Tariff-Secrecy Double Bind: How Global Trade Rules Undermine Pharmaceutical Access In The Global South

Examining the growing structural gap between TRIPS’ public-health objectives and the contemporary political economy of pharmaceuticals, Tanya Verma in her entry for the SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition, argues that tariff regimes and expanding trade-secret protections together create a “double bind” that constrains the Global South’s ability to both import and manufacture medicines. Tanya is a

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S&A Law Offices Successfully Defended Western MP, Part Of The Cube Highways, In A Dispute Relating To The Unlawful Termination Of A Contract

S&A Law Offices Successfully Defended Western MP, Part of the Cube Highways, in a Dispute Relating to the Unlawful Termination of a Contract The leading law firm in India, S&A Law Offices, successfully defended Western M. P. Infrastructure & Toll Roads Private Limited (part of Cube Highways group) in an arbitration proceeding against Markolines Pavements

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When General Powers Swallow Special Design: A Critique of Surinder Kumar Case of the DHC

Did the Delhi High Court compromise on doctrine while maximising outcome? Discussing some knotty procedural law, Arshiya Gupta examines DHC’s decision in Shri Surinder Kumar v. Registrar of Copyrights and argues how it collapses a carefully designed special procedural regime in favour of general transfer powers. Arshiya is a third-year law student at National Law University,

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Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy Advised B.TECH On EGP 1.759 Billion Securitization Transaction

Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy Advised B.TECH on EGP 1.759 Billion Securitization Transaction The leading full-service MENA (Middle East and North Africa) law firm, Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy (MBH), advised B.tech Trade and B.tech Finance (B.TECH) in connection with an EGP 1,759,000,000 securitization transaction. The transaction represents the first issuance under Capital’s fourteenth securitization program, which

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When Stature Becomes Substance: Judicial Deference and Moral Rights in the Ilaiyaraaja Injunction

The bigger the stardom, the likelier an injunction. Discussing the role of stardom, fame, and eminence in moral rights jurisprudence and adjudication, Arshiya Gupta argues that fame and stature are good indicators of how seriously Courts treat your moral right claims, thus implicitly creating a hierarchy of claims. Arshiya is a third-year law student at

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Khaitan & Co Advised Reliance Consumer Products Limited On Acquisition And Relaunch Of Iconic Foods Brand SIL

Khaitan & Co advised Reliance Consumer Products Limited on acquisition and relaunch of iconic foods brand SIL The leading law firm in India, Khaitan & Co, advised Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL), the FMCG arm of Reliance Industries Limited, on the acquisition of the 75-year-old legacy foods brand SIL from Sil Food India Private Limited,

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Zaki Hashem, Attorneys At Law Advised Reefy On EGP 1.064 Billion Securitization Issuance

Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law Advised Reefy on EGP 1.064 Billion Securitization Issuance The prominent and historic Egyptian law firm, Zaki Hashem, Attorneys at Law, advised Reefy Micro Finance Enterprise Services SAE (Reefy) on the successful completion of a securitization issuance valued at EGP 1.064 billion, representing the third issuance under Reefy’s second securitization program.

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