Home Activities ICCLP - Comparative Law and Politics Symposiums Comparative Law and Politics Symposiums 2024 Academic Year The 68th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Global Trends in Competition Law and Policy Date 2 August 2024 13:30-17:30 Place Yayoi Auditorium Ichijo Hall, The University of Tokyo Contents <Lecturers> 13:30 Opening Remarks: Simon VANDE WALLE, Professor, The University of Tokyo 13:35 Topic: The New Antimonopoly Movement: A Progress Report Speaker: John M. Newman, Professor, University of Miami School of Law 14:00 Topic: Merger Policy for a Platform Economy Speaker: Harry First, Professor, New York University School of Law 14:25 Topic: The Evolution and Challenges of U.S. Monopolization Law Speaker: Andrew I. Gavil, Professor, Howard University School of Law 14:50 Q & A 15:20 Break 15:40 Topic: The Enforceability of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) Speaker: Jacques Buhart, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, Brussels, Paris 16:05 Topic: China's 'New' Anti-Monopoly Law: Essential Insights Speaker: Liyang Hou, Professor, KoGuan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 16:30 Topic: Practical Implications of the Global Trends in Competition Law Speaker: Etsuko Hara, Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune 16:55 Q & A 17:25 Closing Remarks Moderator Simon VANDE WALLE, Professor, The University of Tokyo Language English (Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Organized by Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo; Advanced Business Law Program, The University of Tokyo Supported by Atsumi & Sakai SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd. 2023 Academic Year The 66th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Global Trends in Corporate Governance and M&A Date 4 August 2023, 13:00-17:00 Place Learning Theater, Fukutake Hall, The University of Tokyo Contents <Detail> Topic: "Peer Group Governance" Speaker: Yaron Nili, Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School Topic: "The Effect of ESG Determinants in Executive Compensation" Speaker: Tobias Tröger, Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Faculty of Law Topic: "Impact of the New European Foreign Subsidies Regulation on Cross-border M&A" Speaker: Jacques Buhart, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, Paris and Brussels Topic: "Shareholder Activism, ESG, and Agency Problems: The Case of the National Pension Service" Speaker: Sang Yop Kang, Professor, Peking University, School of Transnational Law Topic: "What Role, and What Future for Investor Stewardship?" Speaker: Dionysia Katelouzou, Reader, King's College London, Dickson Poon School of Law Topic: "No Need for Asia to be Woke: Contextualizing Anglo-America’s 'Discovery' of Corporate Purpose" Speaker: Dan Puchniak, Professor, Singapore Management University, Yong Pung How School of Law Moderator Gen GOTO, Professor, The University of Tokyo Language English(Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Organized by Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo Advanced Business Law Program, The University of Tokyo Supported by SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd. 2022 Academic Year The 63rd Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Recent Developments and Reforms of the U.S. Law Date 10 August 2022 Place Online Contents Topic: "The Law of Democracy: 2022" Speaker: Professor Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago Law School Topic: "The Rise of the Minimum Tax" Speaker: Professor Christopher H. Hanna, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Topic: “Digital Assets under the 2022 Revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code” Speaker: Professor Emeritus Charles W. Mooney, Jr., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Topic: “The Future of Civil and Commercial Judgments: The Hague Choice of Court Convention, The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention, Uniform Law, and Federalism” Speaker: Professor Louise Ellen Teitz, Roger Williams University School of Law Topic: “Recent Developments in the U.S. Law of Computer Crime” Speaker: Professor Joseph Hoffmann, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Topic: “Digitizing Documents as Regulatory Reform” Speaker: Professor Veronica Taylor, Australian National University Facilitator Haruo Hirano, Professor, the University of Tokyo Language English(Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Organized by Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo Advanced Business Law Program, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo Supported by SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd 2020 Academic Year Online Special Lecture by Mr. David Harris, Chief Executive Officer of American Jewish Committee Date 21:30-23:00, October 19, 2020 Place On Zoom Speaker David Harris, Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Committee (AJC) Title How Do Jewish People in the United States See the Trump Administration, the Presidential Election and the World Where China Grows Rapidly? Language English (Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Moderator/Commentator Fumiaki Kubo, A. Burton Hepburn Professor of American Government and History, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo Sponsored by Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo; Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law & Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo; Nakasone Peace Institute Co-sponsored by Study Group in American Politics 2019 Academic Year The 59th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Global Trends in Corporate Governance and M&A Date 5 August 2019 Place Yayoi Auditorium, Ichijo Hall, The University of Tokyo Contents Topic: "Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors: Do Stewardship Codes make any difference?" Speaker: Roger Barker, Head of Corporate Governance, Institute of Directors, UK Topic: "Stewardship in Korea and Corporate Governance Implications" Speaker: Sang Yop Kang, Professor, Peking University, School of Transnational Law Topic: "Stewardship in Asia and Singapore" Speaker: Dan Puchniak, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Topic: "State Intervention in International M&A " Speaker: Jacques Buhart, Partner, McDermott Will Emery, Paris and Brussels Topic: "China as a “National Strategic Buyer”: Toward a Multilateral Regime for Cross-Border M&A" Speaker: Curtis Milhaupt, Professor, Stanford Law School Topic: "The Dark Side of Bank Resolution: Counterparty Risk through Bail-in" Speaker: Wolf-Georg Ringe, Professor, University of Hamburg Moderator: Gen Goto, Professor, the University of Tokyo Language English(Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Organized by Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo Supported by SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd 2018 Academic Year The 57th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Modern Issues in American Law Date 3 August 2018 Place Yayoi Auditorium, Ichijo Hall, The University of Tokyo Contents Topic: "Trump and the Constitution" Speaker: Tom Ginsburg, Professor, University of Chicago Law School Topic: "Trump Tax Talk: An Insider's Look at the Law's Drafting and Impact" Speaker: Christopher H. Hanna, Professor, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Topic: "Blockchain (Distributed Ledger) Technology for Transfer and Holding Securities in the United States and Globally" Speaker: Charles W. Mooney, Jr., Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School Topic: "Recent Developments in Class, Mass and Collective Arbitration: The U.S. and Global Experience" Speaker: S.I. Strong, Professor, University of Missouri School of Law Topic: "Recent Developments in U.S. Money Laundering Laws" Speaker: Joseph L. Hoffmann, Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Topic: "How the social licence is transforming Anglo-American corporate accountability" Speaker: Veronica L. Taylor, Professor, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific / Affiliate Professor, University of Washington School of Law Moderator: Keiichi Karatsu, Professor, the University of Tokyo Language English(Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Organized by Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo Supported by SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd 2017 Academic Year The 55th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium The 1st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Quantitative Political Science Date 8-9 January 2018 Place Conference Room, 8F, Law Building No.3, the University of Tokyo Contents January 8, Monday, 2018 (English) 10:00-10:10 Opening Remarks: Junko Kato, Professor, the University of Tokyo 10:10-11:00 "Eating Law" (with Jacob Gersen)　 Speaker: Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor, Harvard University 11:10-12:00 "Quantitative Text Analysis