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2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.715" in Shoji Homu No. 2186.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki co-authored the third article of the series "Business Practices of the Electronic Provision System for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act," with Mr. Shimizu Hiroyuki, Senior Manager of Stock Strategic Consulting Department, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., which appears in February 2019 issue of Business Houmu.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Calls for Public Comments on 'Guidelines Concerning Data for Limited Provision (Draft)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) Releases 2019 Japan Proxy Voting Guidelines" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.12

News

We welcomed new attorneys, Matsuhashi Sho and Kukimoto Sayaka.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 9th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (7)" which appears in the January 2019 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Beppu Fumiya's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association Publishes the Report titled 'How to Prevent Corporate Scandals and Initiatives Made by Auditors, etc.: Based on Analysis of Recent Corporate Scandals and Results of Questionnaire’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

The transcript of the lecture delivered by Mutou Yuuki and Yamashita Takashi, a licensed tax accountant, titled "What is Tax Compliance Now Required? - From the Viewpoint of Cooperation between 'Tax' and 'Legal' -" appears in December 2018 issue of Sozei Kenkyu.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi co-authored an article titled "Plea-bargaining System in Japan and Economic Crimes: Points to　Note in Applying the System" which appears in Business Law Journal No. 130.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Publishes the Overview of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code and the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act - Commentary on the Right of the Spouse of the Deceased to Occupy the House Continuously” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke, Suzuki Tomohiro and Sasaki Tomoo contributed the publication entitled "Questions and Answers: Amendment of Inheritance Laws and Financial Practices" which is published by Economic Legal Research Institute.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 81st article of a series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Employment of a Contract Employee is Terminated in accordance with the Provisions of the Maximum Contract Period" which appears in December 1, 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.12

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "How Legal and HR Departments Should Interpret the Antimonopoly Act, etc. in respect of Human Resources" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

2018.12

PUBLICATIONS

Izumi Atsushi authored an article titled "M&A Keeping in Mind the Post-Merger Integration" which appears as the 9th article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 2 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on December 3, 2018.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki co-authored the second article of the series "Business Practices of the Electronic Provision System for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act," with Mr. Masahiro Nakagawa, Assistant Manager of Corporate Business Agency, Corporate Market Unit, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, which appears in January 2019 issue of Business Houm.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.714," in Shoji Homu No. 2183.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "The Companies Act Subcommittee (regarding Corporate Governance, etc.) of the Legislative Council Discusses Proposed Outline (Interim Proposal) for Revisions to the Companies Act (regarding Corporate Governance, etc.)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Tokumaru Daisuke's commentary titled "Judgment of the First Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Ikegami Masayuki) Concerning each Claim for Damages" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Toji Yoshihiro delivered a lecture titled "Lesson 5 'Countermeasures for Civil Disputes and Litigations' of the Basic Knowledge Seminar for Legal Assistants (Japan)" hosted by the Association of Corporate Legal Departments at the Hotel Tokyo Garden Palace.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Publishes 'Special Measures Act on Smoothing the Use of Owner Unknown Land'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Saito Hiroki authored the 6th (last) article of the series "Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Roles of Auditors, etc.for Corporate Scandals: Detective Controls and Response to Investigation, etc.” which appears in the December 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Publishes the Decision of the Ministry of Justice in Response to an Inquiry Made regarding the System to Remove Gray Zone Areas that Questioned Whether a Service Offered by Judicial Scriveners through the Internet to Create Documents Necessary for Registration Procedures for Head Office Relocation is Legal under the Judicial Scriveners Act” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko's co-authored the 8th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (6)" which appears in the December 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "Sumitomo Corporation Adopts Teleworking and Super-flextime Systems" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Basics of the Subcontract Act and Key Points of Practical Measures to be Taken for the Act" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 80th article of a series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "An Employee Who Undergoes a Major Surgery is Deemed to have Retired due to the Expiration of a Leave of Absence Period" which appears in November 1, 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki's commentary titled "Personal Information Protection Commission Announces Unauthorized Access to Account Information of Facebook Users" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Closes the Investigation on the Suspected Violation of the Antimonopoly Act by Airbnb Ireland UC and Airbnb Japan K.K." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "The Consumer Affairs Agency Publishes Criteria for In-Store Advertisement to Market Mobile Communication Terminals such as Cell Phones in Light of the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki's series of articles titled "Business Practices of the Electronic Provision System for General Shareholders' Meetings after Revision of the Companies Act" co-authored with a banker from major trust banks, which appears in Business Houmu. Ito Hiroki and Mogi Miki, director of the Stock Transfer Agency Business Advisory Department of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, co-authored the 1st article of a series titled "Outline of the Electronic Provision System" which appears in December 2018 issue of Business Houmu.

