The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Japan

• Employment & Labour Law 2012

  Japan - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Arbitration

  Japan
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Amendment to the FIEA / Easing of Registration Requirements for...

   the Investment Management Business with Qualified Investors
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2012

  Japan
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Amendments to the FIEA strengthen the regulation of the investment fund industry in Japan with

  regard to the “Specially Permitted Businesses for QII”
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Intellectual Property & Antitrust

  Japan Yusuke Nakano and Koya Uemura - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Radical reform of white collar crime investigation

  The investigation of white collar crime in Japan is undergoing dramatic changes. The catalyst for reform was an unprecedented scandal caused by the special investigation department of a public prosecutor's office.
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Insurance & Reinsurance 2012

  Japan
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Japan IP Enforcement & Transactions Newsletter February 2012/Vol. 1

  • The IP High Court recognized the inventive step of a medical-use claim based on its remarkable effect over the prior-arts (p.2) • 顕著な効果を有することを理由に医薬用途発明の進歩性を肯定した知財高裁判決（平成23 年11 月30 日：平成23 年（行ケ）第10018 号）[Japanese] (p.2) • 以具有显著效果为理由肯定医疗用途发明的进步性的知识产权高裁判决（平成23 年11 月30 日：平成23 年（行ヶ）第10018 号[Chinese] (p.3) • "Use" of Computer System (p.3)
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

• Japan Tax Newsletter December 2011

  Tax Reform Proposals for 2012 Issued on December 10, 2011 by the Japanese Cabinet
  - Anderson Mori & Tomotsune