信託の費用・信託報酬等（『金融法務事情』2015年12月25日号）

Draft of New Guidelines Published. On June 8, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry ("METI"), a Japanese government agency tasked with promoting economic vitality in the private sector...

In general, Japan is a civil law jurisdiction. Most of Japan's modern legal systems are based on continental European civil systems; however, the end of World War II also saw the introduction...

In recent years, Japan has been under increasing scrutiny and pressure from the international community regarding its enforcement of its anti-corruption laws.

M&A volume in Japan have been on the rise in recent years. In addition to traditional acquisitions of mature companies and businesses, M&A transactions involving platformers, AI companies, and other tech-related ...

On August 31, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry formulated and announced the Guidelines for Corporate Takeovers (the "Guidelines").

In June 2023, the 'Act on the Promotion of Citizens' Understanding of Diversity of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity' was enacted by the Japanese legislature (the Diet).

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there have been rapid deregulations in connection with requirements to use wet-ink signatures/seals in Japan...

The Japanese economy ranks third in the world in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), but ranks 51st in TMF Group's Global Business Complexity Index 2022 – which ranks 77 jurisdictions...

In contrast, the decision did not give special consideration to the fact that the employee was a doctor in deciding the extra pay issue.

There have been no major legislative changes in Japan over the past year. With that said, the Ministry and Economy, Trade and Industry ("METI") issued new guidelines...

The Situation: Surging interest in digital tokens has caught the attention of regulators in Hong Kong.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction against Perplexity AI, determining that when an AI agent acts at a user's direction, it is the user—not the AI company—who "accesses" computer systems under federal and California computer fraud statutes. This landmark appellate decision addresses how existing computer-access laws apply to agentic artificial intelligence and has significant implications...

The Federal Circuit recently vacated a PTAB decision in Dental Monitoring SAS v. Align Technology, Inc., addressing a critical question about prior art qualification under the America Invents Act.

On February 5, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a defendant that had been sued by a competitor for allegedly accessing the competitor's computer systems...

The defendant argued that the CFAA does not make it a federal crime to obtain permission to use another's login credentials to access a third party's computer system.

On May 25, the GDPR will replace the current Regulation (EC) No. 45/2001. To raise awareness on the current and new data protection rules ...

On October 9, the nation's first data breach class action trial began.

China has recently taken several actions showing its commitment to counter trade restrictions imposed by other countries. In March 2025, it released regulations implementing the 2021 Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law.

Australia has started to observe a rise in the number of data breach class actions being investigated and filed, although there has not yet been a successful data breach class action there.

President Obama has proposed additional funding resources that include an increase of $25.3M of new budget authority to implement FSMA.