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Indian designers get lawyers on board, declare war against plagiarism

The battle is tough though, with laws limiting and the market for fakes vast

BoI takes Future Lifestyle to NCLT under bankruptcy code for due recovery

FLFL - in its filing with the BSE - said Saraf and Partners, advocates, on behalf of BoI, has served a petition under Section 7 of the IBC 2016

Srinagar police raid residences of three lawyers in advocate murder case

Police carried out raids here on Wednesday at the residences of three lawyers, including former Kashmir High Court Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom, as part of the probe into the killing of an advocate. "Srinagar police conducting searches at residence of Adv Miyan Qayoom, Adv Manzoor Dar and Adv Muzzaffar Mohd in connection with further #investigation of #murder of Adv Babar Qadri, FIR No 62/2020 of PS Lal Bazar," Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar said in a tweet. A posse of policemen arrived at Qayoom's Barzulla residence early in the morning to carry out the searches. Qayoom is the father-in-law of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court judge Justice Javed Iqbal Wani. Advocate Babar Qadri was shot dead by terrorists inside his residence in the city's Hawal area in September 2020. Qadri, who was a vocal critic of the bar association leadership, particularly of Qayoom, had claimed threat to his life three days before he was shot .

Trial lawyers in England & Wales to strike indefinitely over funding, fees

The Criminal Bar Association, which represents thousands of barristers in England and Wales, said around 80% of its members backed escalation of industrial action that has run since the end of June

Elon Musk files defence under seal as Twitter trial is set for Oct 17

Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk over a canceled $44 billion buyout of the social-media platform is set for a 5-day trial starting Oct 17 in Delaware

Twitter lawyers say they can prevail over Elon Musk in just four days

The Twitter buyout agreement specifies all legal disputes over the deal must be heard in Delaware, corporate home to more than half of US public companies, including Twitter and Musk's Tesla Inc

Courts have become spectator sports but can't degenerate into public brawls

The advent of 24x7 news channels, continual live-tweeting and YouTubed webcasting of proceedings have made judges and lawyers participants in a judicial content-creating version of Big Boss

Don't lose the plot while buying land: Hire a lawyer to verify legal title

Plots don't age, offer better RoI than apartments

SC insists on physical presence of lawyers in court, adjourns matters

The bench said, We are coming to court every day. You can also come and argue your cases here. Lawyers who are physically present in the courtroom will get our indulgence.

Hitesh C Soni Commended For His Contribution To The Global Law Industry In Dubai

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Elon Musk's Tesla directs law firm to fire exec hired from SEC

Musk wanted Cooley, which was representing Tesla in numerous lawsuits, to fire one of its attorneys or it would lose the electric-vehicle company's business

Injury Needs, Attorney David Yerushalmi's Acclaimed Law Firm, Receives National Recognition

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BCI to write to Centre seeking CIA probe into lawyer's murder in Kerala

Advocate Rajnith Srinivas was hacked to death inside his house in front of his mother, wife and daughter on Sunday Morning

A question of preference: Meet Saurabh Kirpal, senior advocate, SC

Kirpal's elevation and the high court order will indicate in which direction India is going

Expect cooperation from Delhi govt, police, lawyers for court safety: HC

The Delhi High Court said it expected full cooperation from the Delhi government, police and lawyers on safety and security in courts and suggested strictly regulating entry to judicial complexes

Tripura police books 4 SC lawyers under UAPA for abetting disharmony

The lawyers have also been served notices asking them to appear before police by November 10 for questioning, Superintendent of Police of West Tripura district Manik Das said.

Lawyer shot dead inside court campus in UP's Shahjahanpur

In a frightening replay of the Delhi court incident, a lawyer was shot dead inside the Shahjahanpur civil court on Monday.

Shout with anger, demand 50% reservation in judiciary: CJI to women lawyers

CJI said that it's an issue of thousands of years of suppression and women are entitled to the reservation and added, "It's a matter of right, and not a matter a charity."

Livelihoods threatened by Covid, lawyers turned to bar councils for help

Large numbers turned to bar councils for ration, financial help in desperation

Ex-aide of Chhota Rajan held in Gujarat over assault on 2 lawyers in Mumbai

A former aide of gangster Chhota Rajan was nabbed from Gujarat by the Maharashtra Housing Board (MHB) police in connection with an assault on two lawyers in suburban Dahisar