The fact is, you cannot bill your Medicare patients more than you do all your other patients. If your practice maintains various , the government payers should be the lowest-priced among the group.

But then as long as you’re following a contract or have consistent non-discriminatory billing policies in writing, billing may differ within your practice. But then, practically speaking, you should keep your billing policies consistent to stay away from accusations or discrimination.

Well, you have to make a reasonable attempt at gathering the co-pay, deductible, and when applicable, the balance of the bill; however that does not necessarily mean sending three bills.

Waiving deductibles and copayments regularly can violate several federal laws and regulations, including the Federal False Claims Act, anti-kickback statutes, and compliance guidelines for individual and small group physician practices. In the Federal False Claims Act, the OIG identifies three criteria that can end up in a violation: The waivers are routine, the waiver is given without regard to the individual’s financial hardship, and the provider fails to pass on to the payer its proportional share of the discount.

Be careful: OIG regulations are not your only concern as far as collecting copays is concerned. Take a look at your payer contracts as well. Many contracts require that copays are collected during the time of service. A provider can lose participating status if they fail to toe the guidelines.

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One reason you may be able to write off a patient’s copay, deductible or balance is if the patient meets the criteria of financial hardship. In order for your practice to accept financial hardship as terms for a debt-off, the patient needs to be able to prove he’s unable to pay. In case you cannot establish financial hardship, CMS requires that you make a reasonable endeavor to collect money from a patient. This might comprise sending three bills, followed by two phone calls, and a final notice. That cycle is at your practice’s discretion. If you cannot collect it ultimately, be sure to document your efforts.

Well, you should bill as many diagnosis codes as you need to establish medical necessity for the services you are billing. Some payers’ computer systems used to be able to read only one diagnosis code per line. However, now you should always be able to report all relevant diagnoses for each visit, and link the proper diagnoses to each service on each line.

This will become important when go into effect in 2013 at which point diagnosis coding will expand considerably.

Myth Four: E/M codes are assigned only by the level of medical decision-making (MDM).

Medical decision-making (MDM) is only one of three important components, depending on the category of the code. However you should always think about the nature of the patient’s presenting problem when figuring out which code is most accurate.

Myth Five: If you are a Medicaid provider, you have to accept all Medicaid patients partly state-funded and state-designed, it’s hard to give a general rule. Many states will allow some flexibility allowing you to limit new admits to your patient mix.

Some states may allow you to limit the number of Medicaid patients that you see. Most Medicaids recognize that you can go broke minus the ability to keep a viable patient mix.

Check with your state: If you are not clear regarding whether your state allows limitation of Medicaid patients, get in touch with your state’s Department of Health and Human Services rather than contacting your payer.

Medicare HMOs have a set of guidelines that they must follow; what’s more, they’ve to cover everything Medicare would cover. However, they can also opt to cover other things, and they can require referrals, authorizations, and other things that Medicare would not need.

Well, secondary insurance is more likely to pick up what Medicare does not pay. However, secondary insurance does not have to pay for everything that Medicare does not. Oftentimes, secondary payers will only pay up to a certain amount and if Medicare has already shelled out that amount, they will not pay any more. Supplemental insurance will only pay Medicare’s copays and deductibles, not everything else Medicare does not reimburse.

Ø Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA):

CBA is a notion which improves the conditions of working life. According to Hoxie- “Collective Bargaining (CB) is a mode of fixing the terms of employment by means of bargaining between an organized body of employees and employers or an association of employers usually acting through organized agents.”

CB is a major institutional mechanism for resolving the conflicts among the interested parties. CB is the combination of two words:

(a) Combination (i.e. Jointly) &

(b) Bargaining (i.e. offer & counter offer to reach a settlement)

So we can say that CB is a technique of resolving the existing conflicts between the employee and employer.

The object/end of collective bargaining is invariably to harmonise labour relations, to promote industrial peace by creating conditions whereby labour and capital are put on equal footing, while negotiating with the employer.

