Strike Off of Companies in India

By Harry Liu and Qiu Yue of King & Wood Mallesons On April 11th, 2013, the former CIETAC Shanghai Sub-Commission officially…

Increasingly, the notion of law firm ‘convergence’ has prompted meaningful change in many of the world’s biggest legal departments. Here, Paul Smith, the new Chairman at Eversheds expands on the convergence model and explains how a decrease in the number of law firms per client has led to heightened efficiency and a reduction in costs. He also underscores the importance of a deeper sense of trust between law firm and client.

On September 16th, 2012, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) initiated a new procedure called Inter Partes Review or …