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Much attention has rightly been focused on the glass ceiling discrimination that exists in many of the most profitable industries in America, including the financial and technology sectors.One issue, however, that has not been explored as deeply is the under-representation of Asian-American employees in the executive ranks (dubbed the “bamboo ceiling”) of technology companies.The “bamboo ceiling:”  another form of promotion discrimination in Silicon ValleyAn in-depth analysis of publicly available information from some of the top technology companies, including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, LinkedIn, and Yahoo, sheds some revealing light on the dearth of Asian-American executives across the industry.Although Asian-American employees are actually in some cases over-represented in non-management positions in these five tech companies, they are, according to Ascend Foundation‘s research, “severely underrepresented at the … [Read more...] about The “bamboo ceiling” and the lack of Asian-American executives in Silicon Valley

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Bharat Chugh August 26, 2018 10:23 am Change Font Size A woman with her computer can steal more than a hundred women with guns [1] Data is the “new oil”, and has arguably replaced oil as the world’s most valuable resource. Internet and smartphones have made data ubiquitous, plentiful and more valuable than ever before. Other than the data voluntarily shared, every technological action leaves digital footprints, which are harvested by algorithm-wielding companies, to know more about us. The digital traces that one unwittingly leaves carry valuable information as to one’s personality, attributes, preferences, buying choices, which are often used by companies to predict behavior1 and to even engineer the choices that we make. To cut a long story short, data is extremely valuable, and history tells us that if there is something which is plentiful and valuable, someone is probably going to try and steal … [Read more...] about Data Theft And The Indian Criminal Law

Legal information giant Thomson Reuters – owner of the storied brand West Publishing – is about to get into the business of providing legal services, according to the company.Thomson announced Thursday evening that it is acquiring Indian legal process outsourcing company Pangea3 in a deal the Business Standard of India valued at between $35 million and $40 million.Pangea3 is one of the largest legal outsourcing firms in India, with more than 650 employees and annual revenue in excess of $25 million, according to the Business Standard. A number of venture capitalists have invested in the company, including Silicon Valley’s Sequoia Capital which invested $7 million in 2007.The company “offers services like patent analytics and patent prosecution services, legal research, business and competitive intelligence services, commercial contracting and licensing services among others,” the article said.Thomson Reuters already has about 8,400 employees in India, but … [Read more...] about Thomson Reuters Acquires Indian Legal Outsourcing Co. Pangea3

Law students were pioneer in the matter of internship. Internship is a rather new phenomenon here. There are a few professions in which there is mandatory internship – like to become a doctor you must intern at the end of medical college. However, rest of the students did not intern at all – and certainly not during each summer and winter holidays. It was only in 2012 that internship has been made mandatory for engineering students. Law students, however, especially those from top National Law Universities, have been taking internships very seriously since ‘90s. Law students doing 5 year courses end up doing even 10-15 internships in 5 years. They realised that internship is a great way to quickly gather professional experience, test out various career options and impress potential employers. They intern for up to three-four months every year. This, of course, made a huge difference to their career. In a way the experience of law students with internships led to a … [Read more...] about Internship scamming and spamming

Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Avani Bansal July 20, 2018 2:31 pm Change Font Size The brilliant move by the Supreme Court (SC) in declaring its support for live streaming of its cases, in two PILs filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising and Swapnil Tripathi (a law student from NLU Jodhpur), comes at a time when there is serious trust deficit in the workings of the court. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud should be lauded for a great step towards initiating a move for transparency and openness in the Indian legal system. The SC has asked the Attorney General to submit detailed guidelines on the subject by 23rd July. For anyone who has doubts on the need for such a step, its feasibility, or questions whether it is fair to subject the litigation proceedings to public scrutiny, consider the following. In an environment where fake news on social media is like chaff in the newly-cut grain, news anchors are … [Read more...] about Live Streaming Of Supreme Court Cases—An Idea Whose Time Has Come