For a successful CBA, some conditions have to be fulfilled. But it’s a matter of sorrow that most of the conditions are not followed in Bangladesh. However, the preconditions for successful CBA are following as:

? Democratic Attitude of the managements towards the workers & their unions should be ensured.

But unfortunately, in most of the present context/situation in industry, it is seen that the management side always try to dominate the workers as well as their unions.

? Mutual trust, confidence & respect between the management and the trade union activities should be maintained.

? Government must not interfere in the internal affairs of trade union and collective bargaining.

? Devoted an unbriable leadership of the CBA or Trade Union (TU) should be encouraged.
But, in most of the situation, it is seen that the management authority offers bribe, or force to take bribe to the CBA, if the CBA doesn’t want to take it willingly.

? Workers’ right to strike and collective bargaining must be ensured.

? Need based training programme should be organized for increasing/enhancing the knowledge of bargaining skill of the TU Leaders as well as workers.

But in practically, we see/notice that most of the employers always try to dominate the workers as well as the TU. Because of it, the employers or management authorities don’t arrange need based training programmes for the workers as well as TU.

? To ensure that CB functions properly unfair labour practices mentioned in Sec 195 & 196 of Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006 should be avoided & abandoned by both sides, and so on.

Ø Practical Problems relating to CBA:

As we know that there is no equal footing between employers & employee in Bangladesh. The reasons (i.e. practical problems) for weak bargaining position of workers are given below:

? The frequent attempts by the ruling party (i.e. employers), to buy off or victimized trade union leaders by offering bribe to them.

? The unfavorable or authority attitude of the management.

? A weak industrial based and absence of real democratic practice in Bangladesh.

? Politicization of TU, inter and intra rival reach, opportunism of trade union leaders, absence of experienced TU Leaders at plant level etc.

? Practical Problem regarding the Labour Court in Bangladesh:There are some practical problems regarding the Labour Court in Bangladesh which are given below:

? The number of Labour Court available in Bangladesh is not adequate as compare to the volume of cases.

So far I know that there are only Seven Labour Courts in Bangladesh. Out of Seven Labour Courts, three are in Dhaka, two in Chittagong, one each respectively in Rajshahi & Khulna.
Actually, it is not possible to maintain many labour related laws with a few numbers of courts. So the number of labour court should be increased as compared to the volumes of cases. Government has to take necessary initiatives in this regard.

? The Chairman and the Members of the Court are not provided with reasonable facilities. So, it demotivates/discourages them than as such hampers the early disposal of cases.
So, a standard remuneration package along with admissible benefits should be offered to the Chairman and Members of the Court. It is believed that if lucrative remuneration is offered to someone, the speed of his work is also increased rapidly.

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? The Chairman & the Members of Labour Court are part time appointing. I think that this is the main barrier to the backlogs of cases. Because part time appointed Chairman & the Members don’t pay proper attention in this regard. So, the Govt. along with other organizations should come forward in this regard.

? It is said in section 218 (11) of the Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006 that- “The Judgment of the Labour Appellate Tribunal shall be delivered within a period of not more than 60 days following the filing of the appeal. Provided that, no such judgment shall be rendered invalid by reason only of any delay in its delivery.”

Because of this provision, to get a judgment, four to five years are expired. Because, there is a chance of time petition by the parties especially employers. Because of this lengthy process, the workers are reluctant to prefer an appeal.

So, I think, there should be included a clause and that is – the Judgment of the Labour Appellate Tribunal shall be delivered within a period of not more than 60 days following the filling of the appeal. Provided that, a further period of one year may be extended in this regard i.e. to deliver judgment.

? The financial inability prevents the workers from filling cases against management. The frequent shifting of the date of the hearing makes aggrieved workers very frustrated.

? The Government and other relevant agencies are reluctant in paying proper attention to the problem of Labour Court.

This is another reason for the barrier to the backlogs of cases. So to overcome this problem, the govt. along with other relevant agencies should come forward with a view to paying proper attention in this regard.