Using R" Speakers: Kenneth Benoit, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science(LSE); Akitaka Matsuo, Postdoctoral Researcher, LSE 12:00-13:15 <Lunch> 13:15-14:05 "Infinite Tree-Structured Topic Model" (with Daichi Mochihashi) Speaker: Shusei Eshima, Student in Master Course, the University of Tokyo 14:15-15:05 "The Effect of Candidate List Position on Vote Share: Improving Internal and External Validity" (with Class of 2018, Fast Track Course, Gakushuin University) Speaker: Kentaro Fukumoto, Professor, Gakushuin University 15:05-15:30 <Coffee Break> 15:30-16:20 "Validating Self-reported Turnout" (with Ted Enamorado) Speaker: Kosuke Imai, Professor, Princeton University and the University of Tokyo 16:30-17:20 "Property Rights Make People More Trusting and Prosocial: Evidence From a Field Experiment" Speaker: Daniel Rubenson, Associate Professor, Ryerson University 17:30-18:20 "Estimating Changepoints in Time-series Corpus" (with Daichi Mochihashi) Speaker: Tomoya Sasaki, Student in Doctor Course, the University of Tokyo 18:30- Reception (Banquet Room, Forest Hongo Hotel) Language English and Japanese Sponsored by International Center for Comparative Law and Politics (ICCLP), Graduate School of Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo and the Japanese Society for Quantitative Political Science Special Lecture by Mr. David Harris, AJC Executive Director Date 17:30-19:00, October 31, 2017 Venue Conference Room, 8F, Law Building No.3, the University of Tokyo Speaker David Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee (AJC) Title U.S. Foreign Policy in the New Era: An American Jewish Perspective Language English(Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Moderator/Commentator Fumiaki Kubo, A. Burton Hepburn Professor of American Government and History, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo Sponsored by Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo; Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law & Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo; Study Group in American Politics 2016 Academic Year The 52nd Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Democratization, Taxation, and the Welfare State in the Developing World Date 11 January, 2017 Place Conference Room, 8F, Law Building No.3, the University of Tokyo Contents 10:15-10:30 OPENING REMARKS Junko Kato (The University of Tokyo) 10:30-12:30 PRESENTATIONS "Recent Trend in State Revenue Production in Developing Countries" Junko Kato (The University of Tokyo) and Seiki Tanaka (University of Amsterdam) "Tax Development and the Different Waves of Democratization" Junko Kato (The University of Tokyo) and Miki Toyofuku (The University of Tokyo) "Taxes, Redistribution, and Governance in Latin America" James Mahon (Williams College) 14:00-17:40 PRESENTATIONS "Taxation, Accountability and Democratic Attitudes in Africa" Dominika Koter (Colgate University) "Financing the Welfare State in Post-Crisis South Korea: Time for a new fiscal contract?" Sijeong Lim (University of Amsterdam) "Welfare Politics in Taiwan: Taxation Reforms and Electoral Competition" Chen-Wei Lin (Tokoha University) 16:00- 16:20 Tea Break "Searching for Democratic Stability in Thailand: A Perspective from Financial Policies in the Aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis" Tomoko Matsumoto (Nagoya University) "Navigating the Globalization Paradox: Welfare compensation, democracy and openness in the developed and developing worlds" Brian Burgoon (University of Amsterdam) Closing Remarks Junko Kato (The University of Tokyo) DISCUSSANTS Nobuhiro Hiwatari (The University of Tokyo), Rieko Kage (The University of Tokyo), Ikuo Kume (Waseda University), Masashi Nakamura (IDE-JETRO), Gregory W. Noble (The University of Tokyo), Yuriko Takahashi (Waseda University) Language English Sponsored by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, "Democratization, Taxation, and Equality in Newly Developing Countries" (PI: Junko Kato) Co-sponsored with International Center for Comparative Law and Politics (ICCLP), Graduate School of Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo Jean-Marc Sauvé, vice-président du Conseil d' État français Le Conseil d' Etat et le droit européen et international Date 26 October, 2016 Place Conference Room, 8F, Law Building No.3, the University of Tokyo Contents Opening Remarks: Masahiko Iwamura, Dean, Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo Speaker: Jean-Marc Sauvé, Vice President, Conseil