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In the majority of commercial disputes, there is contention over the amount of compensation for damages, and it is not uncommon for the parties' ultimate concern to be about that amount. However, it appears that sufficient attention is not always paid to the fundamental question of how to calculate the amount of this compensation, particularly the compensation for lost profits.

Therefore, at the seminar, we used recent commercial disputes as reference (studies based solely on information in the public domain) to explain the concepts and methods of calculating the amount of compensation for lost profits. In addition, we also tried to look at matters that might prove to be points of contention in commercial dispute cases.

The types of cases covered in the seminar were as follows:  

 - Claims for damages related to the unilateral suspension, etc., of on-going transactions (e.g. Samsung vs. Sharp, and Teijin vs. Kaketsuken, etc.)

    - Claims for damages incurred through the leakage of corporate information (e.g. Edion vs. Joshin Denki, and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal vs. POSCO, etc.)

    - Claims for damages incurred as a result of malicious rumors, or defamation of reputation or image (e.g. The case of CoCo Ichibanya's disposal of meat cutlets. The damage caused by malicious rumors in relation to nuclear incidents, etc. )

大多数の商事紛争においては、損害賠償額の争いがあり、当事者の究極的な関心はその金額であることは珍しくありません。しかしながら、損害賠償額、とりわけ逸失利益としての損害賠償額をどのように算定するべきかという基本的な問題については必ずしも十分な注意が払われていないようです。

そこで、本セミナーでは、最近の商事紛争を題材として(あくまでも公表情報ベースでの検討です)、逸失利益としての損害賠償額の算定の考え方や方法を解説しました。また、商事紛争の事例において争点となりうるポイントについて検討を試みました。

セミナーで取り上げた事例類型は以下の通りです。 

 〇 継続的取引の一方的な中止等に関わる損害賠償請求(例:サムソンvsシャープ、帝人 vs 化血研等。)

 〇 企業情報漏えいに伴う損害賠償請求(例:エディオンvs上新電機、新日鐵住金vsポスコ等。)

 〇 風評・評判・イメージ毀損に伴う損害賠償請求(例:CoCo壱番屋の廃棄カツ事件。原子力事故に関わる風評被害等。)