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EU data protection: key issues for Japanese companies

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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European Union, Japan
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February 22 2011

IntroductionCollecting and processing personal data relating to customers and employees is central to the global business operations of multinational Japanese companies

Open source software: the implications for M&A transactions

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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Global, Japan
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December 20 2010

Incorporation of open source software in software development has become the rule rather than the exception

Japan may hold individual employees liable for violations of data protection law

Hunton & Williams LLP
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Japan
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April 26 2011

As part of an effort to increase penalties for violations of the country's Personal Information Protection Act, officials in Japan plan to extend liability under that law to individual employees, according to recent reports in The Yomiuri Shimbun and The Japan Times

The impact of the Japanese disasters on global supply chains

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
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Global, Japan
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March 23 2011

In the wake of the terrible and multiple disasters in Japan, global markets and companies everywhere are being reminded of the impact disruptions anywhere, and especially in key markets like Japan, have on supply chains

New UK electronic communications regulations: key issues for Japanese companies

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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Japan, United Kingdom
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June 27 2011

New legislation has recently come into effect in the UK to implement amendments to the EU framework for regulating providers of electronic communications networks and services ("EU Framework"

Sony's playstation data breach is no game for Japanese authorities

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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Japan
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June 17 2011

Sony has recently come under fire for its handling of a major hacking episode that breached the personal information of over 100 million users of its Playstation and Qriocity online networks

Data security breaches: the scope of liability for Japanese companies

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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European Union, Japan
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August 26 2011

Serious cyber attacks on Japanese companies' data networks are increasing in scale and frequency, as highlighted by the recent high profile attacks on Sony, Sega and Nintendo, all incidents widely reported by the international media