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India Model BIT 2026
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Climate-proofing India’s next model BIT

India’s 2026 model BIT must align investment protection with climate obligations for long-term treaty coherence
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IBLJ In-house Counsel Awards 2026

IBLJ showcases leading heads of legal and their teams
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BVI woos India

On BVI’s inaugural trade mission to India, Premier Natalio Wheatley and Minister of Financial Services Lorna Smith discuss their jurisdiction’s strengths and what it has to offer India’s fast‑growing economy
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AI Training and Copyright
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ANI v OpenAI ruling: Reading the tea leaves

In-house legal teams that adapt now will be better placed for the final judgment after the first ruling on AI training and copyright
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When seniority demands separation

Disputes partners must leave their law firms in order to practise as senior advocates. IBLJ asks leading lawyers whether it is time for change
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IBLJ Regional Law Firm Awards 2026
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IBLJ Regional Law Firm Awards, 2026

Rewarding legal excellence in firms with their main operations outside Delhi and Mumbai
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A new executive order

As law firms embrace professional management, are meddling partners driving talent away?
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Twenty years of India
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The foreign law firms leading on India

Now in its 20th year, IBLJ's flagship survey identifies the international firms that stand out for their expertise and impact on India-related mandates
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A postcard from India

Chris Parsons shares his reflections on the Indian legal market’s transformation from 2005 to 2025
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IBLJ Law Firm Awards, 2026

Setting the benchmark for legal excellence in India
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AI in Arbitration Services
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AAA tools up with AI

As AAA turns 100, CEO Bridget McCormack discusses ICDR growth and responsible AI tools reshaping arbitration services globally
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Chennai Legal Market Overview
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Chennai’s legal fabric

Chennai’s legal ecosystem goes beyond litigation as the port city has a high court legacy, specialised practices, local insight and relationship-driven advocacy
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India FDI Policy Update
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Policy, paradox and participation

LG India’s Rajiv Malik welcomes changes to Press Note 3 that mean a new FDI policy for close neighbours
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Knock knock
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Knock knock

Preparing for India’s multi-agency dawn raids: Building response architecture, preserving privilege and documenting every step
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Insurance Cybersecurity Data Protection
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Guarding the nest eggs

Life insurers’ digital shift demands stronger legal oversight to protect customer data and cyber resilience
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Playing catch-up

Shared venture documentation gaps slow India funding rounds and shape foreign capital perceptions of ecosystem maturity
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The International A-list 2026
Intelligence report

The International A-list 2026

Bringing to the spotlight leading foreign lawyers that are the go-to advisers on India-related matters
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Deals of the Year 2025
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Deals of the Year 2025

Deals of the Year: 2025's top transaction and disputes
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Bengaluru Legal Market
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Bengaluru’s legal blend

Bengaluru’s legal market has grown a culture that prizes agility, depth and collaboration over scale
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In-house Counsel Awards 2025-26
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In-house Counsel Awards 2025-26

In-house Counsel Awards: Company guiding lights
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SHANTI Act Nuclear Private Investment India
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A lightbulb moment

Ambitious goal for increasing nuclear energy capacity leads to government allowing private sector entrants
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IBLJ Legal Fees Index
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IBLJ Legal Fees index

IBLJ’s long-running Billing Rates Survey has evolved into India’s first index of law firm pricing
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Indian Patent Office Delays
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Snowed under

Interminable delays with approvals at the patent office are undermining business and foreign investment
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Prohibited Claims Arbitration
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Clipping the clause

To what extent does party autonomy hold sway over contracts that involve exceptional or prohibited clauses?
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RBI Draft Directions 2025
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Unleashed

After 20 years, India’s banks will be allowed back into the takeover game under an RBI proposal on acquisition finance
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Priti Suri IPBA Leadership
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Strength through adversity

IPBA president-elect Priti Suri talks to IBLJ about a lifetime of embracing challenges
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India Budget 2026
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Rock steady

