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2021

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Restraints of Trade and Dominance in Japan: Overview" and "Cartel Leniency in Japan: Overview" in Practical Law of Thomson Reuters.

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article titled "Corporate Investigations 2022: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.751" in Shoji Homu No. 2282.

• 2021.12
  News

  The Nikkei carried a comment by Uenishi Takuya.

  Uenishi Takuya's comment appeared in Nikkei article "Collusion is not Accepted in the Shareholders Meeting: Kansai Super and H2O are Integrated Today. Transparency is Essential for Resolution Rules." on page 17 of its morning edition dated December 15, 2021.

  • UENISHI Takuya

  • Corporate
  • Crisis Management
  • M&A
• 2021.12
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture "Recent Trends in the Subcontract Act: Legal Basics and Establishing a Compliance Framework in Light of JFTC Actions" at the Business Research Institute.

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Eiguchi Manabu and Ishikawa Teppei co-authored "Impact on Competition Law AI Brings About - from Digital Cartels to the Compliance System Required in the Digital Age -" in December 2021 issue of Chizaikanri.

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuhashi Sho's commentary "Japan Fair Trade Commission's Handling of the Case of Alleged Violations of the Antimonopoly Act against Rakuten Group" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Kaneki Nobuyuki co-authored "Pharmaceutical Industry (4)" for the series "Labor Management Counseling for the Working Styles of Different Industries and Occupations" in the January 2022 issue of the journal "Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A".

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kaneki Nobuyuki's commentary "Consumer Affairs Agency Held Study Group Session No. 5 on Affiliate Advertising" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.750" in Shoji Homu No. 2279.

• 2021.12
  News

  The Nikkei carried a comment by Uenishi Takuya.

  His comment appeared in the Nikkei article "Osaka High Court Overrules District Court, Allows Integration at Kansai Super Market" on page 17 of its morning edition of December 8.

  • UENISHI Takuya

  • Corporate
  • Crisis Management
  • M&A
• 2021.12
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored "High Income Professional Contract Employee Not Paid for Overtime" in the December 1 issue of Roumu Jijo (117th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!").

• 2021.12
  News

  The Nikkei morning edition of December 1 carried an article "ITOCHU Launches a Tire in England with Traceable Raw Materials".

  The Nikkei published the article on the commercialization of "Project Tree" of ITOCHU Corporation (for which Landry Guesdon of IWATA GODO serves as an advisor) on page 14 of its morning edition of December 1. "Project Tree" is the first blockchain-based natural rubber traceability and sustainability project in the world and utilizes the value chain of ITOCHU's subsidiary PT. Aneka Bumi Pratama, a major Indonesian natural rubber processing company, and European Tyre Enterprise Limited, a major tire wholesaler and retailer.

  • Landry GUESDON

  • International
• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Motomura Takeshi and Saito Hiroki co-authored "Directors, Statutory Auditors and Risk Management/Internal Control Systems" in the December issue of the journal Kansayaku.

• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Maruyama Shinji's commentary "National and Tokyo Associations of Shareholder Affairs (Kabukon) Release their October 22, 2021 Proposal 'Conducting Virtual Shareholder Meetings' " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.11
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Tomita Yusuke and Mori Shunsuke conducted a seminar for compliance managers at the Regional Banks Association of Japan.

• 2021.11
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Kashiwagi Kensuke and Ito Nanako delivered a lecture "Documentation of Trusts and Transactions in the Trading of Trust Beneficiary Rights, from Registration Procedures to Compliance" at KK Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai (Financial Management Forums, Inc.).

• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kudo Ryohei's commentary "Osaka District Court Finds Corporate Directors Liable for Patent Infringement under Companies Act Art. 429, Par. 1" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Uenishi Takuya's commentary "OK Corporation Announces its Petition for Provisional Injunction to Suspend 'Share Exchange' of Kansai Super Market Ltd." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.11
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Ito Hiroki delivered an online seminar "Training for Virtual Shareholder Meetings", available on the "e-JINZAI for business" service of Bizup Research Institute Inc.

• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Pharmaceutical Industry (3)" for the series "Labor Management Counseling for Working Styles in Different Industries and Occupations" in the December issue of the journal "Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A".