? “Termination Clause” is a black law which is still now remains in the Labour Code.
“Termination simpliciter” is considered the safest step for the employer to remove a worker. Though it is the safest step, it is the most expensive method of removing a worker in the sense that the employer will have to give a four month’s notice or wages in lieu of the same period and also compensation which is much higher compared to discharge and dismissal. Even though, there is a chance of employer to exercise his ill motive. Because, by this clause, a wide power is given to the employer for the purpose of removing a worker from his work. Now, a question arises whether four month notice is or wages in lieu of the same period sufficient to remove a worker from his service without any reasonable ground. A worker may not able to find out a suitable work for him within four months. Because of this termination clause, the employers try to use the great loopholes relating to Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006. So, this clause should be removed from the Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006. Though it was held in U.B. Datt & Co. vs. Workmen, AIR 1953 SC 411 that if the termination of service was a colorable exercise of the power or as a result of victimization or unfair labour practice, the labour court or tribunal would have jurisdiction to intervene and set aside such termination. Nevertheless, most of the time the workers don’t get natural justice (i.e. do not get back his job).

That’s why; I firmly believed that for the purpose of protecting the interest of workers, the ‘termination clause’ should remove from the Labour Code.

Ø Problems of Trade Union (TU) in Bangladesh:

For violating the interest of workers, only employer is not liable. Beside employer, worker as well as TU Leader is also liable for it. Some problems relating to TU in Bangladesh are frequently observed in the present context of Bangladeshi industries. These problems are given below:

? Lack of requisite leadership including accountability of the TU leaders, competency or qualification of TU.

? It is mainly happened due to ignorance as well as less education of TU leaders. Because of it, need based training programme should be organized for increasing/ enhancing the knowledge of bargaining skill of the TU Leaders as well as workers.
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The purpose of this note is to present you arguments to convince you and invite you to employ us for service of Judicial or Extra Judicial documents, Commercial or Civil in the Jurisdictions of Europe. I intent hereto give enough legal and logical arguments about our “Hybrid System”.

International Personal Service of Process (IPSOP) is one of the services of Joseph A. de LA CUETARA, in practice, an International law Attorney providing litigation support services, as well as regular legal services on the European Union. Our services are: Service of Process, taking depositions or evidence, Legal Videographers, Collections, Judgment recovery or enforcing, Legal Research, Exequatur, Inter cultural negotiations (ADR-Mediation, Transactions, Conciliations and Arbitration), briefly, all those aspects of international private relations on the different Hague Conventions. We are registered and insured Attorneys at law, having physical offices in Spain and France and by the virtues of the treaty of Rome, creating the European Union, our legal practice is authorized in all of the European Union’s Jurisdictions.

here are two main methods to choose from when serving documents on the European Union, both methods, are proposed by the Hague Convention of 1965 and have the same legal value, exist between them, but one is less reliable than the other, the legal effects are basically the same. We propose a third method, a mixture of the above which we call “Hybrid”. Any other methods employed are outside the Hague Convention or irregular.

The basic legal methods of the Hague Convention are the following;

, a public service of the “Judicial Administration” called “Centralized Authority” because it uses the “Government” to transmit documents. Is is intergovernmental, in principle a free service but submitted to economical constrains with high possibilities of no completion.

by the use of a service provider, alternative method, called “decentralized”, it can use an “International private process server”, “Mail” or “Local Bailiffs”; All under the Hague Convention regulations, Art. 10. It’s applicability varies with the country’s opposition. As a Private method, it is paid, and therefore submitted to market and quality control.

International Service of Process, by either method, is ruled by two different legal systems, linked by the treaty of the Hague. The main law, called « Lex Fori, » is the law where the documents are issue and where judgment takes place, “Lex fori forum”. These rules, Recognition and enforcement by the “Lex loci forum” depend on the respect for internal laws of civil procedure and the procedure of “exequatur” It is then to each “lex fori” and their “foum” to determine their requirements for an “acceptable service” but being their powers limited in space they can not enforce it abroad, so necessarily need to keep in mind that: The act of notification is completed under a different legal system with different exigences, those of a sovereign state which must be taken in consideration, based on International treaties and for future enforcement.

