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Technology has accelerated the speed, scale and complexity of white-collar crime, but it has also given investigators new tools to uncover misconduct through digital trails, metadata and data analytics, Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, said while delivering the keynote address at ETLegalWorld’s India White Collar Crime Forum 2026. Singh said Indian companies must…

Kwality Wall’s (India) Ltd on Monday said its board has approved a revised three-year intellectual property (IP) agreement with Magnum IP Holdings B.V., providing a royalty holiday until March 31, 2027, as the ice cream maker looks to stabilise operations following its demerger. “Following the demerger of the Ice Cream business, the management undertook a…

Banking and Finance Law Summit 2026 The third edition of ETLegalWorld’s Banking & Finance Law Summit (BFLS) is set to take place in less than a week, bringing together some of India’s most prominent banking lawyers, compliance officers, general counsels, and regulatory officials under one roof for an evening of substantive dialogue and debate. Themed…

Trilegal has advised Dreamplug Technologies (CRED) and Kunal Shah (founder of CRED) in connection with CRED’s Series H fundraising of approximately INR 8,550 crore from Meta, comprising a combination of primary subscription and secondary acquisition of shares from existing shareholders. “CRED will raise this round at a post-money valuation of INR 43,239 crore and a…

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas have acted as the Indian legal counsel to Jio Platforms Limited on the proposed initial public offering of equity shares of the company. Latham & Watkins guided Jio Platforms as the international legal counsel. Khaitan & Co and White & Case acted as the domestic and…

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has advised National Stock Exchange of India on its proposed initial public offering. Latham & Watkins acted as the international counsel to NSE. Twenty merchant bankers are advising as book running lead managers on this marquee transaction. Khaitan & Co and Sidley Austin are the domestic and international counsels to the BRLMs…

Ankur Sangal Khaitan & Co equity partner Ankur Sangal is set to leave the firm to launch a specialist intellectual property law firm along with members of his existing team, sources close to the development confirm. Sangal, who has been a key member of Khaitan & Co’s Intellectual Property practice, is expected to launch the…

As of June 14, 2026, India’s subordinate courts carried a crushing backlog of over 4.94 crore pending cases. High Courts had another 64.2 lakh matters waiting for disposal. The Supreme Court itself crossed 93,676 pending cases. As per NJDG data, over 3,37,600 cases across the system have been pending for more than 20 years. The…

Amit Kapur Amit Kapur is set to move to Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as Senior Partner, head of the firm’s Delhi office and chair its National Disputes Practice, sources close to the development confirm. The transition brings to a close a three-decade-long association with JSA Advocates and Solicitors. Kapur has led JSA’s infrastructure and regulatory practice…

Introduction – Insider trading traditionally refers to trading public securities based on material nonpublic information (“MNPI”) in breach of a duty of trust, confidence, or loyalty. Liability can arise under multiple overlapping theories, including the classical theory (corporate insiders trading in their company’s securities), the misappropriation theory (outsiders obtaining and misusing a corporation’s confidential information),…