Luthra & Luthra has hired two new Mumbai partners: ex-State Bank of India deputy general manager (law) Priyamvada Haridas in banking and finance, and Shinoj Koshy from Nishith Desai Associates in corporate, as reported by Bar & Bench.
Haridas joined SBI from GLC Calicut after graduating in 1986; Koshy is a 2004 NLSIU Bangalore graduate who spent time at Linklaters joining Nishith Desai in 2013.
Partners Rajiv Luthra and Mohit Saraf did not respond to Legally India emails seeking comment.
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I think if a law firm can't deal with a bit of criticism, fair comment and/or light-hearted trolling, it needs to grow up a little...
Because we're far more widely read also means we attract more comments, some critical, but we also have fairly strict moderation procedures about personal comments and a robust takedown process to with the reporting link under each comment, which regularly gets exercised.
I also believe that comments are a fundamental component to freedom of speech in a market where the balance of power is generally shifted towards law firm proprietors. Comments, while sometimes inane or pointless, also often provide a useful feedback mechanism to us as well as an idea of market sentiments that is valuable.
If a law firm or managing partner can't handle that, I think that says more about them and their mindset to criticism than it does about LI, its readers or its policies.
Second, I've also strongly believed since starting LI six years ago, that robust journalism needs to ruffle feathers sometimes, which we've never been afraid to do and which I know for a fact has earned us some senior partners' temporary ire.
If a some law firms are hiding their head in the sand is the cost of that, I think that's a price worth paying.
Can you provide some evidence supporting your claim that LI is infact more read than BB? Or is just a convenient claim for you to make ?
if your colleague prachi doesnt like something you do as a boss, or anything about her job....would you encourage her to maturely discuss the issues with you, or would you like her to anonymously troll stuff about you in a public forum ?? Ask yourself that question before you pretend to be the messiah of free speech !
1. If you don't like the comments, ignore them.
2. You should see the number of comments we *don't* publish.
3. I think you'll have a hard time finding a comment that was either outright sexist, or a sexist comment that did not lead to a healthy debate & rebuttal. Reality is, there are people out there who make sexist comments and have sexist attitudes. I may not agree with their argument, but as long as it is not hateful, I think those views deserve some sunlight so they can be debunked effectively.
4. 'mean personal and extremely distasteful' bring to mind the language of the IT Act. We draw the line at a lot of personal comments, but censoring personal comments that are merely critical, satirical and not ad hominem, is a step too far.
5. Visitor stats, have a look at sites like Alexa, which is fairly accurate:
www.alexa.com/siteinfo/barandbench.com
www.alexa.com/siteinfo/legallyindia.com
6. I believe that it can be a challenge for law firms dealing with comments. But internal communications can also be improved and firms made more transparent (internally and externally) so that people wouldn't feel the need to troll about the firm. All LI is doing is providing a small platform, which people use for a variety of things.
I think intelligent readers can discern which comment makes valid argument, which is just biased hyperbole - it certainly seems that most of the time the rubbish doesn't stand unchallenged, there's a healthy debate (that admittedly sometimes degenerates into bickering), and sometimes there's a sense that you've learned something from both sides.
Anyway, we have this debate about comments nearly every year with readers and we keep tweaking things from time to time, so it's helpful to get feedback.
However, I think firms or partners that claim they are insecure because of anonymous, mostly harmless comments on a website should realise that there are more important things that one can worry about.
Who likes to read the truth about themselves?
The best way to avoid criticism ..... Close your eyes and ears to it!
Quality and entertainment wise, LI is still miles ahead of the opposition which seem to be edited and written by fourth graders. I have yet to read any articles that treat readers as intelligent and with respect on any of the other legal websites or - God forbid - the things that pass for journalism in the print publications.
If you don't like LI, go and try the other sites and see how you feel afterwards.
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