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MoFo Japan Disputes Newsletter – 2nd Quarter 2021

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Welcome to Morrison & Foerster’s quarterly newsletter on dispute resolution. In this newsletter, we address recent developments in arbitrations, investigations, and commercial and intellectual property litigation that may affect Japanese

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Welcome to Morrison & Foerster’s quarterly newsletter on dispute resolution. In this newsletter, we address recent developments in arbitrations, investigations, and commercial and intellectual property litigation that may affect Japanese companies. In this issue we cover:<ul><li>Supreme Court Revisits Boundaries of Specific Personal Jurisdiction</li><li>How a Robust Compliance Program Can Save Your Company</li><li>The Defend Trade Secrets Act: Five Years Later</li><li>The Impact of Expanding Privacy Legislation on International Arbitration Proceedings</li><li>Partner Highlight: Eliot A. Adelson     </li><li>Antitrust Compliance Policies & Training</li><li>Update on Judge Albright’s Handling of Transfer Motions</li><li>Obtaining and Enforcing a Default Arbitration Award</li><li>Non-Compete Agreements </li></ul>Read our <a href="https://www.mofo.jp/2021_2Q_MoFo_Japan_Dispute_Newsletter.pdf" target="_blank">newsletter</a>.紛争解決についてモリソン・フォースターがお送りする季刊ニュースレターへようこそ。このニュースレターでは、日本企業に影響を及ぼし得る仲裁、調査、商事訴訟・知的財産訴訟に関する最近の動向をお伝えします。この号では、以下のトピックについて説明します。<ul><li>最高裁判所が特別人的管轄権の範囲を再考</li><li>強固なコンプライアンスプログラムの必要性</li><li>トレードシークレット保護法：施行から5年経って</li><li>プライバシー法令の拡大が国際仲裁手続に与える影響      </li><li>Partner Highlight: Eliot A. Adelson     </li><li>反トラスト法（独禁法）のコンプライアンスに関するポリシー及び研修     </li><li>Albright判事の移送申立てへの対応に関する最新情報     </li><li>欠席の仲裁判断の獲得と執行     </li><li>競業避止契約      </li></ul>本文は<a href="https://www.mofo.jp/2021_2Q_MoFo_Japan_Dispute_Newsletter.pdf" target="_blank">こちら</a>から

MoFo Japan Disputes Newsletter – 2nd Quarter 2021

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Yuka is Co-Head of the Tokyo Litigation Department and focuses her practice on representing technology clients in IP and commercial disputes. She has experience representing clients in U.S. federal courts, the International Trade Commission, and Japanese courts, and manages global strategy in cases spanning multiple jurisdictions. Also, she regularly counsels clients on various legal challenges they face during product development, manufacturing, and distribution. Her matters have involved a wide range of technologies, including computer hardware and software, communications networks, automotive components, semiconductor devices, and medical devices.Yuka is an active member of the Licensing Executives Society. She also regularly lectures and moderates panels at patent-related conferences. Before joining the firm, Yuka clerked for the Honorable Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.Yuka received her B.S. in computer science from Stanford University and her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.Yuka is a native Japanese speaker.

Yuka Teraguchi

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Andrew Meyer is a member of the Litigation Department and part of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Antitrust, and Investigations + White Collar Defense Groups.Andrew is recommended in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Antitrust and Competition.

Andrew Meyer

Eliot Adelson is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Litigation practice where he handles complex legal issues facing clients in jurisdictions around the world. He provides clients with creative strategies for resolving a broad range of disputes, including civil and criminal antitrust litigation and internal and government investigations.Eliot represents clients across a spectrum of industries, including auto parts, major media companies and TV station operators, banking and finance, communications, and software and technology, among others. Eliot has experience providing unique and complex advice across a range of matters, including internal investigations, civil and criminal cartel investigations, and litigation.Before joining Morrison Foerster, Eliot cultivated an international client base across industries and geographies over his 15-year tenure at another global law firm. Japanese companies look to him for his deep knowledge of antitrust matters.Eliot previously served as a Deputy District Attorney for Alameda County in California. He is on the board of the Contra Costa Senior Legal Services and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Antitrust & UCL Section of the California Lawyers Association.<h4 dir="ltr">Representative Experience</h4><ul><li dir="ltr">Murata Manufacturing. Represented Murata, a Japanese electric components manufacturer, in a putative class action alleging that certain electronics manufacturers conspired to fix the prices of inductors.</li><li dir="ltr">Nexstar Media Group. Representing Nexstar in a putative class action alleging that certain television station owners conspired to fix the prices of local television advertising.</li><li>Represented a major publicly traded REIT in a putative class action filed by renters alleging that multifamily property owners engaged in anticompetitive conduct to increase the price of leases across the United States.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented a Japanese manufacturer in connection with the TFT-LCD and CRT price fixing cases.</li><li dir="ltr">Arm Limited. Represented SoftBank Group and Arm Limited on complex antitrust and national security issues arising from NVIDIA’s proposed acquisition of Arm from SoftBank for $65 billion. </li><li dir="ltr">TIBC. Represented Japanese company TIBC in response to an investigation of the semiconductor packaging industry.</li><li dir="ltr">Former CEO of G4S Belgium. Representing the former CEO of G4S who has been indicted by the DOJ’s Antitrust Division related to allegations of a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for certain contracts.</li><li dir="ltr">Conducted an internal investigation for Kobe Steel related to alleged data falsification.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented a group of defendant landowners in a price-fixing case alleging that the defendants fixed prices for land in Solano County.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented a global pharmaceutical company in a price fixing and market allocation investigation.</li><li dir="ltr">Tenneco. Represented Tenneco, a Fortune 500 automotive components manufacturer, in connection with DOJ and other enforcement agencies’ auto parts investigations.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented several individual executives in the DOJ Antitrust Division’s auto parts investigation.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented several individual executives in the DOJ Antitrust Division’s capacitor investigation.</li><li dir="ltr">Toyota Industries Corp. Represented Japanese company Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) in connection with the DOJ’s second request concerning TICO’s acquisition of Cascade Corporation.</li><li dir="ltr">Bain Capital. Represented Bain Capital, a leading multi-asset alternative investment firm, in connection with the DOJ’s second request concerning Big Tex Trailer’s acquisition of American Trailer Works</li></ul>

Eliot A. Adelson

Litigation

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