Based on International Legal Principles, we can affirm that a “Lex fori forum” in a procedure a “foreign illegal procedural actuation”, an act that violates foreign laws.Oon the other hand the “Lex Loci forum” will not enforce a judgment obtained under these circumstances in. Because of this, you must act in harmony with local codes of procedure and the Hague Convention and not only with your own laws,.or, your liability will be engaged in a Criminal or Civil manner.

seems to be the most appropriate and reliable, but it is not, is not mandatory nor exclusive, as explained by the Hague Convention itself (visit the Department of State’s1 web pages for more information). Therefore the “Central Authority” is not the only organ proposed as available to serve documents abroad as is the general believe or as promoted by many translation companies or unscrupulous servers who have created a :”Vox Populi” that takes advantage of ignorance of the treaty, to sell Translations and Apostilles.

Luckily for the legal profession, there are a series of alternatives or decentralized channels, Art. 10 a,b and c of the Convention, often more reliable and always faster and efficient. The method to employ must be in no conflict with the laws of Civil Procedure of both jurisdictions involved and both must be signatory countries as explained in Art. 5,b.: That is a legal harmony of “Lex fori” and “Lex loci”. These laws must be applied simultaneously when serving.

All signatory countries have accepted the “Centralized” method and not all accept all the channels of the the “decentralized method”. In Europe most countries accept both entirely. The reason is that most people believe that the alternate decentralized method does nor exist. The legal text are not interpreted or applied properly as it ends as a “Fraud to International law” and service is Void or Voidable.

The liberty of method is inspired by “International Civil Procedural Liberty” Convention, as expected by the Hague of 1954 giving flexibility to the Convention of 1965. The evolution of both and their application and Interpretation by jurisprudence has given a positive empiric result. Mondialisation of process, which needed a fast way for Judicial information exchange and judgment that adapts to it. World trade, has opened the door to more efficient and fast ways of litigation and serving process, resulting in a gain of time and money by cutting “Red Tape”. Nonetheless, there are limits to this liberty that trensform into critics to the methods and which are based on the need to eliminate some absurds requirements like the risky exam of legality prior to service or the choice given to defendant to refuse service if documents are not translated and the lacunae such as no distinction between service to Individuals or Multinational Companies, Nonresistance of presumptions and many more will see later..

The Hague Convention’s Centralized method has, as said many “legal lacunae” or serious defects:, the main one is that is a free governmental service that does not uses a “fast Independent Private Process Server.”, as is requested by many courts and litigants, it is defective and often deceptive method. It promotes the use costly translation and the contents of summons is exam for legality before they can be served. These requirements makes it slow and therefore not adapted to modern international litigation. It is also contradictory because under the veil of gratuity there are a series of unnecessary expenses that result in an expensive service, more that using private channels. I consider it promotes unnecessary translations because, if documents are not translated, the defendant can refuse service and in other cases the central authority will not be able to exam their legality, Article 5..

It is advisable not to have the documents translated unless you do it properly with the right qualified professional. As a preventive measure, if you do a translation to avoid “possible” future problems, the translation itself can be easily “questioned” in court during enforcement because European courts only accept as valid translations from tindividuals that give the necessary legal guarantees, either by Certification and/or Registration. Is is considered that only those listed each year by the different Courts or the Foreign Affairs Ministries. do reliable translations. There are other “glitches” that appear at the home Jurisdiction but these can be kept at home.

On the other hand, an essential defect of using the Centralized, is the requirement of an exact address of defendant. A problem, because there is no possibility of “locating a defendant” or “Skip tracing” The Central Authority does not “searches” for Individuals or Corporations. If a defendant changes address or the address is not correct , if he is a tourist or illegal, service is paralyzed and returned, waisting your time and money, sending you back to square one while court time is running. Interesting to mention is the situation of corporations which can change the address of the registered headquarters and do not have an immediate obligation to notify this changes to the Mercantile registry. The central authority will not pay tfor any expenses such as access to a mercantile regustry.

