Wake Up Call: India Opens to Foreign Law Firms, Lawyers

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• India released new rules that will allow foreign law firms and lawyers to practice in the country, lifting decades of restrictions. The Bar Council of India said the opening will help grow the legal profession. (Bloomberg News)
• Squire Patton Boggs said it is ending its association with a local law firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a view to opening its own office and hiring its own attorneys in the region. Greenberg Traurig said it is starting ...