d' État français Moderator: Yoichi Ito, Professor, the University of Tokyo Language French and Japanese (Simultaneous Interpretations Provided) Sponsored by Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Supported by Egusa Foundation The 51st Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Date August 5, 2016 Place Auditorium, Sanjo Conference Hall, University of Tokyo Speakers and Contents Speakers Harald Baum, Professor, MPI Hamburg and Hamburg University Jacques Buhart, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Paris, France and Brussels James Fisher, Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo Dan Puchniak, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore J. Mark Ramseyer, Professor, Harvard Law School Marco Ventoruzzo, Professor, Bocconi University, Italy, and Pennsylvania State University 13:00-13:05 Welcome 13:05-13:35 Board Composition and Directors' Role: Comparisons and Empirical Evidence Marco Ventoruzzo 13:35-14:05 Independent Directors in Asia: Divergent Convergence Dan Puchniak 14:05-14:35 Studying Executive Compensation J. Mark Ramseyer 14:35-14:50 Questions and Answers 14:50-15:10 Coffee Break 15:10-15:40 England's Experiments in the Corporate Attribution of Illegal Acts James Fisher 15:40-16:10 Overview of the French Contract Law Reform: Implications for Corporate Practice Jacques Buhart 16:10-16:40 Exchanges and Mistrades: Liability Under German Law Harald Baum 16:40-16:55 Questions and Answers 16:55-17:00 End Language English Simultaneous interpretation between English and Japanese will be provided. Moderator Gen Goto, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo Organized by Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo Supported by SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd 2015 Academic Year DIE REFORM DES TRANSPORT- UND SEEHANDELSRECHTS IN JAPAN UND DEUTSCHLAND AUS RECHTSVERGLEICHENDER PERSPEKTIVE Date 27. / 28. Oktober 2015 Place Fukutake Hall, Universität Tokio Contents 27. Oktober Eröffnung und Grußworte Dr. Jan Grotheer, Präsident der Deutsch-Japanischen Juristenvereinigung, Hamburg Nobuo Inada, Staatssekretärim Ministerium der Justiz, Tokio Dr. Stefanie Hubig, Staatssekretärin des Bundesministeriums der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, Berlin Sitzung 1 Wesentliche Merkmale der Transport- und Seerechtsreform Vorsitz: Prof. Tomonobu Yamashita, Doshisha Universität Prof. Tomotaka Fujita, Universität Tokio Dr. Beate Czerwenka, LL.M. (Duke Univ.), Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, Berlin Sitzung 2 Frachtverträge, insbesondere die Haftung des Frachtführers Vorsitz: Dr. Beate Czerwenka Prof. Gen Goto, Universität Tokio Rechtsanwalt Dr. Carsten Harms, Hamburg Sitzung 3 Frachtverträge, insbesondere Vertragsfreiheit, Pflichten des Absenders, Verfügungsrecht und Beförderungsdokumente Vorsitz: Prof. Noboru Kobayashi, Seikei Universität Prof. Hideyuki Matsui, Rikkyo Universität Rechtsanwalt Detlef Neufang, Bonn Sitzung 4 Seefrachtverträge, insbesondere die Haftung des Verfrachters Vorsitz: Rechtsanwalt Hartmuth Sager, Hamburg Prof. Manami Sasaoka, Staatliche Universität Yokohama Rechtsanwalt Prof. Dr. Schwampe, Hamburg 28. Oktober Sitzung 5 Sonstige maritime Verträge (Charterverträge) sowie verkehrsträgerunabhängige Personenbeförderungsverträge Vorsitz: Prof. Tomotaka Fujita, Universität Tokio Prof. Takashi Hakoi, Waseda Universität, Tokio Rechtsanwalt Hartmuth Sager, Hamburg Sitzung 6 Multimodalverträge Vorsitz: Rechtsanwalt Prof. Dr. Schwampe, Hamburg Prof. Fumiko Masuda, Universität Okayama Rechtsanwalt Jan Otto Bodis, LL.M. (Münster), Hamburg Schlussworte und Ende des Symposiums Prof. Kenjiro Egashira, Waseda Universität, Professor emeritus an der Universität Tokio Sponsored with Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung / Japanischer Seerechtsverein Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transportrecht / Deutscher Verein für Internationales Seerecht Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo Das Symposium wird vom Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz und vom Japanischen Justizministerium sowie von folgenden Einrichtungen unterstützt: Tsuneo Ohtori Fund for International Exchange and Academic Research, Japan Maritime Center, The Japanese Shipowners' Association, Tokyo Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. Nikkei Project for Students: Debates with Professor Joseph Nye 'U.S.