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Legal Era
Doing Business In Cambodia Indian Perspective
The country’s strategic location in the heart of ASEAN along with a coastline providing easy regional accessibility makes it an attractive investment destination
9 min |
February 2019
Legal Era
Act Two
Legal Era Magazine recounts the meteoric rise to fame of an international lawyer who started out as an actor…
6 min |
February 2019
Legal Era
Fast-Tracking Commercial Disputes: A Reality Or Distant Dream?
Are present laws providing enough impetus to deal with the long-standing menace of pendency of cases
6 min |
August 2019
Legal Era
Disputes That Can'T Be Arbitrated
Crimes, matters opposing public policy, family matters and some commercial-civil disputes (despite having an arbitration clause) cannot be settled through arbitration
5 min |
August 2019
Legal Era
UAE Law Considerations On Asset Deals
The article looks into the method of structuring an M&A transaction in the UAE where the buyer acquires the assets and liabilities of the target company (or in certain instances, the assets and liabilities of a certain business segment operated by the target company)
4 min |
August 2019
Legal Era
Toyota Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Faulty Airbags
The use of Takata airbags has recently landed several automotive companies into trouble.
1 min |
December 2017
Legal Era
Role Of CFOs With Advent Of PE Investments
CFOs are the unsung heroes in terms of financial transformation on PE investments but the experience gained during this transformation process prepares them for higher responsibilities including Board positions and helming the business
10 min |
December 2017
Legal Era
Risk Culture Essential For Effective Development Of Enterprise Risk Management
The global crisis brought risk management to the forefront through improvement in the corporate governance structure world over. It is now clear that risk cannot be eliminated but can only be managed. This is one of the key reasons that development of risk management is seen across the world as leading to strengthening of the corporate governance structure.
9 min |
December 2017
Legal Era
Legal Market Liberalization Case: Clifford Chance, Linklaters Among Top City Firms To Appear
Legal Market Liberalization Case: Clifford Chance, Linklaters Among Top City Firms To Appear
2 min |
February 2018
Legal Era
Lawyer's Legal License Revoked After Criticizing President XI Jinping
Lawyer's Legal License Revoked After Criticizing President XI Jinping
1 min |
February 2018
Legal Era
Skymet Secures C Series Funding From Insuresilience Investment Fund
Skymet Secures C Series Funding From Insuresilience Investment Fund
1 min |
February 2018
Legal Era
The Robovocate How Many Drones Do We Have In Office?
Until we see a major, society-changing breakthrough in artificial intelligence, robot lawyers won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs. But chatbots could be very useful in more straightforward areas of law…
5 min |
February 2018
Legal Era
Rera's Way Forward In 2018!!
One of the major concerns raised by developers is that RERA, while covering ongoing projects, is trying to regulate in a retrospective manner, prompting some developers to challenge the constitutional validity of RERA itself
5 min |
February 2018
Legal Era
Preferential Transactions: Potential Interpretations Based On The Us Bankruptcy Code
The key challenge going forward will be for the NCLT to adopt a purposive interpretation to the IBC provisions on preferential transactions which strikes a balance between preventing unfair payments and ensuring that lenders are willing to continue supporting a distressed business during the time when their support is most required
6 min |
February 2018
Legal Era
Speedy Resolution Of Commercial Disputes
The enactment of the Commercial Courts Act is a step in the right direction in enabling speedy disposal of commercial disputes of specified value
4 min |
February 2018
Legal Era
Anti-Corruption Commissions: Lessons In Transparency And Accountability For Australia And India
For many years, the Australian Government (of the left and right of politics) has refused to countenance a Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
9 min |
March 2019
Legal Era
Relative Of The Victim Being A Related Witness Cannot Be An Interested Witness: SC
All pending criminal prosecutions, trials and appeals prior to the law laid down in the judgment in Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab (acquittal if investigator-informant the same person) will continue to be governed by individual facts of the case, the Supreme Court has observed.
1 min |
March 2019
Legal Era
Directions Issued To Improve Conditions Of Subordinate Judiciary In States
A slew of directions for improving the conditions of the subordinate judiciary in the states was passed by a SC bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
1 min |
March 2019
Legal Era
Life Insurance Industry And Legal Challenges
Traditionally, the most interesting and difficult issues to navigate are the claim settlement and repudiation process which have an impact on the perception of the life insurance industry and its functioning
7 min |
March 2019
Legal Era
Will Tech Law Become Central To The Legal Ecosystem?
With several things that were on technology “slow burners” having come to a boil in recent times, it is possibly the right time to ponder over corresponding changes needed in the legal ecosystem
5 min |
March 2019
Legal Era
Repeal The Angel Tax, Recent Changes Aren't enough
The cry for relief from the angel tax is not about a tax holiday being disallowed, but about addressing the difficulty new ventures face in securing appropriate funding
5 min |
March 2019
Legal Era
Third-Party Litigation Funding: Is India Ready For It?
At the outset, let me clarify that contrary to popular belief, third-party litigation funding is not prohibited in India.
4 min |
March 2019
LegalEra
Confidentiality In Arbitration
Given the limitations of legislating confidentiality through institutional arbitration rules, and the non-uniform treatment of confidentiality in national laws of even arbitrationfriendly jurisdictions; it is crucial that both counsel and parties settle all important issues of confidentiality at the outset of the arbitration.
8 min |
September 2016
LegalEra
Opee Scam a Deft Judgement
Zero tolerance towards market manipulators will revive confidence in the securities market.
3 min |
September 2016
LegalEra
Face-off Judiciary Versus Executive
While the SC rejected the Modi government’s proposed National Judicial Appointments Commission to replace the existing Collegium system for appointment of judges to higher courts, the debate is still far from over…
6 min |
September 2016
LegalEra
The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Still A Straight Line
Founder and Managing Partner of LAKSHMIKUMARAN & SRIDHARAN,V LAKSHMIKUMARAN holds forth on concentrating on one subject at a time, growing the collective knowledge of his law firm, nurturing values, and finding joy in work…
9 min |
August 2017
LegalEra
UK's Snap General Election And Its Implications For Brexit
On 8 June 2017, UK citizens voted in the historic snap General Election announced earlier in the year by Prime Minister Theresa May.
6 min |
August 2017
Legal Era
NCF Leaves Sensitive Private Customer Data Exposed Online
Among several major cases of data leaks, the most recent one appears to be that by the National Credit Federation (NCF), which reportedly left the sensitive, private data of customers—including credit card numbers; credit reports from three major reporting agencies Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion; bank account numbers; and Social Security numbers—exposed online.
2 min |
January 2018
Legal Era
European Commission Intervenes In Microsoft Vs. US Government
The European Commission (EC) has now intervened in the ongoing battle which kicked off in 2014 between Microsoft and the US government to ensure that the European laws are “correctly understood”.
2 min |
January 2018
Legal Era
Law Commission To Examine Compensation For Wrongful Imprisonment
On November 30, the Delhi High Court passed an order requesting the Law Commission of India to examine the need for a legal framework for compensation to victims of wrongful imprisonment.
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