2018.11

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi and Iida Hiroshi co-authored an article titled "Prescription / Limitation of Period and Management of Continuing Contract - In Light of Amended Law of Obligations -" which appears in Business Law Journal No. 129.

2018.11

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Okushi Kenichi and Yamada Kohei delivered a lecture titled "How the Amendment of the Civil Code will Impact on Transactions with Manufacturers and the Relevant Legal Practices - Key Points in Revising Contract Provisions and Preparing Documents in accordance with the New Rules” at a seminar room of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

2018.11

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Mutou Yuuki delivered a lecture titled "How to Deal with Tax Compliance Issues Revealed by Misconduct" at a seminar by Tax Consulting Firm Trust.

2018.11

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Mutou Yuuki delivered lectures titled "Tips to Handle Tax Investigations Learned from Recent Tax Suits" and "The Latest Trends in Tax Investigations on Large-scale Corporations including Consumer Tax" respectively in the series of lectures titled “Tax Investigations from Lawyers’ Point of View” at Zeimu Kenkyukai.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored an article titled "Appropriate Labor Management of Managerial Positions: Management Supervisor's Approach to and Company's Measures for the Promotion of Work Style Reform" which appears in Roseijiho, 3960.

2018.10

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture titled "EU and JAPAN - World's Largest Free Trade of Information" at an organization meeting of Privacy Rules in London.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Mori Shunsuke authored the 5th article of the series "Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Auditors' Obligation and Responsibility, etc." which appears in the November 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 7th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (5)" which appears in the November 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Okushi Kenichi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Revises the Practical Guidelines for Corporate Governance System (the CGS Guidelines)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.10

News

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article entitled "Lenient Data Management by Google, a Major IT Company, is Revealed - Possibility of Information Leakage of up to 500,000 People -" on the page 2 of the morning edition of the Nikkei dated October 10, 2018.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Nakamura Saeko's commentary titled "The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Announces Execution of Administrative Punishment on Two Worker Dispatching Undertakings which 'Re-dispatch' Workers to System Development Companies" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira's commentary titled "Current Status of Personal Information Protection Laws in Asian Countries, Mainly Focusing on Singapore" which appears in October 2018 issue of JMC Journal, a newsletter issued by Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment.

2018.10

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Mutou Yuuki delivered a lecture titled "What is Tax Compliance Now Required? - From the Viewpoint of Cooperation between 'Tax' and 'Legal' -" with Yamashita Takashi, a licensed tax accountant, at the Japan Tax Association.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Okushi Kenichi authored an article titled "Principles for Customer-oriented Business Operations - Current Status of Initiatives and KPI" which appears as the 7th article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 2 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on October 1, 2018.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "Trial Introduction of 'Fast-track Examination' for Trademark Examination" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.10

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Okushi Kenichi delivered a lecture titled "Amended Law of Obligations and Important Points of Building Master Lease Contracts and Dispute Resolution in Real Property Finance - from Contract Execution with Tenants to Their Bankruptcy" at a seminar room of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 79th article of a series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Consulting with Police on Treatment of a Contractor's Employee Who Leaks Customer Information" which appears in October 1, 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.10

