India

As Law Firms Elsewhere are Firing, Those in India are Hiring

As many major law firms based in the United States and London are shrinking their attorney rosters in reaction to a global recession, their counterparts in India are doing just fine. In fact, a number of law firms in India are hiring in anticipation of increased business, reports Bloomberg in…

Jun 15, 2009 8:07 PM CDT

Despite Threats, Lawyer Agrees to Represent Mumbai Terrorism Suspect

Earlier in the week, it was looking as if a yet another lawyer would bow out of a court appointment to represent the sole surviving gunman suspected of participating last year’s terrorist attack in Mumbai. Anjali Waghmare wrote a note Monday to protesters who had been stoning her house. But…

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM CDT

K&L Gates Opens in Singapore, as White & Case Reconfigures

As one well-known law firm confirms plans to reconfigure its Singapore practice, another is opening a new office there: White & Case, which was one of six international law firms granted a license to practice in Singapore late last year, is ending its alliance (and, according to an unidentified source,…

Mar 2, 2009 6:59 PM CST

Pakistan Charges 8 in Mumbai Terror Attacks in November

In a significant step toward dismantling what the Indian government has described as the “infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan,” the government of Pakistan filed terrorism and cybercrime charges today against eight suspects. They are accused of helping 10 gunmen attack hotels and other targets in Mumbai in November, killing 165…

Feb 12, 2009 8:55 PM CST

New Clifford Chance ‘Best Friend’: AZB, Top Indian Firm

Driving a significant wedge into an Indian legal market that is locked up by local attorneys, one of the world’s biggest law firms has just announced an alliance with a major law firm there. “Under the ‘best friends’ alliance—reminiscent of Slaughter and May’s informal ties with several of Europe’s leading…

Jan 14, 2009 5:25 PM CST

Outsourcing Firms Hiring as More Complex Legal Work Goes to India

Three years ago when Ankita Mullick joined the legal outsourcer Pangea3 from a Mumbai firm, she mostly spent time doing research on U.S. laws involving drug labeling. But this year, Mullick and her colleagues are working for banks on auction-rate securities. The Wall Street Journal reports in a careers section…

Nov 26, 2008 6:26 PM CST

2nd Circuit OKs Suit Over Alleged Union Carbide Water Pollution in Bhopal, India

Nearly 25 years after a catastrophic accident in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people, a federal appeals court in the U.S. has reinstated a 2004 lawsuit concerning those allegedly exposed to toxic drinking water and contaminated soil after the 1984 gas leak at a Union Carbide Corp. pesticide plant there.…

Nov 4, 2008 8:00 PM CST

Bombay Lawyer Dies During Courtroom Argument

An 89-year-old lawyer arguing a case in Bombay High Court collapsed in his chair and died. Vinayak Trivikram Walavalkar died of a heart attack, the Times of India reports. The court recessed until after lunch. Judges and lawyers later paid their respects in the bar room of the Advocates’ Association…

Sep 2, 2008 1:41 PM CDT

Gulp

Litigation won’t end the battles over depleted water resources in several regions of the United States

Sep 1, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Only 8 of 60 Ousted Pakistan Judges Return to Office; Lawyers Outraged

There were some 60 appellate judges removed from office in November last year by the president of Pakistan after he declared a state of emergency criticized by the legal community as unconstitutional and imposed what many considered to be martial law. Now, “in a move that has outraged the legal…

Aug 27, 2008 8:42 PM CDT

As Musharraf Exits, Pakistan Lawyers Seek Trial and Restoration of Judges

As Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, resigned from office today, lawyers whose protests for over a year helped achieve this situation celebrated. They also called for the restoration to office of dozens of appellate court judges he removed last November. “Hundreds of lawyers gathered in the courtyard of the Lahore High…

Aug 18, 2008 10:29 PM CDT

As Big Banks Send Work to India, World Financial Centers Lose Steam

In a trend that obviously has significant implications for law firms and their clients, banks increasing are arranging for much of their work to be done outside world financial centers and, often, offshore. As they cut costs in a struggling economy, banks are also cutting jobs in New York, London…

Aug 12, 2008 7:54 PM CDT

Big UK Firms Hire Support Staff in India

Updated: Eversheds is among the major United Kingdom law firms outsourcing low-end legal work to India. Known for its willingness to take a creative approach to legal fees in its representation of Tyco International, the law firm is now outsourcing low-end legal business to India, according to Legal Week. “The…

Aug 11, 2008 3:59 PM CDT

Game Over for Scrabulous Players on Facebook

One of Facebook’s most popular features is now kaput. Users of the social networking site in the U.S. and Canada can no longer play Scrabulous; the two individual developers of the Internet version of the classic Scrabble board game decided to take it down after they were sued by Hasbro,…

Jul 29, 2008 9:57 PM CDT

Hasbro Sues Scrabulous Creators, Asks Facebook for Takedown

One of the most popular features on Facebook could soon be gone, if the social networking site’s operators comply with a takedown request from a U.S. toymaker. The Scrabulous game that users play online infringes on its own Scrabble game, Hasbro says in a lawsuit filed in federal court in…

Jul 25, 2008 7:43 PM CDT