• 2021.11
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Kudo Ryohei delivered a poster presentation titled "Comparison of cell-free DNA release mechanism between normal cells and tumor cells using in vitro model" at the General Assembly of the Medical Congress of the Tokyo Medical University.

• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Kudo Ryohei, and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored the Japan chapter of "Global Legal Insights to: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2021", published by Global Legal Group.

  • Global Legal Insights to: AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2021
• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Fukatsu Haruno, and Matsuhashi Sho co-authored "PRIVACY AND CYBERSECURITY LAW/Japan:Privacy" in The GDR Insight Handbook 2022.

• 2021.11
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored "Part-Time Employees' Work Hours Significantly Reduced in a Shift Change due to Decline in Sales" in the November 1 issue of Roumu Jijo (116th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!").

• 2021.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kudo Ryohei and Saito Hiroki co-authored "How to Deal with Rising Risk of Information Leakage? Countermeasures for Protecting and Handling Trade Secrets - Case 1: External Cyber Attacks, Case 2: Negligence and Non-Compliance by Current Employees, Case 3: Misappropriation of Information by a Departing Employees and Alleged Disclosure/Use at his/her New Employer” in the December issue of Business Houmu (published by Chuokeizai-Sha).

• 2021.10
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Kashiwagi Kensuke and Ito Nanako delivered a lecture titled "Basic Knowledge of Trust and Trading Operations for the Business of Trading in Trust Beneficiary Rights, Ranging from Registration Procedures to Compliance" at a seminar room of Kabushiki Kaisha Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai at Green Hill Building.

• 2021.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Adachi Makoto's commentary "The Ministry of Justice Releases Materials on the 7th Meeting of the Security Interests Subcommittee of its Advisory Council on the Legal System" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Saito Hiroki, and Ito Natsuho co-authored "Lexology GTDT - Cloud Computing 2022", published by Law Business Research.

  • Lexology GTDT - Cloud Computing 2022
• 2021.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary "Trends in Actions Taken by Fair Trade Commissions in Japan and Other Countries " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored "Pharmaceutical Industry (2)" for the series "Labor Management Counseling for the Working Styles of Different Industries and Occupations" in the November issue of the journal "Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A".

• 2021.10
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukuchi Takumi authored "Recruiting and Hiring Foreigners Working in Japan" in Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho No. 4022.

  • Lexology GTDT - Cloud Computing 2022
• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Motomura Takeshi and Saito Hiroki co-authored an article titled "Points of Communications with Outside Directors in Normal Times and in the Event of Emergency" which appears in October 2021 issue of Journal for Audit & Supervisory Board Members.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 115th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled "A Employee Pursues Company's Liabilities for its Harassment against him/her because he/she has Reported Directors that his/her Colleague has Violated the Company’s Internal Regulations.” which appears in October 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.748" in Shoji Homu No. 2274.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Releases the "Interim Report of the Study Group on Platform Services" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.09
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Fujiwara Hiroki, Kudo Ryohei, and Saito Hiroki conducted a seminar titled "Labor Management and Information Security Measures during Telework" at Tokyo Hosen-Kai.

• 2021.09
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira served as a panelist at a panel discussion titled "Ethics and Consent: Marketing and an Ethical Use of Data" of the webiar "Ethics and Consent: Marketing and an Ethical Use of Data" which was hosted by PrivSec Globa and held on September 22, 2021.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Consumer Affairs Agency Ordered BICCAMERA INC. and BICSHUHAN INC. to Take Measures pursuant to the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.09
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Okushi Kenichi conducted a special seminar titled "Legal Issues and Practices in Litigations on Flood Damage" at the JPI Conference Square.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki co-authored "Pharmaceutical Industry (1)" for the series "Labor Management Counseling for Working Styles in Different Industries and Occupations" in the October issue of the journal "Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A".issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukatsu Haruno's commentary titled "The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Releases the Materials of the Study Group (6th Meeting) on the Diversifying Rules of Labor Contracts" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukasawa Atsushi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Publicized the 'Summary of the Study Group on the Authorization Scheme for Information Trust Functions' and the Result of Solicitation of Comments on the Fore-Mentioned Proposal’ as well as the ‘Guidelines for Authorization of Information Trust Functions ver.2.1’ " is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.09
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 114th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled "The company will claim for compensation for damages from its former employee who has violated the duty not to compete." which appears in September 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko, Noguchi Daisuke, Ito Natsuho, Anzai Kazuto, Matsuda Taiki, Okanami Kentaro, and Bando Taisei co-authored the publication entitled "Summary of Orders for Annual Labor Precedents 2021 Version" which is published by Roumugyousei Co., Ltd.

• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Karashima Satoshi's commentary titled "euglena Co., Ltd. Releases Notice Regarding Decision on Date and Time of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (Virtual Only General Meeting of Shareholders) and Partial Amendment of Articles of Incorporation” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.747" in Shoji Homu No. 2271.

• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Uenishi Takuya, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2021" which is published by Global Legal Group.

  • Global Legal Insights to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2021
• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kitagawa Hiroki's commentary titled "Personal Information Protection Commission Publicized the Points to Note When Handling Specific Personal Information (Case Studies)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.08
  News

  Matsuda Akira's comment on the amendment to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in 2022 appears in the article (dated August 9, 2021) titled "Japan revised guidelines tighten data security" of Global Data Review.

  Matsuda Akira's comment regarding 2020 Amendment of the Personal Information Protection Act appeared in the article titled "Japan's privacy amendments finalised" (dated June 17, 2020) at Global Data Review.

  • MATSUDA Akira
  • Global Data Review

  • Intellectual Property
  • International
• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 113th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled "An Employee Qualified as Operation Manager Will be Transferred to the Warehouse Department" which appears in August 1 and 15, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 21st article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (6)" which appears in the September 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.08
  News

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

  Matsuda Akira's comment appeared in the Nikkei. His comment appeared in the August 7, 2021 Nikkei article "US to Step Up Enforcement Against No-Poach Agreements and Other Employer Cartels"

  • MATSUDA Akira

  • Competition /Antitrust Law
  • Features of Our Practices
• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujinami Tomonori's commentary titled "Hobby Japan Co., Ltd. Takes Disciplinary Action Leading to Termination of Employment Against an Employee who Made Inappropriate Statements on SNS, etc." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "Tokyo Stock Exchange Publicized Various Procedures for Selection of New Market Segment." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.08
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Ikeda Minako, and Landry Guesdon co-authored "Pharmaceutical Advertising 2021: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.

• 2021.08
  News

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• 2021.07
  News

  We formed a business alliance with Tsujimaru International Patent Office for the purpose of further strengthening our legal services in the intellectual property law field.

  • Tsujimaru International Patent Office
• 2021.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.746"in Shoji Homu No. 2269.

• 2021.07
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Measures against the Revised Antimonopoly Act-Points of the Revised Act and Investigation Work under the COVID-19 Catastrophe" at AOS Data Kabushiki Kaisha.

• 2021.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kukimoto Sayaka's commentary titled "Personal Information Protection Commission, Japan Updated 'Guidelines for the Laws concerning the Protection of Personal Information' and 'Q&A on Measures to Be Taken When Cases of Leakage of Personal Data Occurred, etc.’” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Kaneki Nobuyuki co-authored the 20th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (5)" which appears in the August 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ikeda Minako's commentary titled "The Personal Information Protection Commission Requests for Public Comments on a Proposal to Partially Revise the Guidelines for the Proper Handling of Specific Personal Information" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.07
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Kashiwagi Kensuke and Ito Nanako delivered a lecture titled "Basic Knowledge of Trust and Trading Operations for the Business of Trading in Trust Beneficiary Rights, Ranging from Registration Procedures to Compliance" at a seminar room of Kabushiki Kaisha Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai at Green Hill Building.

• 2021.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukuchi Takumi's commentary titled "With Respect to the Proposal for the Election of Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members, the Proposal of the Company by the Request of Audit and Supervisory Committee Members Conflicts with the Proposal of the Activist, --Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Hosted by TENMA Corporation as of June 29, 2021” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.07
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke, Suzuki Tomohiro, and Sasaki Tomoo co-authored "Reference Examples of Bank Transaction Agreement - Commentary on Practices" which is published by Economic Legal Research Institute.

