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This is a guest post written by Ayushi Gupta, a law graduate from Nirma University, Ahmedabad. She has recently started working with a firm in Mumbai.

Before I even begin with how you should make the best out of an internship, it is important to get into the why of it. The majority of students including myself often bag a four-weeks internship which is too short a time to understand the workings of the firm, get to know people and convert it into a fruitful learning experience. This has been a roadblock for me throughout all of my internships.

Are you someone who doesn’t know how to strike up a conversation with associates in a law firm? Do you want to learn the tricks which can get you the recommendation of a partner? Do you wish to stand out in your internship? If your answer to the following questions is

Wit the following words, spoken the night The New York Times broke the news that a Manhattan grand jury indicted Donald Trump, Fox News host Tucker Carlson signaled the next, dangerous phase of the Trumpist assault on the rule of law.

“Probably not the best time to give up your AR-15. And I think most people know that.”

Now we begin to watch a replay of the circumstances that led to the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

It continued. Former Fox News host Glenn Beck told Carlson that he predicted that by 2025, America would be “at war,” “we’ll have a currency collapse, and we will live in a virtual police state.” The Bill of Rights is “gone,” Beck said.

Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican businessman and presidential candidate, put out a video statement saying that America is “skating on thin ice as a country right

On Wednesday 5^th April the Court will hand-down judgment in R (on the application of Pearce and others) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2023] UKSC 13. The court will determine two questions: (i) When the Parole Board is deciding whether or not to direct the release of a prisoner on license, can it only take into account accusations if they are proved on the balance of probabilities? (ii) Does the Parole Board’s “Guidance on Allegations” misstate the law on this issue? The hand-down will take place at 9:45am in Courtroom 1.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding: (As of 07/04/23)

• East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and Ors, heard 22 June 2021
• Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter, heard 14^th June 2022
• Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and anotherheard 20^th October 2022
• Chief Constable of

Can Sunshine Lower Sky-high Gas Prices?

Gov. Newsoms and lawmakers think transparency can lower gas prices at the pump. What about transparency for the price of natural gas?

Calls are growing for more transparency in California’s energy markets. Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed his bill shining a light on gas prices at the pump. But when it comes to the recent surge in natural gas prices that jolted electricity and gas bills this winter, the next step is murkier. Regulators at the California Public Utilities Commission say they have opened an investigation. And Gov. Newsom has formally requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to do so too. I asked Prof. William Boyd, faculty co-director of the Emmett Institute, to explain the regulatory options. Here’s our conversation, edited for brevity and clarity. We started with how natural gas prices are determined…

The problem with

Family trusts are created for the benefit of a family group, asset protection, tax planning, and various other considerations.
Trusts are a helpful way to structure your finances and mostly benefit those who run a small business, hold investments or want a flexible way to provide for their family.

Trusts vs Family Trusts

A trust is a legal relationship whereby one party holds property or assets, for the benefit of another. The trustee is the person who holds the trust property, whereas the persons who benefit are known as the beneficiaries. The trustee is also able to be a beneficiary of the trust, provided there is at least one other beneficiary. In many family trusts, the beneficiaries include any person in an extended family group rather than specific persons. In some cases, there may be many hundreds (or more) of potential beneficiaries.
A typical family trust is a type of

I have decided to start a new series on my website – Offbeat Careers – to bring to you information about what alternate, exciting and fulfilling careers you can choose to post your law degree.

This past year 2020 has seen many of us, especially those graduating from law school in 2020 and 2021, grappling with uncertainty on the recruitment front. The pandemic and the resultant lockdown has seriously affected the global economy, leading to employers freezing new hires and trimming their existing workforce. More and more of us are in the already competitive job market.

I would like all the law students or laid-off young lawyers to consider that there are more options available to them, other than a law firm or an in-house job.

Now is the time to think smart and pivot to alternate career options. It’s rightly said that “many things can be done with a

A company controlled by Warner Bros. Discovery is dumping four of its dot-brand gTLDs, but keeping hold of .food, which it has been sitting on, unused for the better part of eight years.

Lifestyle Domain Holdings has asked ICANN to terminate its registry contracts for .foodnetwork, .travelchannel, .hgtv and .cookingnetwork, which are four of its US cable TV channels.

Unusually, the termination notice contains a bit of color explaining its decision:

Despite efforts over the years to develop a marketing strategy for deployment of these assets, the company has determined there is not a current use for them and therefore requests early termination of the ICANN Registry Agreements and to wind down these assets

The gTLDs have never been used, something that can also be said for the remainder of Lifestyle’s original portfolio of 11 gTLDs.

The registry was originally owned by Scripps Networks, but following a series of M&A

Flexible Working Arrangements and Work From Home – 3 Legal HR Issues to Consider

Research from Money.com.au found that:

• Two-thirds (67 per cent) of Australian employees admitted they are plagued by distractions when working remotely be it TV Social Media, errands or having visitors over; and
• 43% spend less than half their day working productively.[1]

These results and potentially some other anecdotal views are leading to an increasing workplace issue around flexible working arrangements and work from home.

While these options can offer numerous benefits for both employers and employees, there are also several legal HR issues that need to be considered.

There are a number of legal issues to consider when implementing flexible working arrangements or allowing employees to work from home. These issues include:

– The right to request flexible working arrangements under the Fair Work Act 2009
– Whether the employee is entitled to paid leave during