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IBLJ Regional Law Firm Awards, 2025

Firms with regional presence are finally getting their time in the limelight.
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Ethical risk mapping for legal departments
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Ethical risk mapping for legal departments

How a robust ethics and compliance programme keeps a company safe from fines, penalties and other legal troubles
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Alternative legal providers challenge traditional firms
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Muscling in

Are a new breed of alternative legal service providers threatening the dominance of law firms?
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India’s IP metamorphosis

Ahead of its annual meeting, INTA’s president highlights the need for legal innovation in India
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Supreme Court Corporate Liability Ruling
What’s the deal?

Who’s to blame?

Court says personal involvement is necessary if directors are to be named in a complaint
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Non-signatory arbitration doctrine
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Powering arbitration with consent

Courts are favouring arbitration where all parties agree, even non-signatories to a contract
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IBLJ Law Firm Awards, 2025

India’s definitive legal awards celebrate and commend innovation, expertise, and excellence
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EV Charging Regulatory Framework
What’s the deal?

Powering India’s EV future

Why regulatory speed bumps may hold up the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
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Trade Dress Protection in India
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Shaping the law

Why some recent decisions from courts granting or refusing trade dress protection are contentious
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India's Evolving Insolvency Framework
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A legal head for numbers

The legal chief of the government- backed “bad bank” discusses India’s current insolvency landscape
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The International A-list 2025
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The International A-list 2025

A-List: The top international lawyers for India matters
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Deals of the Year 2024
What’s the deal?

Deals of the Year 2024

The most significant deals and disputes of 2024
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Independence Of The Bar Council Of India
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Shattered dreams

Controversial bill that would have recognised in-house counsel as legal practitioners is withdrawn
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In-house Counsel Awards 2024-25
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In-house Counsel Awards 2024-25

A celebration of the exceptional legal achievements of general counsel and their legal teams.
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Counting the cost

Flexible fees and the search for specialisation have shaped Indian law firm billing patterns in 2024
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India Budget 2025 Tax Changes
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India’s 2025 budget unveiled

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan experts provide an insider assessment on direct tax proposals in the 2025 budget
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AI Impact on Paralegals
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Extinction event?

Legal tech experts discuss the challenge posed to the jobs of paralegals by AI
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Protecting personality rights

How far has India come along in protecting the personal brands of celebrities in an era where internet and social media use is widespread
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IBLJ future legal leaders
Intelligence report

Future Legal Leaders 2025

IBLJ recognises the up and coming talent in the profession who have proven their mettle in practice
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Extreme levels of air pollution in Delhi
Intelligence report

Try not to breathe

Delhi’s annual winter pollution brings disruptions to the lives of lawyers and their work
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Spotlight

Privacy paradox: A digital dilemma

Necessary steps for companies to be in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act
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Edtech’s legal landscape
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Edtech’s legal landscape

Regulations for edtech compliance are changing, and one expert is urging businesses to get up to speed
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Digital Payment Fraud in India
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Digital fraud: India’s wild frontier

How fraudsters are riding on the coattails of a boom in the use of digital payments and online banking
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Legal Workplace Revolution
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The young ones

How law firms are coming to terms with young lawyers who are motivated by more than ambition and job security
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India's top 100 lawyers 2024-25
Intelligence report

The A-List 2024-25

Based on insights from in-house counsel and top business leaders, we celebrates India’s most popular lawyers making the A-List
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Law’s unsung heroes?

Recognising the often overlooked role played by law firm business development teams
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Revised Merger Control Regime
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Big nets have holes

CCI must tighten its belt as newest competition law development expected to result in increased merger filings
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Matters on minds

Professional attrition, technology, and foreign firms are the key challenges for Indian law firms, according to our annual legal market survey
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Indian arbitration hub
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Weighed down

Institutional arbitration centres have a long way to go before they can become the preferred choice for clients
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Why India’s unicorns have bolted
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Why India’s unicorns have bolted

Why do so many of India’s successful startups shift overseas?
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RBI on Indian financial sector
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RBI bares its teeth

The banking regulator has stepped up policing and pounced on a number ofestablished players in the sector
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India-Mauritius Tax Treaty Amendment
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Layers of uncertainty

The protocol amending India-Mauritius tax treaty impacts a key FDI route to India
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India's best leading law firm
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Rolling with the punches

The foreign firms that have overcome adversity and emerged as go-to choices for India legal matters
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The International A-list 2024

We reveal the foreign lawyers most recommended by clients and peers for their work on India matters
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India's digital competition law
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Regulation duplication

A collaborative approach between policymakers is a must for shaping digital regulation in India
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FOTY India 2024
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Indian Law Firm Awards 2024

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butter chicken trademark
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Spice wars

Food fight over butter chicken trademark
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Patent Infringement Lawsuit Outcome
Intelligence report

Victory for SEPs

Court awards highest ever damages in IP ruling over fight between telecoms players
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India’s telecoms act
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Any hangups?