Another defect, is in the requirement for “Personal Private Service”, concept that is understood in different ways in different countries: Bailiffs or Local Judicial Officers apply the local Code of Civil Procedure and not the special instructions received from foreign jurisdictions.

In practice, what is understood in Common law as “Personal” is understood in Europe as “Substitute” and the problem increases if we distinguish between service to corporations from service to individuals. When servicing corporations, this must be completed in the person of those individuals who have the power to represent the corporation, that is to say the “officers” publicly listed in the mercantile registry. Therefore service to the front desk, secretary, gardener or any employee of a corporation, is “Substitute service”. For individuals, most local laws allow officers to leave documents at the address specified or leave a note in the door as equivalent of service. These officers, do not need to understand the hierarchy of the Hague Convention in this sense and what are the “Lex fori Forums” needs . Instructions for service to the central authority, transform into let’s do it our legal which is not necessarily valid on the other jurisdiction.

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One of the most common mistakes people make with Google AdSense is launching another and new webpage when your ad is being clicked. This means that your AdSense as should open on the same page. That’s correct; you aren’t allowed to have more than one landing page for your ads.

This rule was implemented because Google was afraid of offering advertisers a bad return on their investments by allowing users to drive traffic away from their ads. This means that you need to help Google give the best service possible to advertisers by not doing anything that could affect the quality of the ads on your site. It is also strictly against Google’s TOS to alter their Adsense code that you put on your sites. There are many ways in which you can customize and optimize your ads by changing the color, the background or even the border. Google explains how to customize your code, but never change the code once you get it. There isn’t a lot to the Adsense code you put on your site, so anything you do change will cause real issues for you. As stated, but we’ll say it again, you’ll be banned from Adsense; plus the code will more than likely stop working. Actually, there are not a lot of rules for Adsense, but the ones they do have must be obeyed; if you do that, then you’ll be just fine. If you liked this article so far, you’ll enjoy the topic of .

Finally, for any of your pages with Adsense, be sure you don’t use more than three ad links per page. You always need to protect your Google accounts, and the best way is to be knowledgeable of their Terms of Service. Keep in mind that if you place more ad units than you’re supposed to, Google will probably fill them with ads that have nothing to do with your site. If you want to have more ads on your site, then the very best solution is to create more pages! When you expand your site, of course the new pages will be optimized for different keywords; so then you’ll get more traffic to your Adsense ads.

Success with Google Adsense really is not hard to do, and you’ll be able to enjoy for years to come if you follow their policies and TOS. Once you get used to it, there is absolutely no looking back. Take your time to read about .

If you spend a good amount of time and do a thorough job, you will be acquainted with more than sufficient enough information and tips, which in turn will help you with building your favorite gazebo. Once you choose your favorite gazebo plan you are ready to start the building process. It is important that you integrate the size of the gazebo in addition to a minimum of 2 feet for walkway. This will provide enough space for movement. In case you decide to buy the gazebo plans, you will get certain tricks and tips along with them. This will help you in achieving great success. In any case, you may also buy ready-made gazebos. An important point to keep in mind when building the gazebo of your choice is, you need to have the right foundation. It should be somewhat similar to the one we use for solid house building. You can`t make the blunder of ruin everything in case the foundation is not strong enough and steady.

For your information, there are three important steps to ensure success with your gazebo project. You can make use of the old gazebo plans to get a design, this particular guide and these gazebo plans will help you a lot as you proceed with your work. It will also help you in deciding and choosing the equipment and the tools that are required. If you have woodworking skills and experience, you can work on large gazebo projects, including the building of a strong foundation, a perfect layout and of course an attractive design. The most beautiful gazebos are the standalone gazebos. It will be a wise decision to review the gazebo plans you have at your disposal.

In order for you to personalize the gazebo you can add a fire pit or a hot tub. It can also reflect your taste and living style, as well. It is not necessary that you restrict your creativity on my advice only. Use your imagination and consider something unique. Try and create something unique and remarkable. The garden gazebo can actually be a fantastic feature for any outdoor entertainment. You can choose to invite some friends and relative to enjoy, and also to admire your skills.

