
Bonnie L. Dixon
Partner
Expertise
- Banking & Finance
- Cross Border Labor and Employment
- Dispute Resolution
- International Transactions
Atsumi & Sakai
Japan
WSG Leadership
WSG Boad of DirectorsCOVID-19: Employment Law in Japan - Some Key Questions
Atsumi & Sakai, May 2020
The sudden onset of the Covid-19 emergency has caused significant disruption across swathes of the Japanese economy and raised novel and urgent questions for employers as they seek to handle the challenges they face, whilst balancing the protection of their business and their obligations to their workers. This memorandum briefly addresses a number of key employment law issues and questions...
COVID 19: Force Majeure in Japan - Some Key Questions
Atsumi & Sakai, May 2020
The sudden onset of the Covid-19 emergency has caused significant disruption across swathes of the Japanese economy and raised novel and urgent questions for businesses as they seek to handle the challenges they face, whilst balancing the protection of their businesses and their obligations to their customers, suppliers, and banks, etc. This memorandum briefly addresses a number of key issues and questions relating to force majeure under Japanese law...
Extraterritorial Application of Japan’s Privacy Laws Expanded
Atsumi & Sakai, January 2017
Summary Amendments to Japan’s Act on Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”) (“Amendments”) were passed by the Diet on 3rd September 2015; some provisions, mainly those establishing and governing the Personal Information Protection Commission (“Commission”), are in force, and it has now been announced that the remaining provisions will be implemented on 30th May 2017 (“Implementation Date”), though regulations and guidelines setting out
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