India’s telecoms act updates an outdated regime but brings with it privacy and implementation concerns
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Embracing artificial intelligence
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Embracing artificial intelligence

Tips and tricks on introducing custom-built AI systems
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Google's Service Fee
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Pause

Government halts Google Play’s delisting of Indian apps amid dispute over service fees
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Intelligence report

2024: Spheres of influence

Legal professionals predict the key developments that will shape the Asian region in 2024
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Lawyers' long work hours in India
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Punching the clock

A national debate on long, grinding work hours finds most relevance in the legal profession
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IBLJ Deals of the year 2023
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Deals of the Year 2023

50 standout deals and disputes of 2023
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Steady as she goes

Tax specialists Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan provide an analysis of the tax policies unveiled during the budget
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In-house Counsel Awards 2023-24

In-house counsel and corporate legal teams honoured by their peers for outstanding legal work. Katherine Abraham reports
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Gathering dust

The practical challenges of tackling decades-old cases that have come up for hearing
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Fiduciary responsibility implications
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Data dilemma

What does it mean for companies to be assigned a fiduciary responsibility under the recent data protection law
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Legal-year-review-2023
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2023 – The legal year in review

A look back at the chief geopolitical and economic trends that had a fallout on Asia’s legal world
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Stirring up a hornet’s nest

Court ruling on unstamped arbitration agreements angers disputes lawyers
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IBLJ future legal leadersvideo
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Weighing the future

IBLJ celebrates the rising stars of India's legal profession
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Fresh directions

How are IBBI’s proposed changes set to impact the resolution process and overcome existing hurdles
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The A-List 2023-24

The leading lawyers and legal icons most recommended by clients
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Protection revolution

With the data protection act finally out after six years, the question arises whether it was worth the wait
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Strength in numbers

National in-house counsel bodies in Asia see wisdom in joining hands with resourceful larger counterparts
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Cover story

The green scheme

How regulating green hydrogen will play a big role in government plans for energy independence
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SEBI fixed price delisting India
Intelligence report

Delisting Roadblock?

SEBI’s fixed-price mechanism to face challenges as the 90% delisting threshold remains for companies
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State of the Legal Market survey New Trends
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Glimpses of the Road Ahead

Founders and partners share their prevailing concerns about the legal industry
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Law firm management succession planning
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Tapping innate strengths

How management professionals can strengthen support functions at law firms
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Touching down on workplace evolution

By Shashank Jain and Ayushi Yadav, TATA SIA Airlines (Vistara)
How in-house counsel can play a proactive role in the employment sphere
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Government Role Space Sector Growth
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Final frontier, first opportunities

Chandrayaan-3 mission puts spotlight on public-private collaboration in space sector
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Full speed ahead

Foreign firms grab the reins to fuel India Inc’s rising ambitions
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Inventor Remuneration Laws Increased Patents
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Reward for invention

Why India needs an inventor remuneration law to increase patent filings
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Cover story

Self-policing fintech

Will the rapidly growing fintech industry heed RBI’s call to self-regulate?
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Green goals

How is India positioned to meet its decarbonisation goals for 2030?
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The International A-list 2023
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The International A-list 2023

We reveal the foreign lawyers most recommended by clients and peers for their work on India matters
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Asian law firms doing good deeds for society
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A greater good

Law firms around Asia show themselves to be open to rolling out measures that are good for society at large
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CEPA boost India-UAE trade
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Eyes on the Middle East

A common vision for growth has helped the India-UAE trade relationship to scale new heights
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building legal department startups
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Building blocks

What awaits in-house counsel tasked with building legal departments within startups?
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Mixed signals

Domestic opposition to opening of legal market gives foreign law firms pause for thought
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Best Top Indian Law Firms 2023
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Indian Law Firm Awards 2023

We recognise the ingenuity and achievements of the country’s top law firms
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Judging retirement

Mandatory retirement ages for judges may be depriving the system of its finest assets. What are the pros and cons?
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ChatGPT and legal

A legaltech expert explores the rapid emergence of ChatGPT and its implications for the legal profession
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india online gaming regulation
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The Test

Regulation and taxes put online gaming on a sticky wicket
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Staying on top of data privacy

The key highlights from our joint IBLJ-Ikigai Law roundtable discussing international data compliance
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Competition Commission of India
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CCI in paralysis

Slow movement on appointment cripples functions of commission
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What clients really want

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Intelligence report

Deals of the year 2022

Our top deals and disputes for 2022 and the law firms that worked tirelessly to realise them
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Features

In-house Counsel Awards 2022

IBLJ recognises the most commended general counsel, their in-house teams and the splendid work done by them
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Government tightens grip on Big Tech
Cover story

The big squeeze

Should India tighten its grip over international technology companies, or will this approach backfire and cause them to reconsider growth plans in India?
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India Budget 2023
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Budget 2023: Proposed changes

Tax-focused law firm Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan discuss the significant amendments proposed in the budget
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Intelligence report

