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2026.06.09 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(North America)

TARIFFS RESHAPING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS STRATEGIES – PRACTICAL STEPS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS

Takanori Nakajima / Jiri Mestecky / Karl Von Drathen / Asa Markel / Steven Katz

International Practice / Mergers and Acquisitions

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2026.04.28 / Data Privacy Newsletters

2026 Amendment to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (dated April 7, 2026)

Miyako Ikuta

Data Protection (Personal Information Protection Act, GDPR, etc.) / Information Technology

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2026.04.14 / AI, Blockchain, IoT Newsletters

The “AI Guidelines for Business (Ver1.2)” were published on March 31, 2026

Ryosuke Naka / Minami Hosoi

Information Technology / AI-related Legal Services

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2026.03.05 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters（China）

Summary of the Listing of Japanese Entities on China’s Export Control and Monitoring List on February 24, 2026

Shintaro Hino / Wei Chang

International Practice / Customs/Rules of Origin, Trade Barriers/Controls

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2025.11.19 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

Staying Aligned: Updating Practices for Japan’s Revised Working Conditions Rule

Miyako Ikuta / Séverin KULLMANN / Paul LECONTE

Employment and Labor / International Practice

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2025.03.21 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

New “AI Act” regulating Artificial Intelligence in the EU entered into force on 1 August 2024.

Jiri Mestecky / Ryosuke Naka / Minami Hosoi / Claude Kaneda

International Practice / Europe / Information Technology

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2025.02.14 / Financial Law Newsletters

Findings concerning “the State of Regulations of Cross-border Receiving Agenet Services” set out in “the Report of the Payment and Settlement Systems” by the Working Group of the Financial System Council

Shintaro Hino / Yoshimasa Kakudo

Finance

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2024.08.20 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

Entry into force of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Claude Kaneda / Miyako Ikuta / Jun Kawanami

International Practice / Europe / Corporate / Risk Management and Compliance / SDGs, Sustainability, and ESG

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2024.03.05 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) strengthens rules concerning the ESG-related information that companies need to report and broadens their scope of application.

Claude Kaneda / Jiri Mestecky / Jun Kawanami

International Practice / Europe / Corporate / Risk Management and Compliance / SDGs, Sustainability, and ESG

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2023.10.31 / International Legal Affairs Newsletters(Europe)

The New EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and its Guidelines Fill in Gaps Unaddressed by the Previous Version to Provide a More Complete Legal Framework for New Vertical Market Practices.

Daisuke Wakai / Jiri Mestecky / Claude Kaneda

International Practice / Europe / Antitrust and Competition Law

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Newsletters

TARIFFS RESHAPING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS STRATEGIES – PRACTICAL STEPS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS

2026 Amendment to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (dated April 7, 2026)

The “AI Guidelines for Business (Ver1.2)” were published on March 31, 2026

Summary of the Listing of Japanese Entities on China’s Export Control and Monitoring List on February 24, 2026

Staying Aligned: Updating Practices for Japan’s Revised Working Conditions Rule

New “AI Act” regulating Artificial Intelligence in the EU entered into force on 1 August 2024.

Findings concerning “the State of Regulations of Cross-border Receiving Agenet Services” set out in “the Report of the Payment and Settlement Systems” by the Working Group of the Financial System Council

Entry into force of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) strengthens rules concerning the ESG-related information that companies need to report and broadens their scope of application.

The New EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and its Guidelines Fill in Gaps Unaddressed by the Previous Version to Provide a More Complete Legal Framework for New Vertical Market Practices.