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Mayer Brown

Staffing Up: Antitrust Regulators Around the World Step Up Digital Platform and Technology Enforcement

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In February, the Japan Fair Trade Commission announced that it will hire additional staff to enforce the country's new Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software. The Act “aim[s] to foster innovation...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review - 12th Edition, Japan Chapter

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This volume marks the 12th edition of The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review, which has been fully updated to provide an overview of evolving legal and policy activity in this arena across 25 jurisdictions around...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Update on Japan’s FDI Regime: 518 Japanese Listed Companies Now Designated as Core Restricted Businesses

After completion of the solicitation period for public comment on April 12, 2020, the amended ordinances (the “Amended Ordinances”) prepared by the Japanese government to implement the amended Foreign Exchange and Foreign...more

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Amendment to Japanese Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act Regulations Expands Scope of "Restricted Businesses" to Include Some...

Following the Japanese government's recent amendment of the rules under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (the "FEFTA"), foreign investors seeking to invest in companies engaged in certain information and...more

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Amendment To Japan’s Omnibus Data Protection Law Mean New Compliance Requirements For U.S. Multinational Employers With Operations...

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Effective May 30, 2017, Japan amended its omnibus data protection law, the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”), to add new compliance requirements that will have an immediate impact on many U.S. multinational...more

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