The A-List 2022-23

The leading lawyers and icons most recommended by clients
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resignation of lawyers
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Jumping ship

Although not sparking this trend becoming known as the “great resignation”, the pandemic surely added fuel to the fire, pushing many lawyers
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Global investment trendsvideo
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Keymasters

A GC’s guide to global investment trends
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Sovereign green bond framework
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Green & keen

A framework for the deployment of sovereign green bonds shows the government is committed to a marriage of climate and infrastructure
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Intelligence report

The business of billing

As clients get savvier, law firms face pressure to lower their fees
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Indian In-house counsels recognition
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GCs fight for access

How far have in-house counsel groups come in their efforts to secure statutory recognition?
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India's problem with cybersecurity rules
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Who’s listening?

Are industry calls to tone down cybersecurity directives being heard?
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insolvency service providers
What’s the deal?

Enforcing integrity

Insolvency board makes greater use of enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance with the bankruptcy code
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Here comes the sun

Managing partners at law firms are more optimistic about the future than they have been in years as the negative effects of the pandemic on the economy decline
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India's Competition Amendment Bill 2022
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Black & white

At first glance, the Competition Amendment Bill, 2022, seems to be revolutionary and innovative. However, its success will depend on the implementation of the regulations issued by the antitrust watchdog
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India's electric vehicle regulationvideo
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Electric dreams

As India aims for greater adoption of electric vehicles, some key challenges need to be overcome
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Cover story

Too much power?

How the Enforcement Directorate turned into a veritable bogeyman for India Inc
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India competition per se rule
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Rules of engagement

Application of per se rule can save the CCI time and costs while investigating anti-competitive behaviours
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Cover story

You’re hooked!

Copyright infringers bait B2B partners with the promise of opportunity
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Bouncing back

Revealed: The top international law firms for India matters
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The write moment
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The write moment

E-signatures get a boost during the pandemic with parties finding they speed up turnaround times for deals
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Condition critical
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Condition critical

A conflict has played out before several judicial forums over the fate of Future Retail
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Shaky Ground
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Shaky ground

Spate of real estate defaults tests creditors’ faith in the IBC
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Eyes wide shut

The decision to exempt mergers below certain thresholds from the CCI’s gaze has starkly divided opinions among competition lawyers
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Intelligence report

Indian Law Firm Awards 2022

In a celebration of hard work, ingenuity and excellence, India Business Law Journal reveals the winners of the 2022 Indian Law Firm Awards
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Monkey business

NSE scandal reveals unfortunate consequences of turning a blind eye and deaf ear to corruption
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For their eyes only
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RBI relief for fintech’s credit report quandary

By Kaushal Mathpal
Reserve Bank of India's move to allow fintech companies to access credit information via credit bureaus is a positive move.
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Features

International A-List 2022

The top 100 overseas lawyers for handing India matters
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Daoism: a new kind of faith
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DAOism: a new kind of faith

The rise of decentralised autonomous organisations sees trust taken from humans and bestowed on technology
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Collateral-Damage
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Collateral damage

By George W Russell
How Russia sanctions may snag India and disrupt the global business of law
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Future Legal Leaders 2022
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Future Legal Leaders 2022

50 up-and-coming lawyers who are poised for further success
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No escape

By Freny Patel
Uncertain future and heavy taxes may cage aspirations of crypto investors
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Overstepping the mark

The requirement to submit a test licence in the drugs and cosmetics rules goes beyond the ambit of the Parent Act, and is a hindrance to R&D for pharma companies, writes Syngene International's Shreekanth Katti
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Growing a conscience
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Growing a conscience

Current events dictate that ESG considerations are increasing in importance for companies as well as regulators, warns Ashutosh Senger, lead counsel at Florence Capital
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Deals of the Year

The standout deals and disputes of the year, all completed in challenging times
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Running with the bulls

By Georgy Thomas
Retail investors help fuel charge in record year for IPOs
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Cheques and balances
Intelligence report

Cheques and balances

The number of criminal cases filed against cheque defaulters has overwhelmed India’s judicial system. One obvious solution is to decriminalise what is often a civil dispute, but lawyers aren’t convinced that’s the answer. George W Russell reports
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India law firm fee 2021
Intelligence report

Getting the price right

Annual billing rates survey sees a rebound in legal fees
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Intelligence report

The A-List 2021

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Return flight

By Freny Patel
Analysis: What propelled Air India’s return to Tata?
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Features

IBLJ In-house Counsel Awards

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Devil in the e-detail

The government is keen to support the growth of online trade, but its draft e-commerce rules could have the opposite effect.
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Who’s in control?

The markets regulator has begun a process to move away from the broad concept of promoter to controlling shareholders in order to better identify who’s in charge. Shivanand Pandit reports
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Do lawyers have an increased responsibility in averting a climate catastrophe? Vandana Chatlani reports
Features

Burning question

Do lawyers have a duty to help avert a climate catastrophe?
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