[Webinar] Practical response based on the revised Whistleblower Protection Act and Consumer Affairs Agency guidelines

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Points of attendance

In June 2020, businesses with more than 6 full-time workers will be obligated to establish a whistleblower system and designate a whistleblower response service provider. In addition, the revised Whistleblower Protection Act, which imposes a legal obligation of confidentiality on whistleblowers, has been enacted and promulgated, and will come into effect within two years. Then, in April 300, the Consumer Affairs Agency published the draft guidelines stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 2021 of the revised Whistleblower Protection Act and submitted them for public comment. Although the results and the finalized version of the Consumer Agency Guidelines have not been published as of July 4, 11, the Consumer Agency Guidelines provide specific details regarding the obligation to establish a system for whistleblower systems and the obligation to designate a person to handle whistleblowing. This webinar will provide concrete explanations on practical measures that companies should consider in light of the revised law and the Consumer Affairs Agency guidelines, less than one year before the enforcement of the revised law.

Program

(1) Practical response regarding the obligation to improve the whistleblowing system
(2) Practical response regarding the obligation to designate a business worker who responds to public interest reports
(3) Practical response regarding legal confidentiality
(4) Practical response to other issues

lecturer

Lawyer corporation Hokuto Sogo Law Office
Representative Partner Attorney Takeo Nakahara

We are engaged in a lot of legal compliance-related work, various fraud investigations including third-party committee cases, and design, operation, investigation, and training support for whistleblowing systems.
He has also served as a seminar lecturer sponsored by the Consumer Affairs Agency, and has already served as a seminar lecturer for some practical measures regarding the revised Whistleblower Protection Act.
As books on the whistleblower system, "Future whistleblower system" "Let's make a whistleblower system-10 issues and 111 countermeasures" "Public interest whistleblower protection law changes the company-Strategic construction of whistleblower system and experts (Co-authored with Daisuke Yuki and others, Financial and Financial Situation Study Group).

Nozomi Sogo Law Office
Partner Attorney/New York State Attorney/Certified Fraud Examiner Daisuke Yuki

Handles corporate legal affairs such as corporate compliance, risk management, crisis management, fraud investigation (including investigation committee), corporate crime defense, international dispute / M & A, overseas subsidiary management, and governance support as an outside officer.There are many lectures, books, and articles on whistleblowing, and he also gives lectures at briefing sessions hosted by the Consumer Affairs Agency and lectures with the Consumer Affairs Agency.
In 2016, he became a director of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Japan. Established Legal Risk Management Research Organization (“LR”) in 2015 and assumed office as representative director from 2019. 2019-2020 International Bar Association (IBA) Anti-Burtain Committee Asia Regional Representative, 2021-Vice-Chairman of the Commission's Compliance Subcommittee.