United States of America v. Pangang Group Company, Ltd., et al.

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with with economic espionage in connection with their alleged efforts to steal from E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company trade secrets relating to the production of titanium dioxide.



The Pangang Companies maintained that they enjoy foreign sovereign immunity from criminal prosecution in the

United States because they are ultimately owned and controlled by the government of the People's Republic of

China ("PRC”). In a prior appeal, this court held that the Pangang Companies failed in their effort to invoke the

immunity conferred by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA”) because they had not made the requisite prima

facie showing that they fall within the FSIA's domain of covered entities.



Motion to dismiss denied.

Affirmed