Underground Economies and Illegal Imports: Legal and Business Strategies to Address Illegitimate Commerce

Underground Economies and Illegal Imports: Business and Legal Strategies to Address Illegal Commerce is a unique resource for lawyers and their clients facing the chaotic landscape of illegal trade in the black and gray markets, where legal remedies are often unavailable or impracticable. Donald E. deKieffer - who has represented more than 60 Fortune 500 companies both in the US and abroad - provides easy-to-understand descriptions of how international supply and distribution chains are attacked by clever and not-so-subtle thieves around the world, provides examples and instructions on how to prepare for these attacks, and the best means of recourse when they do occur.

Chapter 1: The Twilight between Gray and Black ; Chapter 2: What's Gray? ; Chapter 3: Government Trade Controls ; Chapter 4: Incentives for the Gray Market ; Chapter 5: Acquiring the merchandise ; Chapter 6: The Gray market Bazaar ; Chapter 7: The invisible souk ; Chapter 8: Strategy ; Chapter 9: Tactics ; Chapter 10: The special case of pharmaceuticals ; Chapter 11: Where Is the Gray Market? ; Chapter 12: Investigating the Gray Market ; Chapter 13: Practical Responses to the Gray Market ; Chapter 14: Legal Responses to gray marketing ; Chapter 15: Civil Actions against counterfeiters ; Chapter 16: Civil actions against diverters ; Chapter 17: Enforcement