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ADMINISTRATIVE LAWYER / CLIENT RELATIONSHIP AND DISCLAIMER
1)Articles appearing on this website, newsletters and
emails from the Matsuzaki General Counsel
Office (hereafter MGCO) as a firm of administrative lawyers, i.e.
"gyoseisyoshi" in Japanese, are for
reference purposes only and may not be updated. MGCO expressly disclaims any liability for any consequences done, or omitted
to be done in reliance upon any of the communications and consultation on this
website, newsletters and emails before establishing an administrative lawyer / client
relationship. All information in this website, newsletters and emails is provided "As Is,"
with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, and timeliness or of the results
obtained from the use of this information. Furthermore, this information is
provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not
limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. In other words, do not base any decision-making, or take any
action, upon the information contained in this website, newsletters and emails. Last but not least,
MGCO is not responsible for any third party contents
which can be accessed through the website, newsletters and emails.
2)E-mail correspondence and free consultations given
to non-clients of MGCO is not legal advice, and
should not be relied upon as such. That is, no administrative lawyer /
client relationship is established without the receipt of fees for
services to be rendered or the execution of a fee agreement signed by the senior
counsel.
3)The functions of administrative
lawyers and attorneys ("bengoshi" in Japanese) are clearly distinguished.Administrative lawyers never be involved in any of legal
proceedings for civil nor criminal cases, but act as supporters to help the
clients to proof onefs rights, duties and facts in legal aspects through
preparation of legal documentations with or
without proxy. In other words, administrative
lawyers are legal
professionals of preventive measures for legal matters before entering
litigations,
or supports for settling cases out of courts, which are much better in time &
money saving rather than legal battling in courts.
4)Once an administrative lawyer / client
relationship is established, 50% of the fee (or may be 100% in case the total amount
was JPY80,000 or less) is to be paid to MGCO in advance as the initial payment before
setting about the services agreed. Any of retainer already rendered to MGCO cannot be given back to the clients, who wish
to cancel or even already cancelled the services agreed, no matter what the
reason is nor in which phase the service has been executed. The fees already rendered are then regarded as the penalty charges of cancellation and
the fee for the works done.
5)Rates and contents of services are subject to
change without advance notice. The services are, therefore, to be provided with
new rates and new contents after the changing onwards.
6)In case clients and MGCO entered litigations due to some legal conflict brought on, the competent
court is to be the one that has a jurisdiction onto the area in Japan, where
MGCO locates.
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this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this
statement. MGCO collects information from our users at the Contact Ush on our
web site and email in response to the newsletters and those postings at the
other on-line forums etc. that MGCO released.
2) We may share aggregated demographic
information with our partners. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
We may partner with another party to provide specific services such as associate
tax accounts, registration scriveners or patent lawyers etc. When the user
signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information
that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. Per our
contractual arrangements with parties, these parties are not allowed to use
personally identifiable information except for the explicit purpose of providing
these services.
MGCO shall not be liable for the transfer of any personal identification
information resulting from loss or distribution of data, the delineation or
corruption of storage media, power failures, natural phenomena, riots, acts of
vandalism, sabotage, terrorism or any other event beyond MGCOfs control.
3) MGCO cooperates with law enforcement
inquiries, as well as other third parties, to enforce laws and third party
rights, such as intellectual property rights and laws relating to fraud.
Therefore, in response to a verified request by law enforcement or other
government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal
activity, or other activity that may expose us or you to legal liability, we can
(and you authorize us to) disclose your personal data and other information
about you as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
MGCO takes all necessary
precautions to protect usersf personal information both online and off-line.
We protect your personal information off-line. Access to your personal
information is limited to employees who MGCO reasonably believes will need that
information to provide services to you.
However, MGCO is not responsible for the confidentiality, security or
distribution of your own personal information by our partners and third parties
outside the scope of our agreement with such partners and third parties.
