Current status of the leniency program by a former JFTC investigator: The role of digital forensics and effective practical responses
2025/5/14Consultations and inquiries for Attorney Uemura Naoki
2025/5/20
Lawyer corporation Hokuto Sogo Law Office
After logging in, you can contact us.
As employment becomes more fluid, there are an increasing number of cases where key personnel take trade secrets with them when they leave the company and use them at a rival company, resulting in significant damage. It is most important to prevent trade secrets from being taken out, but it is not possible to prevent all cases of trade secrets being taken out by former employees. When a trade secret is discovered to have been taken out, it is also necessary to understand in advance what the initial response should be and what legal measures can be taken.
If you would like to deepen your understanding of trade secrets, please watch this video.
[Theme for each session]
1st:Emergency Response - Initial Response and Criminal Actions -
Part 2: Emergency Response - Civil Procedures and Internal Disciplinary Actions -
Part 3: Prevention in advance - Secret management and leak prevention -
[Topic of the 2nd session]
What is a trade secret?
- Can an employer demand the use or disclosure of trade secrets brought by a former employee?
- Can a former employee request the return of copies of trade secrets that he or she has taken?
- Can damages be claimed for trade secret infringement?
What procedures must be followed if a non-competition agreement is violated?
- Cases in which non-competition obligations were found to be valid and cases in which they were not found to be valid
- Can an employee be dismissed for taking out information and not receive a severance pay?
Only members can watch it.
Lawyer corporation Hokuto Sogo Law Office
First part
Second part
As employment becomes more fluid, there are an increasing number of cases where key personnel take trade secrets with them when they leave the company and use them at a rival company, resulting in significant damage. It is most important to prevent trade secrets from being taken out, but it is not possible to prevent all cases of trade secrets being taken out by former employees. When a trade secret is discovered to have been taken out, it is also necessary to understand in advance what the initial response should be and what legal measures can be taken.
If you would like to deepen your understanding of trade secrets, please watch this video.
[Theme for each session]
1st:Emergency Response - Initial Response and Criminal Actions -
Part 2: Emergency Response - Civil Procedures and Internal Disciplinary Actions -
Part 3: Prevention in advance - Secret management and leak prevention -
[Topic of the 2nd session]
What is a trade secret?
- Can an employer demand the use or disclosure of trade secrets brought by a former employee?
- Can a former employee request the return of copies of trade secrets that he or she has taken?
- Can damages be claimed for trade secret infringement?
What procedures must be followed if a non-competition agreement is violated?
- Cases in which non-competition obligations were found to be valid and cases in which they were not found to be valid
- Can an employee be dismissed for taking out information and not receive a severance pay?
lecturer
Lawyer corporation Hokuto Sogo Law Office
Kyosuke Kaneko Attorney at Law
[Biography]
March 19: Graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Law
March 22: Graduated from Keio University Law School
December 24: Joined Axis Law Office (Kyoto Bar Association)
March 4: Joined Hokuto Sogo Law Office (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)
May 5: Appointed partner of Hokuto Sogo Law Office
[Main fields of business]
Personnel labor (especially harassment, mentally ill people, personnel system changes, DD, PMI)
Infringement of trade secrets, violation of non-competition obligations
Controlling disputes of family companies, business succession/inheritance
Business Dispute, Litigation
Profile
Hokuto Sogo Law Office is a four-location law firm with offices in Tokyo, Sapporo, Asahikawa and Sendai.
Our firm handles business revitalization/bankruptcy law, insurance business law/insurance law, corporate acquisition/organization restructuring, medical institution legal affairs, legal compliance work, etc.・A wide range of legal services centered on corporate legal affairs are provided through the cooperation of lawyers in Asahikawa and Sendai.
Download materials / contact us
You can download it here or contact us.
Please select a category, enter the required items, and press the send button.
*After watching the video, you can download the materials by answering the questionnaire.
*FRONTEO Inc., Hokuto Law Offices and the instructors may contact you regarding this seminar, provide information about upcoming seminars, and provide information about the content of their work.
*Hokuto Law Office:Privacy Policy
