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Mariko Morita

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Apr. 14, 2022 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™

Jan. 19, 2024 Public Service: Report released by the “Study Group on Standardization of Transactions concerning Specified Contractors Entrusted with Services” of Japan Fair Trade Commission in which Mariko Morita is involved
Jan. 11, 2024 Public Service: Firm's lawyers submit a report for "Research on Securing Human Resources for Start-ups" commissioned by METI for FY 2023
Oct. 25, 2023 Public Service: Mariko Morita gave a lecture at Senshu University School of Law as a guest speaker

Book: "Q&A: Key Points of and Practical Responses to the Freelance Act for Practitioners"
Magazine Article: "Insight into Financial and Business Matters: Matters to be Noted and Prepared by Companies Regarding the Enforcement of the 'Act on Ensuring Proper Transactions Involving Specified Entrusted Business Operators'"
Magazine Article: "(Contemporary Opinion) Preparing for Enforcement of the Freelance Act in November 2024: Based on Government & Ministerial Ordinances and Guidelines, Etc."

2012 Investigation Report on Legislative System in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (March 2013)
Report by the "Committee for Regulation on Trading Concerning Enterprises Certified for Specific Entrustment," Japan Fair Trade Commission (January 2024)

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2005)
The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2007)
New York University Law School (LL.M, 2014)
a law firm in New York City (Employment Law Team) (2014-2015)
ADR Unit, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2016-2017)
Seconded to the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2019-2021)

Deputy Director-General of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2009-2013)
Children's Rights Committee, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2009-2013)
Labor Issue Committee, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2021-)
Member of the Council on Manufacturing Contract Business Improvement and Promotion (Project Commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (2021-)
Participated as an academic in working-level hearings (three meetings in total) in preparation for the Q&A summary (consisting of three series) regarding the "Criteria for Division of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Business Conducted by Contract" (No. 37 Notification) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2021)
Member of "Society for Research Concerning Mitigation of Public Assistance Workloads at Welfare Offices in the Future" (Social Welfare Promotion Project 2021, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (2021-2022)
Member of "Committee for Regulation on Trading Concerning Enterprises Certified for Specific Entrustment," Japan Fair Trade Commission (2023-2024)
Guest Lecturer at Senshu University School of Law (2023)

admitted in Japan, 2008; New York, 2015
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association
New York State Bar Association