• 2021.07
  News

  We welcomed a new attorney, Kitagawa Hiroki.

  • KITAGAWA Hiroki
• 2021.07
  News

  Yamada Kohei has been abroad to study at the Cornell Law School from July.

  • YAMADA Kohei
• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 112nd article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "It is likely that the employee hospitalized due to overwork will claim compensation for damages from the director." which appears in July 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored an article titled "Lifting of Digital Payment of Salary and Its Impact on Financial Transactions" which appears in Ginko Jitsumu No. 747 (July 2021 issue).

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.745" in Shoji Homu No. 2266.

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Mutou Yuuki contributed to the publication entitled "Tax Law Hanrei Hyakusen (the Selection of 100 Statutes and Precedents) [the 7th edition]", which is published by Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd.

• 2021.06
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira served as a moderator at a panel discussion titled "Exploring and exploiting new opportunities in data" at an online conference titled "GDR Connect 2021" which was held from June 22 through 26, 2021 (Japan Time).

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Yamada Kohei and Landry Guesdon co-authored an article titled "Product Liability 2021: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Eiguchi Manabu and Kudo Ryohei contributed to as editors and authors, and Saito Hiroki, Sekiguchi Akimasa and Adachi Makoto authored, the publication entitled "Q&A: Complexity and Business Practice of the Anti-Monopoly Act and Intellectual Property Rights; Guidance for Achieving Compliance by Understanding from Basics to Applications,” which was introduced in “Introduction of New Publications” of June 2021 issue of Chizaikanri.

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke authored the publication entitled "Challenge the 80 Conundrums of Trust!" which was published by Nihon Kajo Publishing Co., Ltd.

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuhashi Sho's commentary titled "LIXIL Provided the Supplementary Explanation Regarding the Proposal for Partial Amendment to Articles of Incorporation to Enable a Virtual-Only Type of General Meeting of Shareholders." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 19th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (4)" which appears in the July 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.06
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kaneki Nobuyuki's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency announces Q&A for Financial Institutions Concerning the Identification Method that can be Completed Online under the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds" is available onthe Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.06
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira served as a speaker at a panel discussion titled "Transferring E-commerce Related Data In and Out of China" at an online conference titled "Round-the-World Overflight on Privacy and Cybersecurity In E-commerce" which was held from June 1 (Tuesday) through 3 (Thursday), 2021 (Japan Time).

• 2021.06
  News

  We welcomed a new attorney, Fujinami Tomonori.

  • FUJINAMI Tomonori
• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 111th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "the Company removes a male employee who wears his makeup from over-the-counter operations." which appears in June 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.05
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu conducted a seminar titled "Points for Establishment and Operation of Whistleblower Mechanism - Commentary by the Highly-Experienced Operational Personnel and Lawyer, in Anticipation of the Amended Whistleblower Protection Act" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Maruyama Shinji's commentary titled "The Board of Directors' Resolution Opposing the Shareholder Proposals (NS Solutions Corporation)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Uenishi Takuya's commentary titled "Tokyo Stock Exchange Publicizes Trends of Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Held by the Companies of which Fiscal Year Ending March 2021." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 18th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (3)" which appears in the June 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 17th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (2)" which appears in the May 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukuchi Takumi contributed to the publication of "Case Studies of Dismissal, Refusal to Renew Employment, and Disciplinary Action for Employers' Reference" which is published by Seirin Shoin.

• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Adachi Makoto, and Kukimoto Sayaka co-authored the Japan Chapter of "Data Protection 3rd Edition Country Comparative Guide" which appears on the Legal 500 web site.

• 2021.05
  PUBLICATIONS

  Noguchi Daisuke authored an article titled "Recent Trends of a Lawsuit on a Losing Betting Ticket - Consideration on the Judgement Made on November 4, 2020 by the Tokyo High Court" which appears on 881st issue of T&A master.

• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 110th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "The Company will Dismiss the Sales Manager on Disciplinary Grounds for the Suspicion of Soliciting His Subordinate When Changing His Job to the Company's Competitor.” which appears in May 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Uenishi Takuya and Kaneki Nobuyuki co-authored an article titled "View on Agency Services, etc. of Financial Transactions by Japanese Bankers Association and Cases of Deposit Refund for Elderly People with Dementia, etc." which appears in 745th issue (May 2021 issue) of Ginko Jitsumu.

• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.743" in Shoji Homu No. 2261.

• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Nakamura Saeko authored an article titled "Is it Possible for a Company to Prohibit Prospective Employees from Traveling Overseas to Prevent the Expansion of COVID-19?" which appears in Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho, 4012.

• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kudo Ryohei's commentary titled "The first meeting of the Subcommittee on Family Legislation of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice was held in order to examine the revision of the legal system for securing the benefits of children associated with their parents’ divorce.” is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.04
  News

  Landry Guesdon's interview appeared in an article titled "Big In Japan: How To Make It In The World's Third Largest Market" on Forbes dated April 15, 2021.

  • Landry GUESDON

  • International
• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Suzuki Tomohiro's commentary titled "The Financial Services Agency Publishes the 'Revised Draft of the Corporate Governance Code' and the 'Revised Draft of the Guidelines on the Dialogue between Investors and Companies'." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Nakano Masayuki, Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the article titled "Basic Law Course Useful in Practice (70) Equal Pay for Equal Work" which appears in 4012 issue of Roseijiho.

• 2021.04
  PUBLICATIONS

  Adachi Makoto's commentary titled "The Action for Declaratory Judgment of Non-Existence of a Claim in connection with the Use of Copyrighted Works in a Music School (the Court of Second Instance)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 109th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "It was Determined that Sexual Harassment during Overseas Business Trip could not be Accredited." which appears in April 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ishikawa Teppei's commentary titled "The Japan Fair Trade Commission Approved the Commitment Plan Submitted by BMW Japan Corporation" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.742" in Shoji Homu No. 2258.

• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Noguchi Daisuke authored an article titled "Establishment of Stock Issuance System" which appears in April 2021 issue of Zeikei Tsushin.

• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 16th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Restaurant Industry (1)" which appears in the April 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.03
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Kashiwagi Kensuke and Ito Nanako delivered a lecture titled "Basic Knowledge of Trust and Trading Operations for the Business of Trading in Trust Beneficiary Rights, Ranging from Registration Procedures to Compliance" at a seminar room of Kabushiki Kaisha Kinyu Zaimu Kenkyukai at Green Hill Building.

• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakamura Saeko co-authored the 15th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (4)" which appears in the March 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 108th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "Working conditions will be lowered at the time of renewal of re-employment after retirement." which appears in March 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.03
  News

  We welcomed a new attorney, Kaneki Nobuyuki.

  • KANEKI Nobuyuki
• 2021.03
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki, Tomita Yusuke, Yamada Kohei, and Matsuhashi Sho co-authored an article titled "Points to be Noted in Dealing with Shareholders' Meetings Based on the Amended Companies Act (II)" which appears in No. 443 issue (February 2021 issue) of Shoji Homu.

• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Saito Hiroki's commentary titled "The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Prepared the 'Telework Security Guideline (5th edition)' and has Started Requesting for Public Comments on the Said Guideline." is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

  • Lexology
• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira contributed a commentary titled "ASEAN Practice - Singapore: Introduction to the latest case on the rule against the contractual penalties" (in Japanese only) to Lexology.

  • Lexology
• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukatsu Haruno's commentary titled "Japan Patent Office Publicizes 'How the Trademark System in the Era of With and Post Covid-19 should be'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tago Shinya, Eiguchi Manabu, Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored "Points to be Noted in Changes of Working Conditions and Workforce Reduction due to Business Restructuring" which appears in March 2021 issue of SMBC Management+ of SMBC’s social gathering for discussion of business operations.

• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki participated in authorship of "The Handbook for Personnel and Labor 2021 Version" which is published from SANRO Research Institute, Inc.

• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Sekiguchi Akimasa's commentary titled "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Formulates "Examples of Implementations (Supplement) for Implementation Guide for a Hybrid-Type Virtual General Meeting of Shareholders" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke and Sekiguchi Akimasa co-authored an article titled "Q&As for Deeper Understanding on Inheritance of Digital Estate" which is published from Kabushiki Kaisha Kinzai.

• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Karasawa Akira's commentary titled "'The Act on Improvement of Transparency and Fairness in Trading on Specified Digital Platforms' Came into Force" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.02
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 107th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "A temporary worker claimed establishment of a labor contract by a deemed application for the labor contract" which appears in February 1, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Eiguchi Manabu, Ito Hiroki, Mutou Yuuki, Noguchi Daisuke and Anzai Kazuto co-authored the publication entitled "Handbook on Companies Act for Licensed Tax Accountants (2021)", which was published by Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Ltd.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukasawa Atsushi's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment releases 'Guidance of Disclosure and Dialogue for Promoting Sustainable Finance Related to Circular Economy'" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Iwata Godo lawyers co-authored "Guide to New Commercial Case Law No.740"in Shoji Homu No. 2252.

• 2021.01
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Eiguchi Manabu delivered a lecture titled "Still in Time! Practices for Dealing with JFTC under the Revised Antimonopoly Act" at a seminar room of Business Research Institute.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Ito Hiroki, Mori Shunsuke, Fukatsu Haruno and Noguchi Daisuke co-authored an article titled "Pointes to be Noted in Dealing with Shareholders' Meetings Based on the Amended Companies Act (I)" which appears in No. 442 issue (January 2021 issue) of Shoji Homu.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kudo Ryohei and Adachi Makoto co-authored the Japan chapter of "The Media and Entertainment Law Review Edition 2" which is published from Law Business Research Ltd.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Karashima Satoshi's commentary titled "The Working Group on Market System under the Financial System Council Publicizes the First Report: Toward the Realization of an International Financial Center that is Open to the World" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Tomita Yusuke co-authored an article titled "Six Selections of the Most Recent Important Judicial Precedents with Regard to the General Meeting of Shareholders, and Those Impacts on Business Practices" which appears in March 2021 issue of Business Houmu.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fukuchi Takumi authored an article titled "Is it a problem to require an employee to inform its manager when going to a lavatory during business hours?" which appears in Consultation Room Q&A of Roseijiho, 4007.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira and Ikeda Minako co-authored an article titled "Corporate Investigations 2021: Japan" which appears in The International Comparative Legal Guide.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Matsuda Akira, Yamada Kohei and Fukatsu Haruno co-authored an article titled "The GDR Insight Handbook 2021- Data Privacy" was published by Law Business Research.

• 2021.01
  Lectures, Seminars and Conferences

  Matsuda Akira delivered a lecture titled "Study of Regulatory Trends and Case Studies of Global Response in Asia" at the second Expert Research Group Seminar (Webinar) held by the Japan DPO Association.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Aoki Shinji's commentary titled "Revisions to Listing Rules in Connection with the Amendments to the Companies Act in 2019 and Development of Listing Rules for Cash Equity Market Restructuring (Second Set of Revisions)" is available on the Shoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki authored the 106th article of the series "Let's Check Judicial Precedents!" titled, "If a taxi driver who has been continuously employed after retirement has an accident, the contract with the taxi driver will not be renewed" which appears in January 1 and 15, 2021 issue of Roumu Jijo.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Kukimoto Sayaka's commentary titled "The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Formulates and Releases 'Draft Collection of Successful Case Examples as Appendix to Guidelines on Approaches to Hybrid Virtual Shareholder Meetings'" is available on theShoji Homu Portal Site.

• 2021.01
  PUBLICATIONS

  Fujiwara Hiroki and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the 14th article of the series "Labor Management Counseling in accordance with a Variety of Working Styles by Industry and Occupation" titled "Media Industry (3)" which appears in the February 2021 issue of a monthly magazine, Jinji Romu Jitsumu no Q&A.

• 2021.01
  News

  Fukasawa Atsushi, Iida Hiroshi and Mori Shunsuke were appointed Partners.

  • FUKASAWA Atsushi
  • IIDA Hiroshi
  • MORI Shunsuke
• 2021.01
  News

  We welcomed new attorneys, Matsuda Taiki, Okanami Kentaro and Bando Taisei.

  • MATSUDA Taiki
  • OKANAMI Kentaro
  • BANDO Taisei