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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

Act Two

Legal Era Magazine recounts the meteoric rise to fame of an international lawyer who started out as an actor…

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

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

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)

Toyota Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Faulty Airbags

The use of Takata airbags has recently landed several automotive companies into trouble.

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

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.

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 

Lawyer's Legal License Revoked After Criticizing President XI Jinping

Lawyer's Legal License Revoked After Criticizing President XI Jinping

Skymet Secures C Series Funding From Insuresilience Investment Fund

Skymet Secures C Series Funding From Insuresilience Investment Fund

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…

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

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

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

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).

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Opee Scam a Deft Judgement

Zero tolerance towards market manipulators will revive confidence in the securities market.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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”.

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.