-Japan Alliance and Asia’s Future' Date October 27, 2015 Place The Ito International Research Center Contents Part I: Keynote Joseph S. Nye, JR, University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard/Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) / Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Part II: Debates Professor Joseph S. Nye, JR and Fumiaki Kubo, Professor, the University of Tokyo Moderator: Tsuyoshi Sunohara, Senior Editor, Nikkei Press / Visiting Professor, Sophia University Sponsored with Nikkei; Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo Public Lecture by Mr. David Harris, Executive Director of AJC Date October 21, 2015 Place Conference Room, 8F, Law Building No.3, University of Tokyo Contents Opening Remarks: Yoichi Nishikawa, Dean, Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo; Junichi Chano, Executive Director, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Speaker: David Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee Title: 'Politics, Society, and Presidential Campaign in the U.S.: An American Jewish Perspective' Moderator: Fumiaki Kubo, Professor, Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo Sponsored with Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership; American Jewish Committee; Study Group in American Politics; Institute of Business Law & Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo The 49th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Modern Issues in American Law Date August 5, 2015 Place Learning Theater, Fukutake Hall, University of Tokyo Contents Moderator: Professor keiichi Karatsu Tom Ginsburg, Professor, The Law School, University of Chicago ‘The evolution of international human rights law in US courts’ Charles W. Mooney, Jr., Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School ‘The "Paripassu" Clause in Sovereign Bonds under New York Law’ Joseph L. Hoffmann, Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law ‘The Extra-Territorial Application of U.S. Criminal Law’ Veronica Taylor, Professor, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific / Affiliate Professor, University of Washington School of Law ‘Exporting Law and Regulation: The Coming Contest between America and China’ Support SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd. 2014 Academic Year The 47th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium The Global Trends in Modern Competition Law & Policy Date August 5, 2014 Place Sanjo Conference Hall, University of Tokyo Contents Moderator: Professor keiichi Karatsu Topic: Evidence in EU cartel proceedings Speaker: Jacques Buhart, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Paris & Brussels Topic: Merger control for the acquisition of non-controlling minority shareholdings: Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Speaker: Andreas Fuchs, Professor, School of Law, Institute of Commercial and Business Law, Osnabruck University Topic: Judicial review in EU competition cases Speaker: Marc van der Woude, Judge, General Court, Court of Justice of the European Union Topic: Your money and your life: The export of U.S. antitrust remedies Speaker: Harry First, Professor, New York University School of Law Topic: The Moral and pedagogic functions of markets in a democratic society and the role of antitrust law Speaker: Howard Langer, Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School / Managing partner of Langer, Grogan & Diver, P.C. Comments in light of trends in Japan Professor Tadashi Shiraishi Support SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd. 2013 Academic Year The 45th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Third Party Investigation Organization for Medical Accidents: How We Should Establish It for Improving Patient Safety Date Saturday, 20 April 2013 Place Room 101, School of Law Bldg. Contents Chairs: Yasuji Kodama, Lawyer/Project Professor, University of Tokyo; Futoshi Iwata, Professor, Sophia University Part 1: Introduction Professor Norio Higuchi; Satoru Honma, Professor, Tsukuba University; Kishiko Hirukawa, Managing Nurse, Tokyo Area Office, Japan Patient Safety Investigation Organization Part 2: Comments Ikuko Toyoda, Safety Manager, Shin-katsushika Hospital; Masanori Tonegawa, Staff Writer, Yomiuri Shimbun; Emi Komiya, Chief Director, NHK Radio; Robert B Leflar, Professor, University of Arkansas; Yoshimasa Nagao, Professor, Nagoya University Co-sponsored with Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants, 'Responsive Regulation on Patient Safety' (Project Leader: Futoshi Iwata) Supported