Explanatory Notes for a Supreme Court judgment in which it was held that, with respect to damages representing lost profit suffered by a lessee of a store space due to the lessor's failure to fix its defects, at least part of the damage suffered after the time the lessee could have taken measures to avoid or mitigate the damage may not be considered "damage that is usually suffered as stipulated by Article 416, Paragraph 1 of the Civil Code" (Supreme Court Judgment issued by the Second Petty Bench on January 19, 2009)

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The case where director’s liability pursuant to a shareholders’ lawsuit includes director’s liability resulting from transactions with a company

Impact on an obligee's right to demand recession of the act of one of two obligors who bear a joint and several obligation in selling its own property, where the other obligor has provided its own property as security for the whole amount of the obligation

Enactment of the Tort Law of the People’s Republic of China and trends of civil law in China

Theory and Practice in International Dispute Resolution

Strategy Planning for International Disputes and Dispute Resolution Clauses - Based on the Working Draft of New Provisions for International Jurisdictions

Obligations of Arbitrators to Investigate and Disclose Conflicts of Interest - How Members of Large Law Firms should Satisfy These Obligations-