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On March 31 2009, the Study Committee on the Amendment to the Civil Claims Law published a report entitled The Policy Underlying a Proposed Amendment of the Claims Law, which proposes model statutory text and explanatory commentary intended to stimulate and assist the Diet in amending Japan's Civil Code. The Committee, formed on October 7 2006 with the aim of making a new Civil Code model that integrates case law, established practices, contemporary legal theories and insightful legal commentary with the existing statutory code, is comprised of Japanese civil law scholars.

Politicised enforcement and inconsistency is frightening corporate counsel. That and Satyam

Recently the Slovak Republic, in an attempt to foster the attractiveness of investments in renewable energy technologies and to meet the country's EU targets, adopted a bill on the promotion of the renewable energy and high-efficiency cogeneration (RES Promotion Act). Main incentive schemes will enter into force on January 1 2010.

Amidst the global financial crisis in 2008, the governments of various countries in Asia provided blanket guarantees on all bank deposits to maintain confidence in their financial systems. In order to remain financially competitive in the region, Singapore introduced a similar guarantee scheme.

Hans Corell, ex-legal counsel to the UN, promotes greater coordination between the IBA and other world organisations

The Austrian Stock Corporation Amendment Act 2009 (AktRÄG), which entered into force on August 1 2009 introduces new rules that are aimed at facilitating (foreign) shareholders' participation and voting in shareholder meetings and thus at increasing free float shareholders' participation. The AktRÄG applies to shareholder meetings convened after July 31 2009.

Gide Loyrette Nouel has relocated Jacques Bernard de Servigny to its Ho Chi Minh City office to lead the firm’s Vietnam practice. De Servigny was previously in charge of the Budapest office. Samantha Campbell also joins the firm’s Ho Chi Minh City team after joining Gide from Sullivan & Cromwell in London.

Muhammad Uteem of Uteem Chambers explains why Mauritius is an increasingly attractive location in which to structure Islamic products

Laura Bushnell is joining King & Spalding in Silicon Valley from Latham & Watkins.

Ahmed Barakat and Ezekiel Tuma of Al-Sarraf & Al-Ruwayeh look at the resources available to secured and unsecured creditors of insolvent companies