The Legal Environment for Foreign Direct Investment

This book offers a broad introduction To The changing status and legal requirements for foreign direct investment in the United States. it is written for both the foreign businessperson interested in entering the U.S. market and lawyers advising potential foreign investors. (Extensive footnotes are included For The latter.) To inform readers of the most important changes in the law, this third edition contains new chapters on such topics as state laws and regulations, and distribution and sales methods for entering the U.S. market. Updated chapters from the second edition cover accounting requirements; taxation; real estate; regulation of foreign investment; immigration; patents, trademarks, and copyrights; torts and products liability; and competing for government contracts.