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Karasawa Akira authored the 4th article of the series "Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct” titled “Board of Auditors and Shareholders’ Meeting: Roles which Auditors, etc. should Fulfill for Shareholders” which appears in the October 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.712" in Shoji Homu No. 2178.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Clarifies Which of Bank's Business Matching Services Fall into 'Other Ancillary Services'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 6th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (4)" which appears in the October 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Beppu Fumiya's commentary titled "Case Where the Plaintiff's Claim for Damage is Upheld as a Post regarding the Plaintiff on the Defendant's HP is Determined as an Act of Unfair Competition" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Karasawa Akira authored the 3rd article of the series "Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Board of Auditors and Board of Directors: Important Roles of Auditors, etc. independent of Execution of Operation” which appears in September 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

A book authored by our lawyers entitled "Q&A on Amendment to Law of Obligations - Fully Adapt to the Changes in Financial Business Practice" (recommended by Hosomizo Kiyoshi, special advisor of Iwata Godo and former Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency) is published by Banking Education Co. Ltd.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Yamada Kohei authors a commentary on the release by Suruga Bank of the report of its Third Party Committee (Shoji Homu Portal website)

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "Tokyo Stock Exchange Gave a Notice regarding Changes to the Number of Shares per Share Unit, etc. in accordance with Standardization of Trading Unit" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Izumi Atsushi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Revised the 'Guidelines for Taking Advantage of Spin-off Approach'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.09

News

Matsuda Akira is listed by Global Data Review in "40 under 40 2018," which represents the best lawyers under the age of 40 in the area of data protection.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Sasaki Tomoo's commentary titled "The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Issued a Correction Order to NTT Docomo for Violation of the Act for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Phones" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "Japan Federation of Bar Associations Publishes Guidance to Deal with ESG (Environment, Society and Governance)-related Risks" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.09

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke authored an article entitled "Financial Regulation to be Changed by Fin Tech" which appears as the 6th article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 2 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on September 3, 2018.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 78th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "An Employee who has Returned to Work After Taking Child-Care Leave is Made to Retire from Work" which appears in September 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Karasawa Akira's commentary titled "Japan Audit & Supervisory Board Members Association Publishes the Revised 'Operational Guidelines on Cooperation with Accounting Auditors'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.711" in Shoji Homu No. 2175.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya and Landry Guesdon contributed to the publication entitled "Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2018" which is published by Global Legal Group.

“Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2018”

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "Olympus Settled the Lawsuit for Damages" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 5th article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (3)" which appears in the September 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Toji Yoshihiro authored the publication entitled "Better Understanding of the Civil Code Required for Personnel in Charge of Legal Affairs (Contract part) [the 2nd edition]" which is published by ShojiHomu Co., Ltd.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 77th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Reassignment of Sales Manager Results in a Lower Grade of its Job Rank" which appears in August 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.08

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Motomura Takeshi, Mutou Yuuki and Sasaki Tomoo participated in a panel discussion of IPO seminar jointly held by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Plutus Consulting and Iwata Godo.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "METI's Revision of the 'Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "TSE Publishes Appointment of Independent Directors, Establishment of Nomination and Remuneration Committees, and Disclosure of Sodanyaku, Komon etc. by TSE-Listed Companies" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Eiguchi Manabu authored an article titled "Putting a Scalpel of the Antimonopoly Act into the Area of Labor Laws" which appears as the 5th article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 6 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on August 6, 2018.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

A book entitled "Corporate Legal Strategy for Tax Compliance" is published by Minjihokenkyukai Co., Ltd., which is edited by the Research Division of Tax Suit Practice that forms part of the Comprehensive Legal Study Center of the Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association, writes a preface for this book. In addition, Mutou Yuuki, as an author, contributes to the publication.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki's commentary titled "Judgment of the First Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Kizawa Katsuyuki) Concerning an Appeal against Claim for Payment of Unpaid Wages and the Incidental Appeal" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.08

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Mori Shunsuke authored the 2nd article of the series "Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Auditors' Duty and Authority, etc." which appears in the August 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.

2018.08

News

Matsuda Akira's comment is introduced in Global Data Review.

Matsuda Akira's comment concerning adequacy finding which allows for transfer of personal data between EU countries and Japan is available in Pre-Launch Edition (dated July 27) of Global Data Review, a popular publication in the area of data protection.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.710" in Shoji Homu No. 2173.

