November

"Nearly a third of all lawyers in India are ""fake,"" the head of the country 's legal regulator has said. Manan Kumar Mishra, the chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI), made the startling revelation during a recent speech. ""Thirty percent of all lawyers are fake, who either hold fraudulent degrees or are nonpracticing persons and 20% of those who sport lawyers ' robes do not have proper degrees,"" Mishra said. ""Fake lawyers and nonpracticing law graduates are degrading the standards of the profession."" The spread of ""fake"" lawyers, Mishra added, was also causing disruptions in the legal system. ""Strikes on petty issues have become a regular phenomenon due to such persons,"" he said, ""We are serious about this and will take stiff action."""

Anti-social elements attempting to take refuge in Tirupur will now have a tough time hiding from the police, thanks to a tenant information system being put in place by the city police. Police officials have managed to gather data pertaining to 12,000 tenants to date. The database, second of its kind after Chennai, will have mobile numbers, family details, previous address, work details and an identity proof of the tenant. The tenant information system would also include a photocopy of the tenant's driving license, ration card or voter ID card, passport, PAN card or Aadhaar card. The idea of a tenant information system was mooted after frequent incidents of anti-social elements finding a safe haven in Tirupur. Police commissioner S N Seshasai, who initiated the process, said he didn 't want to force the public to hasten the preparation of the database.

"In a new development demonstrating the ripple effect of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Schrems decision, the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority (ILITA) revoked its prior authorization to transfer data from Israel to the U.S. that rely on Safe Harbor. The announcement will present a significant barrier to data flows from Israel 's surging technology sector, which comprises large local operations of global powerhouses such as Intel, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and HP, as well as Israeli ""unicorns"" such as Waze, which was acquired by Google for more than $1 billion. The decision attempted to avoid rupturing the borders of the Euro ""data zone,"" which Israel effectively belongs to under its adequacy decision. At the same time, the adequacy of Israel 's regime itself may be called into question, together with other adequacy mechanisms, based on the reasoning of the ECN."