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Managing the Risks of Manufacturing in China ? Las Vegas, February 28 and 29

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

On February 28 and 29, I, along with Paul Brogan, Director of Supply QA for Burger King Corporation, will be co-chairing a conference on ?Managing the Risks of Manufacturing in China? in Las Vegas. The conference is aimed at quality assurance and product safety officers and legal counsel dealing with product liability and litigation. My presentation will focus on dealing the benefits of arbitration in dealing with China manufacturers, the things to look out for in drafting an arbitration clause with your Chinese manufacturer, and how to serve a Chinese manufacturer when all else fails. The following topics will be discussed:

? Designing an agreement with Chinese suppliers that is enforceable in China ? Evaluating the full spectrum of risk and seeking suppliers accordingly ? Segregating and quantifying products to easily dissect the product line in the event of a defect or safety issue ? Implementing internal quality assurance controls that can withstand the scrutiny of media attention or litigation ? Ensuring Chinese suppliers are complying with their commitments ? Determining what type of insurance is available and what specific policy exclusions might apply ? Moving quickly and effectively to remove defective products from the market ? Dealing with the potentially negative publicity of a recall ? Pursuing litigation against a Chinese manufacturer in China

The following people are slated to speak: Tom Bohan Vice President, Legal The Home Depot (Atlanta, GA) Paul J. Brogan Director ? Supply QA, North America, Product Safety and Regulatory, Burger King Corporation (Miami, FL) Konrad Cailteux Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (New York, NY) Audrey Chen Jun He Law Offices (Beijing, China) Jonathan M. Cohen Gilbert Randolph LLP (Washington, DC) Steven Cooper Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. (New York, NY) Neil A. Goldberg Goldberg Segalla LLP (Buffalo, NY) Michael Lyle Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Washington, DC) Arvin Maskin Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (New York, NY) Dr. Chairman Emeritus Exponent, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) John J. McDonough Cozen & O'Connor (New York, NY) Richard W. O'Brien Director Office of International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Washington, DC) Richard Oetheimer Goodwin Procter LLP (Boston, MA) Lucas G. Paglia Associate General Counsel American Eagle Outfitters (Warrendale, PA) Ricardo Pineda Director of Manufacturing Engineering Plantronics Inc (Santa Cruz, CA) Mark B. Seiger Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge (Hartford, CT) Andrew C. Spacone Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Textron Inc. (Providence, RI) Bob Tellier Divisional Vice President, Global Sourcing True Value Company (Chicago, IL) Alice Young Kaye Scholer LLP (New York, NY) For more information, or to sign up, go here. See you there!

Full post as published by China Law Blog on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).