The finalists for IDEX Legal Awards (ILA’s) 2017 were revealed last week. With a record number of entries across Law Firm and In-house categories, the winners will be announced at a grand ceremony in Mumbai at St Regis on April 21st 2017.

It is without a doubt that the law firm industry in India is experiencing one of its most turbulent periods in decades, perhaps owing to globalisation, reduced client budgets and high competition both from internal as well as external firms. These pressures are creating real changes in the industry and a need for fresh thinking in the management of law firms, including the better use of traditional metrics used in law firm management and decision-making.

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One of the major concerns of all investors and innovators, foreign as well as domestic is the time, effort and money it takes to resolve a dispute in India. The problem is increasingly difficult for startups whose dispute value may be less than a crore or even INR 50 lakhs. Increasing number of companies are becoming vary of arbitration due to its increasing cost and high probability of court appeal. Increasing number of companies are opting to refer disputes to mediation before proceeding to arbitration or litigation.

In the era of creative business and ‘Out-of-the-box’ thinking attitude, for the learners to grow professionally it is necessary to find out ‘their calling’ and then get trained in a creative way rather than the traditional way. Be it in the field of medical, engineering or law.

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IICA Announces Six Month Course in Competition Law Market Regulation and Three Month Course in Competition Law. The courses are uniquely designed and developed by IICA as shorter, flexible and focused option to meet specific professional needs of policy makers, regulators, business executives, lawyers, economists, CS, CAs and other professionals.

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**The Conference organised by the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA) will highlight the common trends in the field of international and domestic arbitration with a special reference to dynamic economy of India.

Admissions are now open for the part-time Master’s degree in International Human Rights Law starting September 2016.

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The Federalist Society, iJustice – a public interest law initiative of Centre for Civil Society, Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) and Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP) are jointly organizing a two-day international conference on ‘Law & Liberty’ on 18-19 September 2015 at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat (Haryana).

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The University of Oxford is pleased to announce five scholarships for candidates from developing South Asian Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Master’s in International Human Rights Law, starting September 2015.

With the start of this New Year, I’m going to break the cardinal rule of any business – don’t give anything free. myLaw.net is open to all!

The law is like fine wine – half the fun is in showing off how much you know about it. So how many of the following questions can you answer?

With a growing number of cross-border transactions, international arbitration has become the most popular form of dispute resolution.

The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) is pleased to announce our 6th Annual Legal Services Conference: “Counseling Corporates & Legal Issues Impacting Growth” on October 17, 2014 at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai.

At a loss for what to get your boss, loved lawyer or colleague for Diwali or those other special occasions?