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| International and Domestic Litigation, Commercial Arbitration, Labor,
General Corporate Legal Affairs, Intellectual Property, and Real Estate Transactions. |
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| Practice |
| Kenichi Sadaka is a litigation partner at Anderson Mori, engaged mainly in international & domestic litigation, commercial arbitration and other dispute resolution procedures. Mr. Sadaka has represented many Japanese and foreign companies in Japan in matters concerning intellectual property issues (patents, copyrights, moral rights, publicity rights, medical import licenses, trademark, trade secrets, and unfair competition, etc.), real estate transactions, construction, labor (collective bargaining with labor unions, visa related issues, sexual harassment, dismissals, labor accidents, etc.), antimonopoly issues, disputes among management, disputes related to financial products, product liability, debt collections, inheritance, mortgage enforcement, defamation, professional malpractice, termination of distributorship agreements, international trade (LC and BL related matters), insurance, administrative remedies, and other matters. Mr. Sadaka also has experience in several overseas litigations, and has provided assistance in discovery procedures in Japan and in relation to companies in Japan. In addition to these civil dispute activities, Mr. Sadaka has conducted internal investigations for several companies in relation to intra-company crimes and, based upon such scrutiny, exposed criminal accusations for embezzlement, fraud, and similar actions. Mr. Sadaka also provides day-to-day legal service for general corporate legal affairs. |
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| Practice Groups |
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Litigation Practice |
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| Publications/Lectures |
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"Supreme Court Rules on Franchisor's Duty to Disclose Information to Franchisees," International Law Office (September 2008) (co-author) |
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"Forum Selection Clauses in Franchise Agreements," International Law Office (June 2008) (co-author) |
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"Court Precedents Have Fostered Injustice - Court Cases Which Have Damaged Japan," Weekly Diamond (May 2008) (co-author) |
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10 Court Cases Which Have Damaged Japan (Nikkei Publishing Inc.) (May 2008) (co-author)
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"Anti-Corruption Regulation," (Japan Chapter) (Getting the Deal Through, 2008) (co-author) |
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"The International Comparative Legal Guide to : Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2008," (Japan Chapter) (Global Legal Group) (December 2007) (co-author) |
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"Promptness is the Key to Success - What to do in case the Labor Tribunal Dispute Resolution Case (Rodo Shinpan) is filed," Business Homu (April 2007)" |
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"Recent Amendments to the Civil Procedure Code and Other Civil Dispute Resolution Issues in Japan," ("Doing Business with Japan, Investment Regulations & Commercial Strategies", Asia Law & Practice) |
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| Education |
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Tokyo University (LL.B., 1990) |
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Trained at a law firm in Australia |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (1992) |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association |
| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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