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John Thomas joins Frost Brown Todd as Partner in Houston Office A U.S.-based national law firm, Frost Brown Todd (FBT) has announced that John Thomas has joined the firm’s Houston office as a Partner in its Private Equity & Venture Capital practice group, further strengthening the firm’s corporate and energy capabilities across Texas and nationwide.

White & Case advised EchoStar on spectrum license sale transactions with AT&T and SpaceX The Global Law Firm, White & Case advised EchoStar Corporation on two landmark transactions in the telecommunications sector. In August, the firm advised EchoStar on its agreement to sell its 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses to AT&T for approximately

IP8, an infringement monitoring platform by the team behind PatSeer, is launching an agentic AI solution for continuous global infringement surveillance. To know more, please read on below:- IP8 Launches pioneering Agentic AI for Continuous Global Patent Infringement Surveillance (18 September 2025) New York – IP8, an enterprise-ready infringement monitoring platform built by the team

S&R Associates represented State Bank of India and seven private sector banks in Yes Bank stake sale to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation The leading Indian law firm, S&R Associates represented State Bank of India and seven listed private sector banks — HDFC Bank Limited, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, Axis Bank Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, IDFC

MCX shares rise 5 percent as SEBI mulls deeper participation The company has a total market capitalisation of Rs.40,634.23 crore The shares of Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) surged over 5 percent after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said it was mulling over a plan to allow banks and pension funds to trade commodities.

SEBI to engage with government to allow banks, pension funds to invest in non-agri markets The decision was announced at an event organized by the Multi-Commodity Exchange Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has said that the regulator would ‘engage’ with the government to allow banks, insurance companies

Ashurst hires Clifford Chance partner Ouns Lemseffer to launch Africa presence The leading global law firm Ashurst has hired Clifford Chance partner Ouns Lemseffer to spearhead the launch of its first office in Africa, located in Casablanca, Morocco. Ouns Lemseffer has joined as Head of Morocco and will serve as the Managing Partner of the

SEBI outlines new reforms for commodity derivatives market; MCX rises The move could expand institutional participation and improve liquidity Following the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey outlining new reforms for the commodity derivatives market, the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) jumped 3.66 percent to Rs.7930.85. Pandey was speaking at

A Detailed Analysis Of LKQ V. GM And Its Sweeping Impact On The Obviousness Standard For Design Patents, Replacing Rigid Frameworks With A Flexible Approach “Explore how recent 2025 Federal Circuit decisions are reshaping design patent law, from infringement tests to prior art standards and Section 337 investigations” The landscape of design patent law is

Bolstering India’s commodity markets high on agenda: SEBI Chairman TK Pandey The regulator is also contemplating allowing access to FPIs The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, has stated that strengthening India’s commodity markets is high on the regulatory body’s agenda. Pandey elaborated, “We have already constituted a committee to