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My first Moot Court Competition

by Aayush Srivastava on in Blawg-osphere
KK Luthra Memorial International Criminal Law It all started on 7th November 2009 when after ranking 3rd in the Intra-College selection rounds of National Law University, New Delhi, i was selected for the KK Luthra Memorial Criminal Law Moot Court, 2010, which happens to be the the very first moot o...

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Legally-India-law-blogs
Legally India is starting the first competition to find India’s best legal blogger with a total prize fund of Rs 1 lakh, regular paid writing gigs and more for winners. Do you have what it takes?

Indian law student takes LPO debate to the Yanks

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
An Indian law student has taken up the baton to defend Indian legal process outsourcing (LPO) against an onslaught of anti-Indian-lawyer comments on self-styled US legal tabloid AboveTheLaw . Although the majority of comments on ATL are intentionally offensive and ironic, it has been a while since a...

Corporate legal developments 2009

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
Read about all the important changes in Indian corporate laws in the past year, in this comprehensive round-up of the latest laws and regulations by the as-ever excellent Indian Corporate Law Blog . Covering everything from LLPs, Satyam-fallout-related changes in corporate governance, SEBI reforms, ...

20 money-saving tips for cash-strapped law firms

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
rupees_med Many law firms would probably pay consultants an arm and a leg for this advice. Inspired by FoxMandal Delhi’s recent cash flow woes, regular Legally India commenter Legal Dodo posted an interesting list for law firms to save money. For free! While Legal Dodo is happy to admit that some of...

US lawyers safe again!

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
Li-LegallyIndia_sml_logo Good news: no lawyers were laid off in US Biglaw last week - the first time since records began (this year). But how have Indian lawyers fared in the downturn? US blawg Abovethelaw.com teamed up with fellow blawgers Lawshucks to produce a beautiful graph of number of lawyers...

Degree in LPO, anyone?

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
call_centre_vlima_com_th A new university course offering a qualification in legal process outsourcing (LPO) has been launched in a barrage of acronyms. The course is a joint venture between Indian legal training providers/recruiters Rainmaker and the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) S...

LLP Act broken?

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
Will limited liability partnerships (LLPs) actually work, asks Indian Corporate Law Blog, notwithstanding the recent tax changes . Lead blawger V Umakanth uncovered an interesting academic paper analysising what the Limited Liability Partnership Act could actually mean in practice for lawyers. One p...

Free legal advice: the bane of young lawyers?

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
Blawger Legally Infantile dishes out some choice legal advice to an old school colleague about being fined Rs 5,000 for getting caught cheating at exams. Never mind that the school will allow him to remain at the school as well as retake the exam, the culprit now wants to sue the school. Legally Inf...

Quick-start guide to SEBI reforms

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
SEBI If you were left behind by SEBI’s whirlwind of activity last week do not fret: the Indian Corporate Law blog has a crash course in SEBI reforms. V. Umakanth summarises SEBI’s primary market reforms neatly and succinctly. Most noticeably they include: 1. The new concept of “anchor investors”, 2....

Fighting swine flu legally

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
Swine flu Indian blawg Law and Other Things posted a brilliant article dissecting the statutory framework that is being used to deprive suspected swine flu cases of their liberty. But, asks the blawg, is the Act actually fit for purpose? Probably not: although swine flu is frightening and has reache...

US Biglaw is afraid of Bangalore

by Kian Ganz on in Blawg-osphere
US legal blog Above the Law has published an in-depth interview with an Indian legal process outsourcing (LPO) company , providing a good insight into where LPO could take the US and UK legal markets in future. Above the Law talked to Gururaj Potnis, the director of Manthan Legal, which claims “over...