Jul 30 2010 Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell has appointed Jennifer Kenedy to the role of Managing Partner for the firm's Chicago office after the former Managing Partner, Larry Gray, passed away unexpectedly on 19 July. Kenedy plans to continue with her practice full-time, handling product liability and... more

Jul 30 2010 Hogan Lovells has appointed a new managing partner in Madrid, with head of dispute resolution José Luis Huerta succeeding José Maria Balana from 1 September. Huerta said: “I’m very honoured to succeed José Maria as office managing partner. Following the combination with Hogan & Hartson on 1... more

Jul 30 2010 Howard Kennedy has boosted its property practice with the hire of the former head of Hammonds’ London office Paul Groobey. Howard Kennedy senior partner Trevor Newey said: “Paul’s extensive experience advising across all facets of the property industry makes him a very valuable asset to the... more

Jul 30 2010 Latham & Watkins, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom and Hogan Lovells have taken leading roles on Qatari Diar Finance's $3.5 billion bond offering. Qatari Diar Finance, a subsidiary of the country’s sovereign wealth fund Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, will use the funds raised by the... more

Jul 30 2010 Interesting article from The Economist about the globalized legal profession. The article looks at some of the remaining barriers to professional mobility inside various countries, and examines the restrictions upon foreign competition. In China and Brazil foreign firms offer advice on... more

Jul 30 2010 Jailbreaking your iPhone or other mobile device will no longer violate federal copyright law, the U.S. Copyright Office ruled this week. The decision, part of a process that takes place every three years, said that bypassing a manufacturer's protection mechanisms to allow "handsets to execute... more

Jul 30 2010 Reliance Industries recently announced its entry to the broadband world by acquiring 95 percent of Infotel, a HFCL company for nearly Rs. 4,800 ($1.1 billion). They will have to raise Rs. 2,250 crore ($500 million) in external commercial borrowings (ECB). Infotel has raised this amount to part... more

Jul 30 2010 Who would have thought that the beloved game of Pac-Man, which often stirs up ideas of nostalgia, would land Greenpeace in a Rs.10 crore ($2.1 million) defamation and trademark infringement suit? more

Jul 30 2010 Madras and Jharkhand High Court, Appointment of Judges more

Jul 29 2010 JFE Holdings,the second largest Japanese steelmaker, has announced its India investment to buy a 14.9 percent stake in India’s third largest steel manufacturer JSW Steel. The Japanese company has purchased just below the 15 percent norm so as to not trigger the open offer regulations. JSW will... more

Jul 29 2010 The Bangalore based real estate company, Embassy Property Developers Ltd. (Embassy) had filed for a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). more

Jul 29 2010 The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigations) Judge AY Dave on July 25 has sent former Home Minister, Amit Shah to judicial custody till August 7. Shah has been charged with murder, kidnapping, extortion and destruction of evidence in the fake encounter killings of gangster Sohrabuddin and his wife... more

Jul 29 2010 From Associate Editor to Corporate Lawyer – How did it happen and why did you make the shift? more

Jul 29 2010 Malaysian Sovereign wealth fund Khazanah outbid Fortis Healthcare to acquire Parkway Holdings, Southeast Asia's largest hospital chain, for around Rs. 11,700 crore ($2.6 billion). more

Jul 29 2010 TLG Capital is investing in Re-feel Cartridge Engineering, India’s largest printer cartridge refilling network, comprising of a national chain of 109 shops that refill customers’ printers ink cartridges. According to media reports TLG is putting Rs. 21 crore ($4.5million) into Re-feel, for a 36... more

Jul 29 2010 Private Equity (PE) fund Milestone’s plan to tap into the rapidly growing capital market in India took fruit this month when the company filed for a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Milestone would be the first PE since IL&FS Investment... more

Jul 29 2010 The Mumbai office of J. Sagar Associates (JSA) advised IL & FS Trust Company in their investment into Aria Hotels (Aria), a subsidiary of Asian Hotels (West) for a third of its stake. more

Jul 29 2010 Bar & Bench looks at career paths of the three ‘National’ law universities that were established; NLSIU, NALSAR, and NUJS. more

Jul 29 2010 The Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee (“TRAC”) constituted by Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) to review the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (“Takeover Code”) submitted its report to SEBI on July 19, 2010. more

Jul 29 2010 The Bar Council of India is at the receiving end of flak yet again, with Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa opposing the All India Bar Examination. In a Special Meeting the decision was taken to submit an affidavit with the objections filed in by the other Bar Councils in the Supreme Court, where... more