Global Business :: In The News


  • Bribery Crackdown
  • Smart Business, April 2013, Luis Alcalde, interviewee
  • Companies must ensure legal compliance even if it means short-term loss of business.
Business Delegation from India Makes Stop in Columbus
  • Columbus Business First, June 12, 2012, Martijn Steger, interviewee
  • The Confederation of Indian Industry visited Columbus on June 12 to explore the opportunities of investing businesses in the United States.
Citizen of the World
  • Super Lawyers Magazine, Ohio 2012, Martijn Steger
  • “Many law firms think they have an international practice if they open a few foreign offices,” Menzies says. “Martijn [Steger] is unusual in building a convincing international practice in Columbus by spotting market opportunities…and building and nurturing excellent relations with businesses and partners in those places…”
Jefe de la diplomacia cubana en Washington ofrecerá hoy conferencia en Ohio
  • CubaDebate, November 17, 2011, Luis Alcalde, contributor
  • El Alcalde de Columbus, Ohio, Michael B. Coleman, le dio la bienvenida oficial en la noche de miércoles a Jorge Bolaños, Jefe de la Sección de Intereses de Cuba, y declaró: “Es un honor para todos nuestros ciudadanos, para nuestra ciudad, para nuestros oficiales electos y para nuestros jueces que Usted Señor Embajador Bolaños haya escogido a Columbus como la primera ciudad de visitar fuera de Washington."
Brand Protection
  • Smart Business, April 2011, Luis Alcalde, interviewee
  • Trademarks  have  to  be  renewed  after  so many years, so failure to police or challenge infringements  can  create  problems  when trying  to  enforce  or  renew  a  trademark. There  are  technical,  legal  reasons  to  police your trademark, primarily to argue that you haven’t waived your rights.
Sister cities putting new focus on business
  • The Columbus Dispatch, March 30, 2011, Michael Zatezalo, contributor
  • Yesterday, a central Ohio delegation briefed government and business leaders about their trip last month to Columbus' newest sister city, Ahmedabad, India.
Enforcement of fake products gets a blind eye
  • Columbus Business First, February 4, 2011, Luis M. Alcalde, author
  • Much has been written about the reasons behind the boom in fakes: globalization, the large profit margins, lesser risks in comparison with selling illicit drugs and growth of worldwide criminal enterprises that use counterfeiting to launder money and fund criminal activity, even terrorism. All of this is true. But the problem is the result of even greater ills that will be much harder to combat.
Riding the Elephant
  • Smart Business, February 2011, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, interviewee
  • “The main sectors of opportunity for U.S. business are higher education, defense, retail and manufacturing,” says Vinita Bahri-Mehra, chair of Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter’s Asia- Pacific practice.
Rise of electronic security breaches has companies on the defensive
  • Columbus Business First, January 18, 2011, Luis Alcalde, contributor
  • While most large corporations protect data already, many small firms do not. “Just look at what has happened with Wikileaks, in which we’re dealing with the secrets of the U.S. government,” [Alcalde] said. “It’s a constant battle in our age.”
International Markets
  • Smart Business, May 2010, Martijn Steger, interviewee
  • Companies often choose markets to enter based on an opportunity that presents itself. While there’s nothing wrong with those opportunities, the question is: Are they the right opportunities in which to invest?
Some firms hesitant to take export plunge
  • Columbus Business First, January 8, 2010, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, contributor
  • A company needs to research tariffs, intellectual property laws, permit processes especially for biotechnology, the best shipping method and whether it’s better to do the manufacturing or license the technology to an overseas partner.
  • Ohio companies ready to pounce on economic recovery in Canada
  • Columbus Business First, January 8, 2010, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, contributor
  • In raw numbers, the trade relationship equated to $19.91 billion in Ohio exports to the great white north in 2008, up from $19.79 billion in 2007. Going the other way, Ohioans imported $17 billion in Canadian goods and services in 2008, up from about $15 billion the year before.
  • Kegler Brown Among Ohio's Exporting Excellence Honorees
  • The Daily Reporter, September 4, 2009
  • The only legal industry two-time honoree in the program’s 22-year history to receive the Governor's Excellence in Exporting award, Kegler Brown was selected for the honor due to its strong international legal practice, said Martijn Steger, attorney and director of international law and business at the firm.
  • Seven Local Companies Honored for Export Work
  • Columbus Dispatch, August 31, 2009
  • Seven central Ohio companies were among the 27 winners of 2009 Governor’s Excellence in Exporting awards presented in a ceremony last week at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus.
  • Legal Aid
  • Columbus CEO, June 2009, Martijn Steger, contributor
  • As law firm networks grow more popular, even smaller practices can establish a global presence. Increasingly, firms are banding together [to] allow attorneys to get firsthand insight from colleagues across the country - or globe - while providing avenues for new business and professional development.
  • Getting to Know India: The Regulatory Side of the Asian Tiger
  • March 2009, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, author
  • Globalization is leading several U.S. companies to do business across borders and India has become a hot destination for those investments. US business enterprises, in order to sustain, succeed and to be a part of the emerging markets globalization, must be flexible and adaptable to the realities of the India market.
  • Investments in India: A Structrual Strategy
  • February 2009, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, author
  • With its liberal, alternative, and investor-friendly economic climate, India is has become a target for U.S. companies looking to invest abroad. Because we are continuously moving toward a global economy and the world is getting flatter, the vast and growing Indian market has indeed become a reality.
  • Destination India
  • Columbus Bar Briefs, Fall 2006 Vinita Bahri-Mehra, author
  • The vast and growing Indian market is a reality. In India the growth is staggering, the quality of goods and services is top notch and the cost can be as low as one third of doing business in the United States. Even so, it is a challenging market that should be entered only with the planning and execution that you would perform in any developing market.