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Reducing Criminal Liability with Chinese Imports

The China import safety crisis creates a perfect storm for driving importers and retailers out of business when faced with monumental product liabilities, both criminal and civil. Corporate counsel, therefore, must learn how to minimize or even eliminate their clients' increased criminal and civil exposure.

18 minute read December 19, 2008 at 10:43 AM
By
John R. Steer and Mark H. Allenbaugh
Reducing Criminal Liability with Chinese Imports

China has quickly evolved into our second largest trading partner, and our pervasive reliance on China-made products has brought an increasing vulnerability to defective goods ' from poisoned pet food and lead-painted toys, to tainted heparin and melamine-laced milk-based products.

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