2018.07

News

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article entitled "Agreement on Prohibition on Soliciting Employees may Violate the Antimonopoly Act" on the page 11 of the morning edition of the Nikkei dated July 30, 2018.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored an article entitled "Inquiries Concerning Various Transactions and JA's Confidentiality Obligation," which appears in August 2018 issue of JA Kinyu Houmu.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki and Yamada Kohei co-authored an article entitled "Important Points in Acquiring Shares of a Share Certificate-Issuing Company that does not Issue a Share-Certificate - Based on Case Studies of Business Succession," which appears in Business Law Journal No. 126.

2018.07

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Toji Yoshihiro delivered a lecture titled "What is Required Now in Corporate Governance and Compliance" at the Regional Banks Association of Japan.

2018.07

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Motomura Takeshi and Yoshihara Tomomichi delivered a lecture titled "Commentary on Latest Important Judicial Precedents Personnel in Charge of Legal Affairs Need to Know" at TOC Gotanda Messe.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

A book authored by our lawyers entitled "Theories and Business Practices of Prescription and Limitation of Period" is published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.

2018.07

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira participated as a panelist at a lecture titled "The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence - Significance and Legal Implications" at Drew & Napier LLC in Singapore, inviting Professor Shimpo Fumio from Keio University as a guest speaker.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Toji Yoshihiro and Ueda Atsushi represented a bank in a case at the Nagano District Court and a commentary article on its judicial decision made on May 25, 2018 (regarding a case where withdrawals from a corporate pension fund's bank account made based on withdrawal requests submitted by an employee of the corporate pension fund is judged valid because the bank concerned neither recognized nor was able to recognize the intention of such employee to embezzle the deposit although making such requests are abuse of power) appears in Kinyu Houmu Jijo No. 2094 and the Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1546.

2018.07

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Basis of the Subcontract Act and Key Points in its Enforcement Practice" at the seminar room of the Business Research Institute.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "JBA Posted Example Provisions of API Subscription Agreement Proposed based on the Banking Act (Provisional as of July 2018) on its Website" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke contributed to the publication entitled "Answer Book for Civil Trust: Key Points and Guidelines for Practitioners," published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored serial articles entitled "Explain More about Protection of Personal Information on Dispatched Workers" and "Explain More about Application of Variable Working Hours System and Discretionary Working System to Dispatched Workers"(the 18th round of his series entitled “Qs and As on Business Practices under the Revised Worker Dispatching Act”), which appears in the April 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.07

News

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article titled "EU is More Strict on US IT Majors: Google was Imposed a Record EU Antitrust Fine" on the second page of the morning edition dated July 19, 2018.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 4th article of the series “Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases” titled “Theories of Human Resource Management DD (2)” which appears in the August 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "METI Clarifies Interpretation of the Warehousing Business Act in relation to EC's New Service to Deliver Small Parcels from Stockrooms Located in Office Buildings, etc. nearest to Customers"is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Kudo Ryohei authored an article entitled "When an Intellectual Property Personnel in a Manufacturer Needs to Consider Usage of a Photograph - Key Points to Handle a Right regarding Photograph Works - [No. 134, “Point to Reconfirm” Series]” which appears in July 2018 issue of Chizai Kanri (published by Japan Intellectual Property Association).　

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "JFTC Publishes Consultation Cases related to the Antimonopoly Act (FY2017)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article entitled "Cartel leniency in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "Alpine Electronics Answers Questions sent from a Shareholder prior to the 52nd Shareholders' Meeting" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki authored an article entitled "Evolving Corporate Governance - Aiming to Improve Corporate Value -" which appears as the 4th article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 2 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on July 2, 2018.

2018.07

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 76th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Dismissing a Manager for Disciplinary Reasons who does not Accept Resignation under Instruction looking for an Opportunity for Objection" which appears in July 1, 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.07

News

Uenishi Takuya has been abroad to study at University of California, Berkeley from July.

