SC restrains RBI on approval to foreign law firms (Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 5:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday restrained the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from granting permission under the foreign exchange provisions to overseas law firms for setting ... Read more...
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Apex court reserves order on suit against Balakrishnan (Lead)
May 7th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reserved its order on a petition seeking a presidential reference into allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman ... Read more...
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Indian products will have edge using genuine IT: Microsoft
December 22nd, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The usage of genuine IT in the manufacturing sector will not only differentiate the Indian products but will also give it an edge over the products ... Read more...
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Spaniard to sue FBI for using his image in Osama poster
October 12th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Oct 12 (IANS/EFE) Spanish lawmaker Gaspar Llamazares, spokesman for the United Left coalition, plans to sue the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for using his image to create ... Read more...
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Bill that will allow foreign law firms through back door (Comment)
August 18th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Relatively unnoticed amid the scams and agitations haunting the government, Law Minister Salman Khurshid set a time bomb ticking. Earlier this month, exactly 50 years after the Advocates Act, a bill ... Read more...
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New rules to oversee Chinese judges
December 16th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 16 (IANS) China's Supreme People's Court has issued new codes barring judges from accepting gifts from parties involved in lawsuits or wearing heavy make-up and flamboyant fashion accessories in court.Judges ... Read more...
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Law firms ‘are more profitable when led by partners with powerful faces’
October 23rd, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 23 (ANI): A study has concluded that law firms are more profitable when they are led by managing partners who have faces that look powerful.Appearance matters a great deal when ... Read more...
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No entry for foreign lawyers, bar council tells government
September 28th, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Bar Council of India (BCI) has said no to the entry of foreign lawyers into the country but added that the decision is not final, the ... Read more...
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Companies to change office time during Games
September 27th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Because of the traffic snarls expected during the Commonwealth Games (CWG), many companies in the capital have decided to change their office time and make special arrangements ... Read more...
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Attorney Fred Pritzker Slams Wright County Egg Over Egg Recall Fiasco
August 20th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fred Pritzker the well known Food safety lawyer is ramming Wright County Egg, the egg farm infamously known for the ongoing massive egg recall in the ... Read more...
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Economic recovery leads to more divorces in Britain
July 25th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) The divorce boom in Britain is being linked to the slowing down of the global economic recession because warring couples can now afford the cost of the divide.
The ... Read more...
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Wipro to provide legal process outsourcing to Microsoft
June 16th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 16 (IANS) The business process outsourcing (BPO) division of Wipro Technologies will provide legal process outsourcing (LPO) to Microsoft's intellectual property (IP) and licensing group worldwide, the Indian IT bellwether ... Read more...
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FBI warns Honolulu law firms on possible fraud schemes
February 23rd, 2010 - 3:31 am ICT by BNO News
HONOLULU, HAWAII (BNO NEWS) – The FBI announced on Friday that legal communities in Honolulu should be on alert for fraud schemes.Recent scams have begun with possible clients contacting firms, sending a ... Read more...
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Today is the D-day for divorces
January 4th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 4 (ANI): A new survey has shown that January 4, 2010 is the day that sees more petitions for break-ups and divorces than any other time of the year.The survey ... Read more...
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More working women among Malaysian Indians seeking divorce
December 28th, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 28 (IANS) A growing number of working women of Indian origin have begun to divorce their husbands, particularly those who do not work, says a report in a Tamil ... Read more...
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More Malay Indian women seeking divorce
December 28th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Johor (Malaysia), Dec. 28 (ANI): Several Malay Indian women in the state of Johor are seeking divorce, according to a report in the Malaysia Nanban newspaper.The paper said this would not only ... Read more...
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Centre to set up 193 village courts
November 19th, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The Union Government on Thursday announced the setting up of 193 Grama Nyayalayas (village courts) in various states in the current year.In a written statement to the ... Read more...
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Now, computers become lawyers!
September 13th, 2009 - 11:30 am ICT by ANI
Washington, September 13 (ANI): European researchers have created a legal analysis query engine that combines artificial intelligence, game theory and semantics to offer advice, conflict prevention and dispute settlement for European law.European ... Read more...
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Lawyers strike work opposing service tax
July 9th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Lawyers in district courts of the capital observed strike Thursday to oppose the imposition of service tax on law firms.
Around 20,000 lawyers in Delhi abstained from ... Read more...
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Lawyers to strike Thursday against service tax
July 8th, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Lawyers of district courts in the capital will abstain from work Thursday to oppose the imposition of service tax on law firms.
"The lawyers of India will ... Read more...
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Service tax revenue to be flat in 2009-10
July 6th, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) India's service tax revenue is estimated to be flat at Rs.65,000 crore ($13.4 billion) this fiscal, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday while presenting the budget ... Read more...
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Judicial reforms, law on judges’ assets disclosure on anvil: Moily (Lead)
June 26th, 2009 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Promising to put in place an overarching "roadmap for judicial reforms" by Sep 15, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Friday said a legislation will be introduced ... Read more...
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Anglo-Oz miner becomes first to hire Indian lawyers to trim legal bill by 20 pc
June 18th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 18 (ANI): Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has become the first foreign business group to hire a team of Indian lawyers to try to reduce its annual 60 million pound legal ... Read more...
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British law firms outsourcing services to India to cut costs
October 31st, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 31 (ANI): Several law firms in Britain are outsourcing legal services like conveyancing, accident claims and due diligence investigations to India in order to cut costs for the duration ... Read more...
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Female lawyers less likely to make partner: Study
June 1st, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by admin
Washington, June 1 (ANI): A new study from University of Iowa has revealed that female lawyers are more likely to practice in firm, but are less likely to make a partner.The ... Read more...
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‘Chinese lawyers rapped for helping Tibetans’
May 12th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by admin
Dharamsala, May 12 (IANS) Lawyers who recently agreed to defend Tibetans involved in anti-China protests in Tibet have been threatened by the Chinese government, the Tibetan government-in-exile said here Monday. "The 21 ... Read more...
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Rights group condemns abuse of lawyers in China
April 29th, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Beijing, April 29 (DPA) Chinese lawyers who take briefs which are considered politically sensitive by the regime are subject to threats and actual physical assault, according to a report released Tuesday by ... Read more...
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Want a lawyer? Try new website
April 28th, 2008 - 10:56 am ICT by admin
By Papri Sri Raman
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) With 30 million pending cases today in various lower and higher courts of India, a group of lawyers and law firms have set up a ... Read more...
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Pak Army wasted money on beautifying Jinnahs mazaar with imported marble, says grandson
April 4th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by admin
Karachi, Apr 4 (ANI): A distant grandson of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah has said that the Musharraf regime had wasted Rs 500 millions in beautifying the leaders mausoleum with imported marble.He ... Read more...
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