Foreign Law Firms In China

According to that small corner of the blogosphere that writes about China and the law, there’s a memo circulating through Shanghai that’s the talk of the town, at least among the expat legal community. In an item titled “China Poised to Crack Down on Foreign Law Firms,” China Confidential posts a memo from the Shanghai Lawyers Association written in conjunction with several Chinese government agencies that attacks foreign law firms practicing in China. Describing the problem as “becoming more and more severe,” the memo re…