Indirect Tax Amicus is released around end of every month and includes statutory changes and other developments in Goods and Services Tax (GST), Customs & FTP, Central Excise, Service Tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) laws. Article in each issue discusses and analysis important developments and issues arising there from. Statutory changes by Notifications, which also include various exemptions and clarifications by Circulars or Public Notices, issued by CBIC, DGFT, etc., are covered under "Notifications and Circulars". "Ratio decidendi" covers landmark judgments and orders pronounced recently by various courts, tribunals and other authorities.
Direct Tax Amicus covers major changes in income tax laws. This newsletter contains an article on issue of topical interest or developing jurisprudence, notifications and circulars issued during the period and important decisions and judgments (under Ratio Decidendi) covering various facets of income tax law and procedures. It usually covers recent developments pertaining to classification of expenditure, application of transfer pricing (TP) provisions, issues around DTAAs, computation of income, exemptions, etc.
International Trade Amicus covers developments in the field of international trade remedy laws. It includes trade remedies like anti-dumping duty, safeguard duty and countervailing duty investigations and impositions, by and against, India. News pertaining to major developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO), India’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and investment-related disputes, are also covered, along with summaries of case law from different jurisdictions on topics pertaining to the subject.
IPR Amicus covers the developments in the laws relating to intellectual property rights, covering Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Designs, Plant Varity Protection and Geographical Indications. This newsletter includes authored 'Article(s)' on relevant topics of current interest, 'Statute Update' on different legislative changes, ‘Ratio decidendi’ covering selected decisions of High Courts, Supreme Court of India and various other foreign courts, and ‘News Nuggets’ highlighting other important developments in this area of law.
Corporate Amicus covers major developments in the domain of Corporate Law. It includes article(s), statutory updates and news relating to mergers & acquisitions, private equity, real estate, anti-trust and competition law, arbitration, sports law, FEMA, infrastructure and project finance, and general corporate and commercial law. Orders passed by quasi-judicial authorities like National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), NCLAT, Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), Electricity Appellate Tribunal and other authorities and courts are also covered in this e-newsletter.
BIS Amicus covers statutory changes and other developments in respect to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Article in each issue discusses and analysis important developments and issues arising there from. The newsletter also includes an Update on Quality Control Orders (QCOs), covering QCOs due for implementation, new QCOs, etc.
Competition Law newsletter is released once in every two months. It includes all the recent important decisions by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), along with original articles and research pieces on competition law, thus covering all relevant developments in the field of competition and antitrust law
LKS Corporate Practice Quarterly Update covers significant amendments under the company law, the foreign exchange laws, the securities laws and the environmental laws during the quarter. Released after the end of each quarter, the Update provides an overview of the key amendments that have a bearing on Indian businesses, investors and other stakeholders, with our comments on these important developments.
HyMA, an Update on Hyderabad Mergers & Acquisitions’, is released fortnightly. It captures recent M&A deals of Hyderabad (in the column ‘Featured Deals’), an ‘Article’ discussing elaborately an important issue, and highlights important regulatory updates that impact M&A activities in India.
TechnoLAWgy Bulletin is released around 7th of every month and captures the recent updates of information technology law, data privacy, technology and regulatory, as well as global updates on technology law and regulation.
