On November 6, dismissing a whistleblower lawsuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that the False Claims Act (FCA) does not protect whistleblowers from retaliation once...
On November 6, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in Manhattan Federal Court, stating that the...
On November 8, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai stated that Google would end the practice of forced arbitration for claims of sexual harassment or assault.This statement comes after more than 20,000...
Rejecting allegations made by the All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA), a group of 2,000 online sellers, regarding abuse of market dominance, the Competition Commission of India (CCI)...
Recently, a Mumbai court acquitted nine people in a case of allegedly duping the State Bank of India (SBI) of Rs 105 crores. The nine people involved in this case are: Ashwin Mehta (brother of Harshad...
In a recent ruling, Justice Prakash D. Naik of the Bombay High Court on November 2 said, “A father can seek visitation rights to his child under the Domestic Violence (DV) Act if the child is in the...
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, issued an order on November 5 nominating Anand S. Pathak, Managing Partner, P&A Law Offices, as Member of the Competition Law Review...
View PDFOn October 31, the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, issued a notification on the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions (Removal of Difficulties) Second Order, 2018, an order...
SS Rana & Co., a leading intellectual property law firm in India, announced that its Senior Partner Bindra Rana completed her 50th Anniversary at the Bar Council of Delhi on November 8, 2018.With...
In an encouraging move by Ethiopia’s House of Peoples Representatives (HoPR), Meaza Ashenafi was unanimously approved as the first Chief Justice, i.e., President of Ethiopia’s Federal Supreme Court,...
In yet another issue surrounding wilful defaulters, RBI Governor Urjit Patel was recently issued a show-cause notice by the Central Information Commission (CIC) for "dishonoring" a Supreme Court...
Recently, government officials of Estonia reported that Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani—the Chairman, Managing Director, and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited—is keen on the...
