Document Review Outsourcing India
Document review appears to be a key area for growth in the near future. As per recent KPMG study that calculated that document review accounts for 58 to 90 percent of litigation costs in the United States. Applying a baseline of $4.9 billion as the cost of litigation support at the top 200 law firms
Indian Defence Market
India’s new defence policy opens up $100 billion market. India is a tenth largest defence buyer in the world with an estimated 2.5% of the global defence expenditure. A recent report puts India’s defence expenditure in the range of USD 32 billion which is set to rise to USD 42 billion by 2015. The capital
The scheme of advance rulings India
The scheme of advance rulings was introduced by the Finance Act, 1993, Chapter XIX-B of the Income-tax Act, which deals with advance rulings, came into force with effect from 1-6-1993. Under the scheme, the power of giving advance rulings has been entrusted to an independent adjudicatory body. Accordingly, a high-level body headed by a retired
Patent Examination India
The process of examination starts with a request for examination. The request has to be made within 36 months from the date of priority or filing. However, if secrecy directions have been given for the application, the request can be made six months after the directions are revoked or thirty six months from the date
Indian Defence Offset Policy
Indian Defense Offset policy provisions will apply to all Capital Acquisitions categorized as ‘Buy(Global)’, i.e., Outright Purchase from foreign/Indian vendor, or ‘Buy and Make with Transfer of Technology’, i.e., Purchase from foreign vendor followed by Licensed Production, where the indicative cost in the Request For Proposal (RFP) is Rs 300 crore (USD 75 million) or
India Defense Market
India is one of the world’s fastest-growing defense/ security equipment market, recently India was ranked as the world’s fastest-growing security equipment market. India will be spending $30 billion in the next five years and further $100 billion over the next decade. India offers tremendous opportunities for U.S. defense and technology companies in aerospace, government contracting,
Patent Foreign Filing License (FFL) Law India
The provision of foreign filing licence was for the first time introduced by Section 39 of Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002. No person resident in India shall, except under the authority of a written permit sought in the manner prescribed and granted by or on behalf of the Patent Controller, make or cause to be made any application
Foreign Judgment Enforcement India
A foreign Court is defined as a court situate outside India and not established or continued by the authority of the Central Government. And a Foreign Judgment means a judgment of a foreign court. Sections 13 and 14 of CPC enact a rule of res judicata in case of foreign judgments. These provisions embody the principle
Future Trends in Practice of Law
Looking 5 to 10 years on the road, it is predicted to be in the first pass review of documents is no longer seen as the practice of law, and subject to the same ethical standards and legal advice. This will be possible not only thanks to technological advances, but also the likelihood that the
LAW FIRMS TRADEMARKS
The vast majority of attorneys and the clients they represent have at least one thing in common; namely, they conduct their business using names other than their own. But whereas many business people have traditionally invested a great deal of time money and energy in branding their business attorneys only recently have begun engaging in