Nishith Desai Associates has recently launched its very own app, “Nishith mobile” to enable easier access to the firm’s knowledge base..The app is available for download across three platforms, and currently provides amongst other things, access to video and audio recordings, as well as regulatory updates across different sectors..In an email sent out by the firm, the app is being promoted as a means to,.“[U]pdate and educate our audience on an ongoing basis by providing prompt and live access to the changing business environment in India.”.While it is still early days to ascertain how much traction such an app will gain, the development of the app itself certainly marks an increasing acceptance, and utilization, of technology by Indian law firms..It will also be interesting to see whether the app falls afoul of current Indian regulations that restrict lawyers (and law firms) from advertising. In the description section of the app for instance, the firm is described as a “research-based” Indian firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Delhi, and Munich amongst other cities. In February this year, the then BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra had said that the relevant laws would be amended to allow law firms to have their own websites.
Nishith Desai Associates has recently launched its very own app, “Nishith mobile” to enable easier access to the firm’s knowledge base..The app is available for download across three platforms, and currently provides amongst other things, access to video and audio recordings, as well as regulatory updates across different sectors..In an email sent out by the firm, the app is being promoted as a means to,.“[U]pdate and educate our audience on an ongoing basis by providing prompt and live access to the changing business environment in India.”.While it is still early days to ascertain how much traction such an app will gain, the development of the app itself certainly marks an increasing acceptance, and utilization, of technology by Indian law firms..It will also be interesting to see whether the app falls afoul of current Indian regulations that restrict lawyers (and law firms) from advertising. In the description section of the app for instance, the firm is described as a “research-based” Indian firm with offices in Silicon Valley, Delhi, and Munich amongst other cities. In February this year, the then BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra had said that the relevant laws would be amended to allow law firms to have their own websites.
