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Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 23 July 2010 20:26
It appears there is just no winning in India for foreign law firms.As though the opposition to them practising law here is not enough, the Indian Revenue Services (IRS) too are making their life hard.
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Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 27 August 2010 20:50
Few were surprised when the Bar Council of India (BCI) had too much to do and too little time last weekend, and worked its way through only a few points on its long list. Read more
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Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 20 August 2010 23:10
For once it seems the American law firms rather than the Brits publicly took the lead in India.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 13 August 2010 23:12
Lawyering is beginning younger and younger these days as a number of 2010 graduates won the first court victories of their careers in a controversial high-profile case.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 06 August 2010 21:30
For now they are only skirmishes but these are also early hints of future salary wars brewing.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 30 July 2010 23:07
Optimism is back on the menu, it seems.It appears there is just no winning in India for foreign law firms.As though the opposition to them practising law here is not enough, the Indian Revenue Services (IRS) too are making their life hard.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 16 July 2010 21:27
Is India a success story because or in spite of democracy? Compared to China, for example, hundreds if not thousands of different vested interests have made Indian reform painfully slow, if not impossible. But in the legal sector someone is clearly trying to force a leapfrog.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 09 July 2010 20:28
The beginning of the week got off to a slow start as opposition parties called a national strike (Bharat bandh) to protest the fuel price hike. In Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata many streets were deserted.By contrast Tamil Nadu, which was largely unaffected by the bandh, was comparatively active.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 02 July 2010 21:59
For a firm that first made its name as a capital markets boutique, the fact that that S&R Associates did not have an office in India's financial capital was always glaring.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 25 June 2010 22:19
The current law minister has talked often about cutting the backlog of cases in India, perhaps more consistently than many before him.
Written by Kian Ganz Friday, 18 June 2010 21:43
The Monsoon has been welcome where it has hit but the real floodgates apparently opened this week with the publication of the Gazette of India, which contained the notification of the Bar Council of India's (BCI) resolution to hold an all-India bar exam.More Headlines...
- Cash stakes / Issue 52
- Calling Time / Issue 51
- Exciting times, still / Issue 50
- Gen-next law / Issue 49
- Examining interest / Issue 48
- In conclusive / Issue 47
- Unusual cases / Issue 46
- Semi-global / Issue 45
- Hot, not bothered / Issue 44
- Wise conventions / Issue 43
- Not so foolish / Issue 42
- Law before wicket / Issue 41
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