UENISHI Takuya

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi supervised and Ito Hiroki and Saito Hiroki authored the 1st article of the series "[New Series] Introduction Course for Newly Appointed Auditors: Authority, Responsibility, and Response for Misconduct" titled "Laws and Regulations that Auditors, etc. must be familiar with” which appears in the July 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Consumer Affairs Agency Announces Promulgation of 'the Act for Partial Amendments of the Consumer Contract Act'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Tokumaru Daisuke's commentary titled "Ministry of Justice Announces Enactment of the Act for Partial Amendments of the Civil Code (regarding the Age of Majority)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.709" in Shoji Homu No. 2170.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Horita Koji's commentary titled "Japan Patent Office Gives Notice to a Person whose Trademark has already been Applied for Registration by Others" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 3rd article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "Theories of Human Resource Management DD (1)" which appears in the July 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 2nd article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "How to Proceed with DD of Personnel and Labor Management" which appears in the June 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "Judgment of the Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Yamamoto Tsuneyuki) Concerning a Case wherein Payment of Unpaid Wage, etc. is Claimed and a Case wherein Confirmation, etc. of Employment Status is Demanded” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Karasawa Akira co-authored "Product Liability 2018: Japan" which is available on "International Comparative Legal Guides".

2018.06

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture titled "Current Status of Personal Information Protection Laws in Asian Countries, Mainly Focusing on Singapore" at Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Kakuno Shu's commentary titled "Act on the Partial Revision of the Copyright Act (Act No. 30 of 2018)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Takao authored an article entitled "The Organization's Future Depends on the Leader's Judgment" which appears as the 3rd article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 2 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on June 4, 2018.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya and Karasawa Akira co-authored an article entitled "Regarding ITC Investigations under Section 337 of the U.S. Tariff Act - As an Alternative to Lawsuit for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights -" which appears in NBL Vol.1123.

2018.06

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 75th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Getting an Employee to Pay Repair Costs caused by a Vehicle Accident in Transit" which appears in June 1, 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored the 1st article of the series "Practical Tasks of Personnel and Labor Management on M&A Cases" titled "M&A Scheme" which appears in the May 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Nakamura Saeko's commentary titled "Case Where Plaintiff's Injunction and Claim for Damages were Dismissed after Defendant's Activities were Judged not to Fall under Creation of Confusion with Another Person's Goods or Business Stipulated in Item 1, Paragraph 1, Article 1 of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.05

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture titled "Legal Updates for AI Era: Latest Trends regarding Data" at Station Conference Tokyo, inviting Professor Shimpo Fumio from Policy Management Department of Keio University, and Mr. Funayama Satoshi and Ms. Matsuo Sanae from Microsoft Japan Company, Limited as guest speakers. We sincerely thank many people for their attendance.

2018.05

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Mutou Yuuki delivered a lecture titled "Business Practice to Promote Tax Compliance: Commentary on Tax Matters based on Actual Cases from a Perspective of Corporate Governance" at a seminar room of the headquarters of Financial Management Forums, Inc.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Okushi Kenichi's commentary titled "METI Reports Progress of Study Group on Corporate Governance System (CGS)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.708" in Shoji Homu No. 2167.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "Amendment to Article 11 of the Enforcement Rules for the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in relation to Article 24 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke authored an article entitled "Agreement and Indication of Standard Terms and Conditions - Requirements of Incorporation, Applicability of Unfair Terms and Conditions, and Obligation of Indication" which appears in July 2018 issue of Busi

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira authors GDPR Guidebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Applying EU General Data Protection Regulation to Your Business (Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha)

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke's commentary titled "METI Seeks Public Comments on 'Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data (Draft)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Aoki Shinji authored an article entitled "Delay in 'Surrender' by Application for Leniency - Management might Face the Risk of Compensation for Damages" which appears as the 2nd article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 2 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on May 14, 2018.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Horita Koji's commentary titled "NTT Holding Company Announces Implementation of Blocking Internet Sites Providing Pirated Copies" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "Japan Federation of Bar Associations Submits Its Written Opinion Concerning Proposed Revision of Japan's Corporate Governance Code" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Wakabayashi Shigeo, Matsuda Takao and our other lawyers co-authored the publication entitled "Compliance with Amended Civil Code: Key Points to Prepare Contract Documents" which is published by ShojiHomu Co., Ltd.