by: Japan Patient Safety Investigation Organization and the Institute of Gerontology, the University of Tokyo 2012 Academic Year The 44th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Corporate Governance Contributing to Create Value of Company -Role of Independent Director- Date 31 January 2013 Place Yayoi Auditorium Ichijyo Hall, University of Tokyo Contents Opening Remarks: Professor Keiichi Karatsu Speeches Title: Corporate Governance Contributing to Create Value of Company-Role of Independent Director- -Supervisory Board and Corporate Govenance Speaker: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku Title: TSE's Concerns and Measures under Consideration Speaker: Hiroyuki Matsuzaki, Director of Listing department, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Title: Proactive Role of Independent Directors to Create Long-term Corporate Value Speaker: Kazuhiro Takei, Attorney-at-Law, NISHIMURA & ASAHI Title: The Role of Outside Directors in Corporate Governance at Hitachi, Ltd. Speaker: Atsushi Doi, General Manager, Legal Division, Hitachi, Ltd. Support East Japan Railway Company SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd. The 43rd Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Roundtable Discussion on Modern Issues about M&As under Corporate and Securities Laws: A Comparative Perspective Date Friday, 3 August 2012 Place Yayoi Auditorium Ichijyo Hall, University of Tokyo Contents EU Takeover Directive A Recent Case in the U.S. MBOs in Japan <Speakers> Harald Baum, MPI Hamburg, Germany Jacques Buhart, McDermott Will & Emery, Paris, France Paul Davies, Oxford University, UK Jill Fisch, University of Pennsylvania, US Curtis Milhaupt, Columbia University, US Hideki Kanda, University of Tokyo Moderator: Keiichi Karatsu, Professor, the University of Tokyo Support SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd. 2011 Academic Year The 41st Comparative Law and Politics Symposium International Dimension of Modern Competition Law and Policy Date Thursday, 4 August 2011 Place Yayoi Auditorium Ichijyo Hall, University of Tokyo Contents Jacques Buhart, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery Paris and Brussels "Recent developments in EU competition rules" Andreas Fuchs, Professor, Osnabruck University "The Transatlantic Gap in Price Squeeze Cases: Linkline Communications, Inc. v. Deutsche Telekom, TeliaSonera et al." Harry First, Professor, New York University School of Law "Microsoft and the Globalization of Antitrust" Michael P. A. Cohen, Partner, Paul Hastings Washington D.C. "Global Competition Law: Really? Why?" Kenju Watanabe, Partner, Paul Hastings Tokyo / New York "Premerger Notifications and Takeovers of Public Companies - A Transactional Lawyer's Perspective" Tadashi Shiraishi, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo "Effects on Domestic Purchasers: A Descriptive Theory for Competition Law on Cross-Border Cases" Q&As Moderator: Keiichi Karatsu, Professor, the University of Tokyo Support SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd. 2010 Academic Year The 40th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Seminar on Cross-Border Insolvency Law Date Friday, 11 March 2011 Place Law School Room #101 Contents Presentations The Honorable Bruce A. Markell, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Nevada Junichi Matsushita, Professor of Law, University of Tokyo Comments Jay L. Westbrook, Professor of Law, University of Texas Hideyuki Sakai, Partner, Bingham, McCutchen & Murase /Sakai, Mimura & Aizawa Moderator Charles W. Mooney, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Organized by Global Centers of Excellence Program"Soft Law and the State-Market Relationship" Program on the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (Tokyo Stock Exchange) Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo University of Pennsylvania Law School The 37th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Modern Issues in American Law Date Wednesday, 4 August 2010 Place ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo, Banquet Room Contents Joseph L. Hoffmann, Professor, Indiana University "Recent Developments in the American Law of Fraud" Charles W. Mooney Jr., Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School "Insolvency Regimes for Large Non-bank Financial Institutions" Christopher H. Hanna, Professor, Southern Methodist University "The Future of Tax Planning in the United States" Veronica L. Taylor, Professor, Regulatory Institutions Network, ANU College of Asia and the Pasific "Exporting U.S. Rule of Law: Lessons from China" Closing: Hideki Kanda, Professor, the University of Tokyo Introduction: Yoshiaki Miyasako, Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo Moderator: Hideki Kanda, Professor, the University of Tokyo Support Nomura Holdings, Inc. and the Commercial Law Center, Inc. 2009 Academic Year The 34th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium M&As:Major Issues in Modern Corporate Law Date Wednesday, 5 August 2009 Place ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo, Banquet Room Contents U.S.