Domestic and International Litigation / Dispute Resolution

Our firm has worked on various litigation and arbitration matters, as well as dispute settlement negotiations. In addition to general civil and commercial matters such as debt collection and claims for damages, we also have extensive experience handling specialized disputes such as those related to intellectual property (please see the “Intellectual Property Rights” page), tax, labor, and administrative issues, as well as enforcing judgments and obtaining temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions.

We are particularly adept at negotiating out of court and quickly resolving disputes before they ever turn into litigation. We will, of course, ensure that our client’s intentions are taken into account every step of the way.

In addition to domestic cases, we also handle international matters such as international arbitrations and negotiate on behalf of our clients in their disputes with foreign companies.

Representative matters in which our attorneys have been involved

• Extensive experience in handling actions seeking damages and injunctive relief based on intellectual property laws such as the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and the Copyright Act.
• Actively involved in disputes in tax and other specialized areas of the law.
• Have handled and resolved many cases involving services agreements, sales and purchase agreements, and other agreements between companies in various industries, primarily where the issue is breach of contract or tort liability.
• Have handled many labor disputes between companies and employees (primarily representing the employer) and also have experience in specialized dispute resolution proceedings such as labor trials.
• Broad experience handling special types of debt collection, including the formulation and implementation of methods for preserving claims that use a floating chattel mortgage, aggregate assignment of claims, factoring, or other complex methods of securing claims, as well as the extension of security interest to the proceeds of the collateral based on statutory liens for sale of movables.

Publications

• Damages incurred by companies and the effective use of Article 248 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Hanrei Times, No. 1299)
• Japan Legal Developments – Introduction of rules for international jurisdiction (Teikoku Databank, Foreign Market Specialists Newsletter Seminar, 2012)
• Overview of Private International Law (Yuhikaku) (co-author)
• English-Japanese bilingual U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (LexisNexis) (co-author and translator)
• International civil procedure law in the midst of globalization (Jurist, No. 1232)
• International jurisdiction in joint suits through the eyes of case law (Osaka University School of Law, 50th Anniversary Memorial Essays)
• Infringement of Japanese patent rights by multinational corporate groups and international jurisdiction in Japan (L&T, No. 18)