2018.05

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Toji Yoshihiro, Sakamoto Tomoko and Ito Hiroki held a panel discussion entitled "Issues of Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018 and Countermeasures thereof" at the Second Association of Regional Banks.

2018.05

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Sakamoto Tomoko delivered a lecture entitled "Points of Attention in Managing Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018" at the Second Association of Regional Banks.

2018.05

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 74th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Receiving a Protest that a Reshuffling is Considered as Harassment" which appears in May 1, 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.05

News

We welcomed a new attorney, Ikeda Minako.

IKEDA Minako

2018.04

News

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article on Nikkei.com.

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article titled "EU Sew Up Antitrust Loopholes to Catch IT Majors after 4 Years of Struggle" posted on Nikkei.com dated April 26, 2018.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.707" in Shoji Homu No. 2165.

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 73rd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "Employees Indicate that the Company's Introduction Process of Discretionary Working System is Illegal" which appears in April 1, 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Nanako participates in the writing of Guide to Type II Financial Instruments Business (ShojiHomu)

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Sasaki Tomoo's commentary titled "The Intellectual Property High Court Rendered a Decision in a Case Where the Violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act was Disputed over the Fact that a Former Company Employee Manufactured Products by Illegally Using Trade Secrets of the Former Company after Independence from the Former Company" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.04

News

Matsuda Akira participated in a meeting for discussing a Japanese company's expansion into Saudi Arabia that was held at a law office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, of which scene was featured in a TV program of "Ikegami Akira no news Soudattanoka" (TV Asahi) aired on March 31, 2018.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Uenishi Takuya's commentary titled "FSA Hosts the First Meeting of the 'Study Group on Virtual Currency Exchange Service Providers'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Karasawa Akira's commentary titled "'Personal Information Protection Commission Partially Changes a Report Form about Occurrence of Leakage, etc. of Specific Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki authored an article entitled "'Defensive' Tax Governance" which appears as the 1st article of the series "At the Base of Laws" on page 2 of Kinyu Keizai Shimbun on April 2, 2018.

2018.04

PUBLICATIONS

Kashiwagi Kensuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Updates 'Announcement on the Act for Partial Revision of the Civil Code (the Revision of Law of Obligations) (also Publishes the Related Leaflet and Brochures)'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.03

News

Iwata Godo joined First Law International, a global network of law firms.

http://www.first-law.com/

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.706" in Shoji Homu No. 2162.

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "MLIT Publishes Report of 'Study Group on Liability for Damages in Automated Driving'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Hiroki's commentary titled "Yokogawa Electric Corporation Announces Abolishment of the Senior Advisor, Advisor, and Honorary Corporate Associate Positions" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authors "Changes in Organization and Personnel at Nomura Real Estate Holdings" (Shoji Homu Portal website)

2018.03

News

Fujiwara Hiroki's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

A comment of Fujiwara Hiroki, as an expert lawyer in labor law, was introduced in the article titled "Treatment of Freelance Workers, How to Prevent 'Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position'" in the morning edition of the Nikkei dated March 19, 2018.

FUJIWARA Hiroki

2018.03

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Motomura Takeshi, Eiguchi Manabu, Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture entitled "Seminar on Global Antimonopoly Laws - Key Points in Legal Practices Concerning Enforcement by Antimonopoly Authorities - from Perspectives at Home and Abroad” which was co-hosted by Business Law Journal and our firm at Iwata Godo.

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Ueda Atsushi, Kudo Ryohei and Landry Guesdon authored an English commentary explaining the outline of the Act on Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, etc. as well as the laws and regulations and the industry self-regulations on distribution of pharmaceuticals in Japan, entitled “Distribution and Marketing of Drugs in Japan” which is available on the Practical Law website of Thomson Reuters, UK.