-Reinier Kraakman Professor, Harvard Law School "Hostile takeovers and the future of the board-centered model of corporate governance" UK-Paul Davies , Professor, London School of Economics, Department of Law "Sticking with a shareholder-centred approach" Germany-Klaus Hopt, Profssor, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law "Material adverse change (MAC) clauses in financial and takeover law" France-Jacques Buhart, Partner, Herbert Smith LLP, Paris "The new role of the board of directors in hostile takeovers in France and other European countries under the European takeover directive" Coment: Edward B. Rock Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School Coment: Hideki Kanda, Professor, the University of Tokyo Introduction: Hideki Kanda, Professor, the University of Tokyo Moderator: Yoshiaki Miyasako, Professor, University of Tokyo Support Nomura Holdings, Inc. and the Commercial Law Center, Inc. 2008 Academic Year The 32nd Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Recent Issues of American Law Date Tuesday, 5, August 2008 Place ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo, Banquet Room Contents 繝ｻTom Ginsburg, Professor, The Law School, University of Chicago "Recent Developments in International Law in the United States " 繝ｻChristopher Hanna, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University "The Intersection of Tax and Financial Accounting" 繝ｻAnthony Zaloom, Adjunct professor at the University of California at Berkeley; Director, China Profram, BCLBE, Former of-counsel to the Tokyo law firm of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto "An American Legal Transplant: the New Anti Monopoly Law in China" 繝ｻToshiko Takenaka, Professor, University of Washington School of Law "Roles of General Courts and Specialized Courts in Patent Law Jurisprudence・哭essons from U.S. Experiences" 繝ｻVeronica Taylor, Professor, University of Washington School of Law "Doing Business in Developing Markets: New Tools and Insights from Development Law" Introduction: Hideki Kanda, Professor, the University of Tokyo Moderator: Yoshiaki Miyasako, Professor, University of Tokyo Support Nomura Holdings, Inc. and the Commercial Law Center, Inc. 2007 Academic Year The 30th Comparative Law and Politics Symposium Developing International IP Norms for the 21st Century Date Monday, 30 July 2007 Place ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo, Banquet Room Contents Panel discussion I. "Copyright" Moderator: Yuko Kimijima, Associate Professor, Keio University David Vaver, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford "Copyright in the 21st century: a British (and European) Perspective" Diane Zimmerman, Professor, New York University School of Law "Copyright in the 21st century: a US Perspective" Graeme Dinwoodie, Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law "Recent Trends in U.S. Trade Dress Protection for Designs" Panel discussion II. "Patents" Moderator: Toshiko Takenaka, Professor, University of Washington School of Law Rochelle Dreyfuss, Professor, New York University School of Law "Recent US Supreme Court Decisions and Their Impact on IT Related Inventions" Peter Meier-Beck, Judge, German Federal Court of Justice /Professor, Dr., University of Duesseldorf "Patent Quality, in particular nonobviousness, and other current issues in Patent Protection: From a German perspective" Heinz Goddar, German Patent Attorney and European Patent and Trademark Attorney / Professor, Dr., University of Bremen "Patent Quality, in particular nonobviousness, and other current issues in Patent Protection: From an EPO perspective" Introduction: Hideki Kanda, Professor, the University of Tokyo Moderator: Hideaki Kanda, Professor, University of Tokyo Support Nomura Holdings, Inc. and the Commercial Law Center, Inc. Comparative Law and Politics Symposiums before 2007 → ICCLP Annual Report