July 26, 2023
Hannah Travaglini (LAW ’21) of Montgomery McCracken outlines the newly introduced tax regulations and deductions for the New Jersey cannabis industry.
June 14, 2023
David Perry and Fatema Ghasletwala discuss Russian government-issued regulations authorizing importation into Russia of specified luxury items without the consent of the relevant trademark owners, and the risks that these regulations pose to the trademark holders.
Professor Rafael Porrata-Doria’s article ALBA and UNASUR: Back to the Future?, originally published in the Santa Clara Journal of International Law in May of 2022, discusses efforts at creating a unified Latin American region through the lens of different regional trade integration attempts. It briefly examines MERCOSUR and the Andean Group and how these two efforts failed to achieve promises made under the free trade model of the Washington Consensus. It then analyzes another effort, ALBA, tracing its history, development, organizational structure, and institutions and illustrating ALBA’s failure to achieve its goals. It next examines UNASUR, tracing its origins, mission, organizational structure, institutions, and specialized councils. Finally, Professor Porrata-Doria addresses how the failures of both ALBA and UNASUR to achieve their goals or even survive underscores several important lessons for economic integration organizations.
Cozen O’Connor attorneys explain problems with pension factoring.
Professor Tarrant Mahony discusses the recent passage of the “Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China” (the “FIL”). The FIL consolidates many recent changes to China’s foreign investment regime, allows for the establishment of foreign investment projects without prior government approval, and addresses issues of intellectual property rights protection and forced technology transfer.