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	Japanese Arbitration – Much Work Done; Much Still to Do February 2012 Mark Goodrich This year will mark the 13th year since Mark Goodrich first advised a Japanese party in arbitration. In that time, Japanese arbitration has come a long away - from an antiquated arbitration law and lack of knowledge of its merits to a modern arbitration law based on the UNCITRAL model law and an increasingly sophisticated understanding of international arbitration in major Japanese corporates. However, there remains much work to do in order to make Japan a significant jurisdiction for international arbitration.
	FSA publishes Discussion Paper on implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive February 2012 Stuart Willey, Carmen Reynolds, Matthew Judd The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFMD"), adopted on 8 June 2011, will have to be transposed in national legislation by EU Member States by 22 July 2013. This gives Member States approximately 18 months to prepare.
	How to Implement a Cross-Border Human Resources Policy February 2012, Global HR Hot Topic Donald C. Dowling, Jr. In this era of internationally-aligned business operations, multinational headquarters launch all sorts of cross-border human resources policies. Multinationals these days issue, for example: global codes of conduct; global and regional employee handbooks; one-off stand-alone policies on human resources topics (discrimination and harassment, email monitoring, anti-bribery, smoking and dozens of other topics); global safety protocols (global disaster-response, pandemic policies, global sets of "cardinal safety rules"); global intranets containing work rules; one-time global orders like litigation holds and crisis communications; global and regional sales commission plans—and so many others.
	EU Environment Report January 2012 In this issue: Automobiles: Commission proposes changes to pollution limits for cars Chemicals: New Biocides Regulation approved by Parliament; 20 substances added to REACH Candidate List; REACH representatives for non-EU companies Climate Change: Successful agreement reached at UN climate change meeting in Durban; Commission publishes cost analysis of 30% CO2 target Electronics: New Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ("WEEE") Directive approved by European Parliament Energy: EU Energy Roadmap to 2050 published Other: Commission publishes draft State aid rules for EU Emissions Trading Scheme; Commission makes legislative proposal for new Public Procurement rules The Months Ahead: Workshops & Conferences
	EU tightens Iran Sanctions with embargo on Iranian oil and petrochemicals plus new sanctions on precious metals, diamonds and key equipment & technology for the petrochemical sector January 26, 2012 James R.M. Killick, Sara Nordin, Fabienne Vermeeren, Charlotte Van Haute On 23 January 2012, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted further measures to tighten existing EU sanctions against Iran by introducing an embargo on the imports/purchase/transport of Iranian crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products (and related financing, financial assistance, insurance); prohibiting the sale, supply and transfer of key equipment and technology for the petrochemical industry in Iran; prohibiting or restricting certain technical and financial assistance and investment and joint ventures in the petrochemical sector; prohibiting the sale, purchase, transportation or brokering of gold, precious metals and diamonds to Iranian parties linked to the Government; expanding the list of dual-use items whose supply, sale or transfer is prohibited; prohibiting the delivery of new or unissued Iranian denominated banknotes and coins to the Central Bank of Iran, and adding further parties to the asset freeze list (including the Central Bank of Iran and Bank Tejarat).

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