Tax experts from BMR Legal write that the 2026 budget is in step with India’s long-term growth priorities
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Digital Personal Data Protection Act
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Digital data game changer

The recently rolled out DPDP reforms combine with insurance regulations to raise compliance responsibilities and alter how the industry does business in many ways
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Smell Trademark Registration
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Sniffing an opportunity

Sumitomo’s rose-scented tyres secure India’s first smell trademark, but enforcement faces practical domestic limitations
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RERA Arbitration Conflict
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Where roads diverge

The relationship between RERA and arbitration needs clarification to enable fair resolution of real estate disputes
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Intelligence report

A-List: India’s most recommended lawyers

Honouring the A-List lawyers, Vanguards and Legal Icons who are irreplaceable to their clients
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Promoter Controlled Companies
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Unlocking transparency in governance

Greaves Cotton GC writes accountability is key in promoter-run enterprises for better corporate governance
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How transactions are made fail proof
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The due diligence puzzle

Examining the multi-faceted role played by due diligence lawyers who need to flag risks to clients
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Air Quality Governance Risk
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Air pollution: Why legal must act

When pollution causes operational disruption and becomes a governance imperative, it is time for in-house counsel to speak up
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India FLL Featured Image 2026
Intelligence report

Future Legal Leaders 2026

The proven and accomplished legal stars tipped to move into key strategic leadership roles in the profession
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India PE/VC Exits
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Rushing for exits

How legal advisers are guiding PE/VC companies out of the IPO maze
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India UK arbitration reform
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Bridging jurisdictions: India and UK redefine arbitration

India and UK overhaul arbitration laws to boost efficiency, global alignment and procedural credibility
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Delay in India data protection law
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Why the wait?

Delayed implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act sees Indian businesses struggle with compliance
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Harvey’s passage to India

AI company's co-founder and CEO Winston Weinberg reveals India's role in his global ambitions
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Proactive legal teams
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Amplifying legal’s voice

KPMG’s associate GC, Priya Bahl, shows the way for in-house teams changing to be proactive for better future
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India manufacturing legal and regulatory reforms
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Oiling a growth engine

Cummins GC, Sanjit Batra points out pain points in the promising Indian manufacturing industry
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Online Gaming Act 2025
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Game over?

With harsh law, India’s real money gaming sector gets ‘fragged’ by the government
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Legal recruitment India
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Grabbing top talent

Legal recruiters share perspectives from the other side of the interview table
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Air Passenger Rights India
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Flight protections need legal upgrade

Aviation attorney writes that India needs a dedicated law to protect the rights of passengers facing flight disruption
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The legal appeal

How is Pune’s legal market faring while being situated next to India’s financial capital
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Cross-Border Legal Considerations for Indian Businesses
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Crossing legal lines

Indian stakeholders must consider varying legal considerations when navigating a cross-border transaction
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India's best foreign law firm
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India rising, borders fading

The foreign firms that have overcome adversity and emerged as go-to choices for India legal matters
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National Single Window System
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Seeing red

National Single Window System is failing to untangle red tape for businesses
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Oppression and Mismanagement Law
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Pinned underfoot

Corporate oppression and mismanagement matters take a backseat in the face of India’s insolvency and bankruptcy challenges
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Vanashakti Supreme Court Ruling
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Nature in the balance

Supreme Court’s decision to make prior environmental clearances mandatory for project work emphasises environmental protection
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India PLI Scheme Electronics
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Manufacturing shock therapy

India’s PLI scheme seeks to bolster domestic production in the vital sector of electronic components
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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
Intelligence report

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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Intelligence report

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
Intelligence report

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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Intelligence report

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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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
Intelligence report

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
Intelligence report

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
Intelligence report

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
Intelligence report

Deals of the Year 2023

50 standout deals and disputes of 2023
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Spotlight

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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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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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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Intelligence report

The A-List 2023-24

The leading lawyers and legal icons most recommended by clients
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Vantage point

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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Spotlight

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
Intelligence report

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
Cover story

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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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
Intelligence report

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 blocks

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