Distribution and Marketing of Drugs in Japan

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Toji Yoshihiro and Kudo Ryohei co-authored an article entitled "Method of Identifying Trade Secrets in Proceedings of Injunction against Unfair Competition Regarding Trade Secrets" which appears in March 2018 issue of Chizai Purizumu.

2018.03

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Ito Hiroki, Kakuno Shu, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei jointly delivered a lecture entitled "Seminar on Interim Proposal Concerning the Revision of Corporate Law System (Related to Corporate Governance, etc.)" at Iwata Godo.

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Iida Hiroshi's commentary titled "Cabinet Decision on the 'Bill for the Act of Partial Revision of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, etc.'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.03

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 72nd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled "The Company Decides against Reemployment of an Employee after Retirement who does not Agree to the Conditions Presented by the Company" which appears in March 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.705" in Shoji Homu No. 2159.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon and Beppu Fumiya co-authored articles entitled "Product liability country questions: Japan" and "Product regulation, safety and recall country questions: Japan" which appear in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Tago Shinya, Landry Guesdon, Kakuno Shu and Karasawa Akira co-authored an article entitled "Distribution country questions: Japan" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "Personal Information Protection Commission Publishes 'Announcement on Opt-out Notification File to be Revised'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki's commentary titled "National Tax Agency Publishes 'View Regarding Tax Rules on Winnings on Horseracing Betting'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Toji Yoshihiro, Ito Hiroki, Mori Shunsuke and Yamada Kohei co-authored an article entitled "Points to be Noted toward Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018" which appears in featured articles "Practical Measures to be Taken for 2018 Shareholders' Meeting (1)” in Shoji Homu No. 2159.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Akira authored an article entitled "How to Cope with U.S. Authorities' Tighter Regulations on Anticompetitive Employment Practices" which appears in April 2018 issue of Business Law Journal.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Eiguchi Manabu authored an article entitled "-How to Prepare for Investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission- Enforcement Status of the Subcontract Act and Points for Compliance with the Act"which appears in Netpress provided by SMBC’s social gathering for discussion of business operations.

2018.02

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture entitled "Course to Learn the Subcontract Act in Relation to Private Brands (PB)" at the Fair Trade Institute.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored articles entitled "Explain More about Termination of Worker Dispatch Contract and Direct Employment of Dispatched Worker", "Explain More about Premature Termination of Worker Dispatch Contract" and Are There Cases Where Direct Employment of Dispatched Workers Is Required?” (the 17th round of his series entitled "Qs and As on Business Practices under the Revised Worker Dispatching Act") which appears in the March 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Mutou Yuuki authored with Yamashita Takashi, a licensed tax accountant, an article entitled "Introduction to Corporate Governance on Tax Matters (6): Importance in Tackling Various Problems withTransfer Pricing from the Legal Perspective" which appears in April 2018 issue of Business Houmu.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Matsuda Takao's commentary titled "Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Releases a Notice about Receipt of Investigation Report from the Third Party Committee and Measures to be Taken, Etc." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Ito Nanako's commentary titled "Bank of Japan Publishes Payment Settlement Systems Report - Annex 'Special Issue: FinTech - Financial Innovation and FinTech -'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Tokumaru Daisuke's commentary titled "The Ministry of Justice Releases Study Report on the Owner's Consent Required for Construction of a Private Road Which is Owned by Several Persons" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.02

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture entitled "Personal Information Protection Seminar - Focusing on Latest Trend in Handling Practices of GDPR" at JR Gate Tower Conference in Nagoya. We sincerely thank many people for their attendance.

