Steven M. Dickinson, Partner and China Manager of Harris Moure PLLC gives us a breakdown of China's new Labor Contract Law and its implications to companies in China.

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Education: University of Washington (B.A., summa cum laude, Chinese Language and Literature, 1980), Phi Beta Kappa; University of Washington School of Law (JD with honors, 1984), Articles Editor, University of Washington Law Review.

Published Articles: “The Creation of a Domestic Commercial Paper Market in Japan,” Columbia Journal of Transnational Law; “Outsourcing in China: Five Basics for Reducing Risk,” Business and Law, February, 2005. “The New Law about Limited Liability Companies of the People’s Republic of China” (translated into German) for the GmbH Rundschau (”LLC Review”) March, 2006.

Law Professor/Lecturer: Director of University of Washington School of Law Chinese Contract Litigation Project and Professor of International Contract Negotiation, 1994-2002. Directed University of Washington Training Program for China legal professionals, 1995-2000. Beijing University, School of Law, Lecturer (in Chinese) on United States Law, 1996-Present. First attorney invited to China by an independent Bar Association; Lectured (in Chinese) to Shanghai Bar Association on United States law 1996-1998. Frequent Speaker throughout the United States on various issues relating to International, Chinese, Japanese, and United States law. The International Development Law Organization. Rome, Italy. May 2006.

Author: Chapter on China for “International Corporate Procedures”, 2006. Also an ongoing contributor to the China Law Blog at www.chinalawblog.com.

Named: One of Washington State’s “5 Most Amazing Attorneys for 2005″ by Washington CEO magazine, March, 2006.

Languages: Mandarin Chinese. Written Japanese, some spoken Japanese.

Practice Areas: International and Domestic Corporate and Commercial Law; International and Domestic Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Licensing Law; China Law; China outsourcing Law; Japan Law

(Formerly Chairperson of the International Law Group at Garvey, Schubert & Barer in Seattle)

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