The firstly step in maintenance of fish aquariums is cleanliness. All the tanks should be correctly cleaned not less than as soon as in each month. By cleansing course of it’s meant to remove twenty 5 percent of water and then including contemporary water to it. The tubes and filters have to be cleaned and vital chemical substances and salts need to be added as per the requirement. However it is to be remembered that one ought to never ever use any type of chemicals within the fish aquarium which are not meant for the purpose.

And likewise any sort of soap should strictly not be used while cleansing the equipment. The amount of water to be modified generally depends upon the dimensions of fishes. If there are massive fishes that the individual may be required to vary about 50 % of water at the time of cleaning. It’s because bigger fishes eat more food and hence create more wastes. Together with the sizes of fishes, the scale of tank is another think about deciding the quantity of water to be changed. This is the month-to-month requirement regarding the upkeep of fish aquariums. However certain care must be taken on a day by day basis.

Fishes ought to be checked daily for any signs displaying some illness or any sort of stress. The quality of water also has to be checked to ensure it’s not foamy and its temperature can also be appropriate for the fishes to live in. One of the most common mistakes which the house owners of a fish aquarium make is over feeding of fishes. Extra of meals out there in water creates pollution. Hence to keep away from this happen solely the acceptable fish meals must be bought and the instruction of the pack should be clearly read earlier than feeding them. It’s important to know the amount to be fed and its frequency.

This Ethics Code applies only to psychologists’ activities that are part of their scientific, educational, or professional roles as psychologists. Areas covered include but are not limited to the clinical, counseling, and school practice of psychology; research; teaching; supervision of trainees; public service; policy development; social intervention; development of assessment instruments; conducting assessments; educational counseling; organizational consulting; forensic activities; program design and evaluation; and administration. This Ethics Code applies to these activities across a variety of contexts, such as in person, postal, telephone, internet, and other electronic transmissions. These activities shall be distinguished from the purely private conduct of psychologists, which is not within the purview of the Ethics Code.

Membership in the APA commits members and student affiliates to comply with the standards of the APA Ethics Code and to the rules and procedures used to enforce them. Lack of awareness or misunderstanding of an Ethical Standard is not itself a defense to a charge of unethical conduct.

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The procedures for filing, investigating, and resolving complaints of unethical conduct are described in the current Rules and Procedures of APA Ethics Committee <1>. APA may impose sanctions on its members for violations of the standards of the Ethics Code, including termination of APA membership, and may notify other bodies and individuals of its actions. Actions that violate the standards of the Ethics Code may also lead to the imposition of sanctions on psychologists or students whether or not they are APA members by bodies other than APA, including state psychological associations, other professional groups, psychology boards, other state or federal agencies, and payors for health services. In addition, APA may take action against a member after his or her conviction of a felony, expulsion or suspension from an affiliated state psychological association, or suspension or loss of licensure. When the sanction to be imposed by APA is less than expulsion, the 2001 Rules and Procedures do not guarantee an opportunity for an in-person hearing, but generally provide that complaints will be resolved only on the basis of a submitted record. 

The Ethics Code is intended to provide guidance for psychologists and standards of professional conduct that can be applied by the APA and by other bodies that choose to adopt them. The Ethics Code is not intended to be a basis of civil liability. Whether a psychologist has violated the Ethics Code standards does not by itself determine whether the psychologist is legally liable in a court action, whether a contract is enforceable, or whether other legal consequences occur.

The modifiers used in some of the standards of this Ethics Code (e.g., reasonably, appropriate, potentially) are included in the standards when they would (1) allow professional judgment on the part of psychologists, (2) eliminate injustice or inequality that would occur without the modifier, (3) ensure applicability across the broad range of activities conducted by psychologists, or (4) guard against a set of rigid rules that might be quickly outdated. As used in this Ethics Code, the term reasonable means the prevailing professional judgment of psychologists engaged in similar activities in similar circumstances, given the knowledge the psychologist had or should have had at the time.