2018.02

News

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article entitled "International Collaboration Enhanced for Cartel Investigation" in the morning edition of the Nikkei on February 19, 2018.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

The lawyers of our firm participated in the writing of "5,000 Lectures on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions" (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)

2018.02

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture entitled "Outline of Regulations on Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Data and Handling of Practical Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region" as part of "Global Data Protection Seminar – Focusing on Latest Trend in Handling Practices of GDPR” hosted by Iwata Godo with Mr. Takeshige Sugimoto, a lawyer from Brussels Office of Gibson Dunn Crutcher LLP, as a guest speaker and held in a conference room at JP TOWER Hall & Conference (on the 5th floor of KITTE in Tokyo). We sincerely thank many people for their attendance.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Mori Shunsuke's commentary titled "Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Releases Summary Report of GPIF's Stewardship Activities in 2017" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi authored an article entitled "Commentary on Tokyo District Court Decision for Olympus Accounting Fraud Case - CEO Dismissal and Best Practice for Officers in the Age of Monitoring" which appears in February 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Gekkan Kansayaku.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Motomura Takeshi and Eiguchi Manabu authored an article entitled "Key Points in Reviewing Manual on Compliance with Investigation Procedures under the Anti-monopoly Act - Defensive Measures through Across-the-Board Cooperation for On-site Inspection" which appears in March 2018 issue of Business Law Journal.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Kakuno Shu and Iida Hiroshi authored an article entitled "Financial crime in Japan: overview" which appears in Thomson Reuters' Practical Law.

Practical Law

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Yamada Kohei's commentary titled "Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) Releases 2018 Japan Proxy Voting Guidelines" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.02

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 71st article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "The Case on a Big Cut of Wages for Employees Aged 55 or Older" which appears in February 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Personal Information Protection Commission Releases the Hiyari Hat (Near-miss) Instance Regarding Personal Information on its Website" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Izumi Atsushi's commentary titled "Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Releases 'Excellent Integrated Reports and Most-improved Integrated Reports Selected by GPIF's Asset Managers Entrusted with Domestic Equity Investment'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Tomita Yusuke contributed to the publication entitled "Management and Succession of Property by Using Family Trust" which is published by Seibunsha.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.704" in Shoji Homu No. 2156.

2018.01

News

Matsuda Akira's comment was introduced in the article of the Nikkei.

Matsuda Akira's comment on effects of "EU's Digital Single Market" strategy and law enforcement outlook was introduced in the article titled "EU Commission Fines Qualcomn - Stop! - Winner Takes All" in the morning edition of the Nikkei dated January 26, 2018.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.01

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Toji Yoshihiro delivered a lecture entitled "Learning the Civil Code from Contractual Practice - Cultivating Structural Thinking Process of the Civil Code Considering its Revision -" at a conference room on the 3rd floor of Shoji Houmu.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Uenishi Takuya's commentary titled "Fair Trade Commission Issues Cease and Desist Order and Order for Payment of Surcharge against Uniform Suppliers for Railway Companies" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.01

Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

Ito Hiroki delivered a lecture entitled "Summary of the Fair Disclosure Rules and Measures Taken by Companies" as part of "IR Seminar" hosted by Mizuho Trust & Banking Co,. Ltd. both at the 4th-floor hall of Otemachi Sankei Plaza (Tokyo venue)

2018.01

News

Matsuda Akira authored an article entitled "Latest Trend in Legal Practices for Antitrust and Competition Laws in ASEAN -Third Case of International Cartel Made Public in Singapore: Highest Penalty Ever," which is available on the website: Lexology.

MATSUDA Akira

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Nakamura Saeko's commentary titled "Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. Announces its Receipt of Recommendation for Correction and Guidance Concerning to the Discretionary Working System for Management-related Work" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 70th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" entitled, "Is it OK to Lower Working Conditions for an Employee Transferred to a Split Company?" which appears in January 2018 issue of Roumu Jijo.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Okushi Kenichi's commentary titled "The Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court Rendered a Decision that the Lessee's Assertion of Non-liability for Penalty Debt because of Absorption-type Company Split is against the Principle of Good Faith" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Fujiwara Hiroki authored an article entitled "What Measures Should be Taken for Labor Union Temporary Workers Join?" (the 16th round of his series entitled "Qs and As on Business Practices under the Revised Worker Dispatching Act") which appears in the February 2018 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

2018.01

PUBLICATIONS

Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.703" in Shoji Homu No. 2154.

2018.01

News

Aoki Shinji and Muto Yuuki were appointed as partners of our office.