly to capital appeals than either the California Supreme Court or the Fourth Circuit
BBC News & Agence France-Press note on Sunday that China reverses about one in seven capital cases.  Anyone remember the last capital case the Fourth Circuit or even the California Supreme Court reversed?

China Internet Death by 2010
Interesting story in China Tech News, although that first sentence is a bit melodramatic (as is my post title): The Internet in China may soon run out. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, under the current allocation speed, China’s IPv4 address resources can only meet the demand of 830 more days and if no [...

China to strengthen management of cross-border capital flows
BEIJING, Jan. 30 - China?s foreign exchange regulator said yesterday it will strengthen management of cross-border capital flows and short-term bank borrowing in 2008. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange will conduct checks on cross-border capital flows, paying particular attention to how foreign currency converted into yuan is used in China...

How To Monitor Your Chinese Factory, The China Price, And QC By Motorcycle.
Interesting post by Nina Ying Sun on the PN [Plastics News] China blog on the inherent difficulties inherent of monitoring your China factory. The post is entitled "Hands-on due diligence in China," and it starts out with the following quotes from an interview with Alexndra Haney, author of the book, The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage: "More than half of factories in southern China are falsifying payroll documents!" "Many even create...

Starting A Business In China
The relatively new China Supertrends blog has an Interesting and informative post on recently increased difficulties in starting a small business in China. The blog is "the official blog and support website for Supertrends of Future China, a soon to be released book by experienced China businesspersons James K...

China Private Equity/Venture Capital From People Who Know.
Project Alpha just posted the transcript from a very enlightening panel discussion on private equity/venture capital in China. The discussion was at JP Morgan's recent China conference in Beijing...

China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Infant Formula From China
FDA Warns it May be Contaminated Melamine

Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Kohlberg Capital Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Kohlberg Capital Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.