Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-680) and index.
Contents:
DEFINING "MANUFACTURING" LAW: What makes manufacturing practice different The origins of U.S. manufacturing law -- Setting the table -- THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: The ideological basis -- The invention flood -- The legal impetus -- Industrialization : the good and the bad -- DOWN . . . UP . . . DOWN: Interlude : the first unraveling -- World War II and recovery -- The "Great Prosperity" -- Hubris and delusion -- Reaching for the bottom -- The delusional '90s -- The lost decade(s?) -- THE POTENTIAL TURNAROUND: America's continuing strengths -- Changing the trajectory -- Presidential attention -- Lessons from offshoring -- Our sudden energy advantage -- America's new labor cost advantage -- Our innovation edge -- The new manufacturing jobs paradigm -- Increased access to capital and credit -- The U.S. and China : joined at the hip -- Inflection points -- Caveats -- Human capital infrastructure -- DEFINING "MANUFACTURING" LAW: Manufacturing practice overview -- Manufacturing specialty practices -- What makes manufacturing practice different MANUFACTURING LAWS -- AND LAWYERS -- IN ACTION: Kyle Gillman : the facilitator Legal underpinnings : environmental law -- Legal underpinnings : labor and employment laws -- Legal underpinnings : intellectual capital -- Legal underpinnings : international trade -- Legal underpinnings : securities laws -- Legal underpinnings : other key laws and regulations -- KEY REGULATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHER EMPLOYERS: The U.S. government : Executive Office of the President -- The U.S. government : cabinet departments -- The U.S. government : regulatory agencies -- The U.S. government : manufacturing promotion and administrative agencies -- State governments -- Interstate compacts -- Local governments : general purpose -- Local governments : special purpose districts -- Nonprofit practice : academia -- Nonprofit practice : associations -- The investment community -- International organizations -- THE BUSINESS SIDE: Understanding the business -- Knowledge fundamentals -- Proactive business responsibilities -- MANUFACTURING LAWS -- AND LAWYERS -- IN ACTION: Bravo Trailers : a manufacturing case study -- Jim Woodsmall : the "brute force" manufacturing lawyer -- Michael Zuccarini : the "business immersion" attorney -- Jay Erstling : professor and of counsel -- Ken Cascone : outside general counsel -- Donald Young : fracking cop -- Sara Bright : cementing the relationship -- Kelly Jamison : international trade litgator -- Suzanne Rich Folsom : general counsel -- Kyle Gillman : the facilitator Epilogue -- Appendices. Confidential enhancement -- The most business-friendly places -- The wisdom of local wisdom -- Communities with "moxie" -- Charting economic growth -- Identifying viable manufacturing concentrations -- Where manufacturers congregate -- "Organic" industrial aggregations -- Formal manufacturing clusters -- Where industry and education collaborate -- Manufacturing extension partnerships -- Small business development centers -- Academic-private partnerships -- Low-tax jurisdictions -- Regulatory havens -- Transportation hubs -- Federal laboratories and technology transfer -- Foreign trade zones -- Where "reshoring" is happening -- Onshoring from the EU . . . and elsewhere -- Where cutting edge technology is happening -- Entrepreneurial concentrations -- Following the money -- Where the "next big things" are likely to be -- Where "stakeholder" capitalism exists -- Business-oriented jurisdictions -- POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES: Community alert : unsustainable debt -- Community alert : living in poverty -- Where the gas flows . . . or maybe not -- Industrial parks -- Military base conversion -- Patent office expansion -- Tax inversions -- Divides -- Signs of defeat -- Dysfunctional government -- Corrupt government -- Threats to the fundamentals -- LAW-RELATED OPPORTUNITIES: Compliance : the fastest growing corporate profession -- Risk management -- Intellectual capital management -- Government contracting and procurement -- Labor relations -- Environmental protection -- International trade -- POSITIONING YOURSELF TO PRACTICE: Key manufacutring attorney attributes -- Confidential enhancement -- Epilogue -- Appendices.
Summary:
Until very recently, U.S. manufacturing had been in decline for more than a generation. The great manufacturing juggernaut that defined the country from around the middle of the 19th century until the last quarter of the 20th became a dim memory. But that{u2019}s changing. Manufacturing is on the rebound, and the tide is getting stronger. U.S. manufacturers are outpacing their global rivals due to increased domestic demand, an export surge, worker{u2019}s rights and pollution problems overseas, cheap energy, and headwinds facing foreign competitors. Manufacturing Business and the Law examines the history of U.S. industry; the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing it now; the legal careers being created and getting those jobs; how to immerse yourself in an industry and become the lawyer your company needs; and where and how manufacturing will continue to grow. -- ABA website.
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