In the process of making decisions regarding their professional behavior, psychologists must consider this Ethics Code in addition to applicable laws and psychology board regulations. In applying the Ethics Code to their professional work, psychologists may consider other materials and guidelines that have been adopted or endorsed by scientific and professional psychological organizations and the dictates of their own conscience, as well as consult with others within the field. If this Ethics Code establishes a higher standard of conduct than is required by law, psychologists must meet the higher ethical standard. If psychologists’ ethical responsibilities conflict with law, regulations, or other governing legal authority, psychologists make known their commitment to this Ethics Code and take steps to resolve the conflict in a responsible manner in keeping with basic principles of human rights.

CONCEPTULISING THEIR WORKING AND REGULATORY REGIMES AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR RELEVANCE WITH REFERENCE TO THE PRESENT CONTEXT WITH REFERENCE TO INDIA

- Suneera Nerissa Madhok

INTRODUCTION

Since the initiation of the liberalization and globalization policies in India in July 1991, an attempt is definitely being made by our policy makers to recast the institutional, organizational and legal arrangements in line with those practiced in the established market economies. In view of exploring the changing institutional framework in the context of economic reforms, the objective of this paper is to examine the recent scenario in the private corporate sector in India and to evaluate the position of corporate control mechanisms in relation to takeovers in India and other parts of the world. In the course of analysis, the article reviews the various corporate policies adopted or recommended in different countries over time and raises certain related issues pertaining to and in contrast with the situation in international markets and the international regulatory regime that might throw light on the on-going process of designing of an appropriate regulatory framework for India in the post-liberalization regime.

SECTION ONE – THE CONTEXT

Until a couple of year’s back, the news that Indian companies having acquired American-European entities was very rare. However, this scenario has taken a sudden U-turn. The recent upsurge in the Indian markets, inflow of funds and the greater “India Story” has seen Indian companies both big and small going “shopping”- shopping for bigger fish in the global ocean. Indian companies are scouring the world for the best buys. But the most glaring point to take note of is that it is not only the bigger companies with deep pockets alone who are on the prowl. Medium-sized companies, many of which are relatively unknown, are venturing into forays to acquire global status by acquiring companies in the United States, Europe and South-east Asia. Buoyant Indian Economy, extra cash with Indian corporate, Government policies and newly found dynamism in Indian businessmen have all contributed to this new acquisition trend.

The trend which started with the Information Technology companies and Information Technology Enabled Services has now spread to the pharmaceuticals, automobile, chemicals, health-care, gems and jewelry and heavy industries sectors, to name a few.

SECTION TWO – SOME BASIC CONCEPTS AND LOGISTICS OF A TAKEOVER

On account of globalization and growing cross-borders trade and liberal trade policies including free trade zones and international investment incentives and policy framework in both the developed and developing economic markets, there has been an upsurge in growth and expansion of corporate bodies world over. Takeovers have been effective machinery for balancing global economics and prompt the aforementioned phenomenon.

Broad Concept and Meaning of a Takeover

The term “takeover” implies the acquisition of control of shares in one company by another company or persons or group of related companies or persons. A company is said to be taken over when the acquiring company or the person is able to nominate the majority of members on the board of directors of the company being acquired, on account of the voting power they command at the shareholders meeting .

M.A. Weinberg, one of the pioneers in treatising the law in practice relating to takeovers, has defined a takeover as:

“a transaction or a series of transactions whereby a person (individual, group of individuals or company), acquires control over the assets of a company, either directly by becoming the owner of those assets or indirectly by obtaining control of the management of the company. Where shares are closely held (that is by a small number of persons), a takeover will generally be effected by agreement with the holders of the majority of the share capital of the company being acquired. Where the share are held by the public generally, the takeover may be effected (i) by agreement between the acquirer and the controllers of the acquired company,  (ii) by purchase of shares on the stock exchange, or (iii) by means of a ‘takeover-bid’.”

