Articles tagged with: American Bar Association (ABA)

'It will happen soon', says law ministry on liberalisation, but all depends on speed of bar councils

The bar councils are the only remaining speed bump in the government liberalising legal services, the law ministry secretary responsible for implementing the entry of foreign law firms said today.

Liberalisation: ABA talked to BCI, law minister but no hard progress, despite SILF now 'fully supportive' of foreign firm entry

An American Bar Association (ABA) source told Legally India that the ABA president Paulette Brown had met with the law minister yesterday and talked about liberalisation.

US regulator allows foreign lawyers to work in-house, nearing more liberal Indian rules

The American Bar Association (ABA) has ruled that foreign qualified lawyers may work as in-house lawyers in all 50 US states with limited authority. In India in-house lawyers have to surrender state bar council registrations, meaning they can effectively work without oversight of the legal regulator...