Legal Era Magazine - November 2020

In this issue

Don't be just a Lawyer, Be a citizen Lawyer; Interview - by Dev Bajpai, Executive Director - Legal and Corporate Affairs & Company Secretary - Hindustan Unilever; Proceedings against Personal Guarantors in NCLT-the current situation; by Ajay Shaw, Partner, DSK Legal - India. Parental Alienation: India Joins Family Courts Around the World to Fight the Child Emotional Abuse; by Ashish Joshi, Managing Partner, JOSHI: Attorneys + Counselors - India Continuous Upskilling – A Road from LLM to CS; by Gaurav Malhotra, AVP Legal & Compliance, Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited - India. India: L&E Laws Overhaul; by Harsimran Singh, Legal Advisor - India. Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process Post Covid-19 – Case for a Carve-Out in IBC for Resolution Applicants on Account of Force Majeure Event?; by Jyoti B Singh, Legal Practitioner, The Law Office of Jyoti B Singh - India. You Have a Patent. What Next?; by Mr. Anil Kumar (Senior Consultant), Lex Orbis - India. Power of the Magistrate to direct registration of FIR and proper investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure; by Niraj Singh, Partner, RNS Associates - Delhi. Foreign Seated Arbitrations in United States; by James P Duffy IV, Partner and Ian M Turetsky, Associate, Reed Smith LLP - New York

SC REFUSES TO ADMIT PETITION FILED BY CCI IN THE CASE OF AMAZON AND FLIPKART; DIRECTS KARNATAKA HC TO DECIDE THE PLEA WITHIN 6 WEEKS

The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition filed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) seeking vacation of stay as directed by the Karnataka High Court against its order calling for an inquiry into the alleged anticompetitive practices engaged in by Flipkart, Amazon and others.

2 mins

PAYPAL TO ALLOW CRYPTOCURRENCIES AFTER OBTAINING A NEW YORK LICENSE

PayPal has decided to embrace cryptocurrencies and will soon offer its customers in the United States (U.S.) the ability to buy, hold, sell, and use various virtual currencies. The company has obtained a New York license allowing it to do so.

1 min

PARENTAL ALIENATION

India Joins Family Courts Around the World to Fight Child Emotional Abuse

7 mins

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PERSONAL GUARANTORS IN NCLT CURRENT SITUATION

Presently, the simultaneous commencement of insolvency proceedings by the lender against the corporate debtor and the corporate guarantor(s) faces a roadblock on account of the NCLAT order in the matter of Dr. Vishnu Kumar Agarwal v. Piramal Enterprises Limited (“Piramal matter”)

5 mins

DON'T BE JUST A LAWYER BE A CITIZEN LAWYER!

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LEGAL ERA MAGAZINE, DEV BAJPAI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - LEGAL AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS & COMPANY SECRETARY - HINDUSTAN UNILEVER, EXTOLS THE VIRTUES OF TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

10+ mins

Parties may not seek discovery in USA in aid of FOREIGN-SEATED ARBITRATIONS

A CIRCUIT SPLIT HAS EMERGED OVER THE USE OF SECTION 1782 TO OBTAIN DISCOVERY IN AID OF PRIVATE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATIONS SEATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES...

4 mins

YOU HAVE A PATENT WHAT NEXT?

Getting a patent granted is not an end in itself but most patentees do not realize that

5 mins

CORPORATE INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION PROCESS POST COVID-19 CASE FOR A CARVE-OUT IN IBC FOR RESOLUTION APPLICANTS ON ACCOUNT OF FORCE MAJEURE EVENT?

Although “maximization of value” is one of the main objectives of IBC, it is equally important to ensure that a company is not liquidated for lack of investors/resolution applicants in view of a force majeure event

6 mins

INDIA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAWS OVERHAUL

With a more pragmatic approach along with an endeavor to better India’s ease of doing business position, the Codes aim to achieve much-needed reforms to bring the labor laws of India in tune with the current requirements of employer - employee relationship, compliance standards, rendering the labor law regime a more workable and less cumbersome

10+ mins

Continuous UPSKILLING THE ROAD FROM LLM TO CS

It is never too late to add to your knowledge or skills or learn something totally new… Read on to know…

6 mins

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Legal Era is India’s No. 1 Magazine on Endeavors and Developments in the Legal and Corporate World. The magazine serves to educate its readers about their rights while inculcating in them a sense of duty and responsibility. It also provides a keen insight into the latest trends from around the world in law and business, with a view to increasing our readers’ global perspective.
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