Thus, technically a takeover in business refers to one company (the acquirer, or bidder) purchasing another (the target company). When a bidder makes an offer for another, it will usually inform the board of the target beforehand. If the board feels that the value that the shareholders will get will be greatest by accepting the offer, it will recommend the bid. Otherwise it will reject it. And if the board rejects, the bid will become “hostile”. If the bidder makes the offer without informing the board beforehand, the offer is also considered hostile. If the price offered is high enough, shareholders may vote to accept the offer even if management resists converting this hostile bid into a success . Before proceeding any further, it is pertinent to broadly examine the kinds of takeovers.

Takeovers – Kinds and Methods:

Takeovers may be broadly classified into three kinds:

i. Friendly Takeover: A friendly takeover is with the consent of the target company. In a friendly takeover, there is an agreement between the management of two companies through negotiations and the takeover bid may be with the consent of majority or all shareholders of the target company. Ideally a friendly takeover is a result of negotiations between two groups. Therefore, it is often called negotiated takeover.

ii. Hostile Takeover: When an acquirer company does not offer the target company the proposal to acquire its undertaking but silently and unilaterally pursues efforts to gain control against the wishes of existing management, such acts of acquirer are known as ‘hostile takeover’. Such takeovers are hostile on the management and are thus called hostile takeover. The main consequence of a bid being considered hostile is practical rather than legal. If the board of the target co-operates, the bidder will be able to conduct extensive due diligence into the affairs of the target company. It will be able to find out exactly what it is taking on before it makes a commitment. A hostile bidder will know only the information on the company that is publicly available and will therefore be taking more of a risk. Banks are also less willing to back hostile bids with the loans that are usually needed to finance the takeover.
iii. Bail Out Takeover:  A “Bail-out Takeover” implies takeover of a financially sick company by a profit earning company to bail out the former is known as bail out takeover. Such takeover normally takes place in pursuance to the scheme of rehabilitation approved by the financial institution or the scheduled bank, who have lent money to the sick company. The lead financial institutions, evaluates the bids received in respect of the purchase price track record of the acquirer and his financial position. This kind of takeover is done with the approval of the Financial Institutions and banks.

Modes of Takeovers :

i. Staged Acquisition: Staged acquisition occurs in several stages with foreign investor initially acquiring only an equity stake, and gradually increasing their equity to 100%. Staged acquisitions allow continued involvement of previous owners where they are unwilling to sell outright, or favoured to maintain legitimacy with local consumers. The major drawbacks of this mode of takeovers are (i) shared control being a source of conflict and (ii) uncertainty over conditions of eventual full takeover.

ii. Multiple Acquisition: This mode of acquisitions involves entry by acquiring several independent businesses, and subsequently integrating them. Through multiple acquisitions global players can build a nationwide strong market position in a traditionally fragmented market.
iii. Indirect Acquisition: This is a mode of acquisition outside the focal market of a company that also owns an affiliate in the same emerging economy. The prime objective of the indirect acquisition may be outside the country. The affiliate may be a strategic asset motivating the acquisition, but this is rare. However, locally, the local affiliate may or may not fit with the existing local operations.

iv. Brownfield Acquisition: A Brownfield acquisition is one in which the foreign investor subsequently invests more resources in the operation, such that it almost resembles a Greenfield project. Brownfield acquisitions provide access to crucial local assets under control of local firms that are in many other ways not competitive. The main drawback of this form of an acquisition is that the post-acquisition investments may exceed the price originally paid for the acquired firm.

Logistics of Takeovers:

Takeovers are primarily strategic in the regard that they are thought to have secondary effects that permeate beyond the mere expansion of profitability. For instance, an acquiring company may decide to purchase a company that is profitable and has a superior distribution network in new areas which the acquiring company can utilize for its own products as well.

Further, a target company might be attractive because it allows the acquiring company to enter a new market without having to take on the risk, time and expense of establishing a concern de novo. An acquiring company could decide to take over a competitor not only because the competitor is profitable, but also in order to eliminate competition in its field and make it easier, in the long term, to raise prices.

Also, a takeover could be a vehicle to fulfill the corporate theory that the

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