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Breach of natural justice not always fatal

By Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

NITI brings reality to the fantasy industry

By Vaibhav Kakkar and Paayas Pandit, L&L Partners

Court will decide who owns a catchphrase

By Manisha Singh and Simran Bhullar, LexOrbis

Profit not necessary before trademark infringement

By Manisha Singh and Simran Bhullar, LexOrbis

RBI ending the party for dividends

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Keeping the power on during insolvency

By Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Vedant Kumar, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Key considerations and issues of litigation financing in India

By Gunjan Shah and Karun Prakash, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

New foreign investment limits for digital news media

By Shinoj Koshy and Purvi Khanna, L&L Partners

UPI transaction caps set for third party app providers

By Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia and Himanshu Malhotra, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

The stakes are raised in online gaming

By Puja Sondhi and Aayush Kapoor, Aakanksha Dalal, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Trustees to be watchdogs in the debt market

By Aditya Vikram Dua and Aniket Sawant, SNG & Partners

Politics and economics spark discord in discom privatization

By Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Anura Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

SEBI’s awkward two-step on recent changes

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava,Phoenix Legal

Toys are marching towards autonomy and growth

By Manisha Singh and Neha Manoria, LexOrbis

Use or lose your trademark, your choice

By Manisha Singh and Simran Bhullar, LexOrbis

No tax on foreign companies if no core activity

By Shahid Khan, Kochhar & Co

Increased integrity diligence needed in joint ventures

By Sunando Mukherjee and Shruti Sundararajan, HSA Advocates

Specific performance demands that equity be done

By Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

Chinese imports held up by free trade agreements

By Reena Asthana Khair, Kochhar & Co

A feud brews over a coffee trademark claim

By Manisha Singh and Simran Bhullar, LexOrbis

Domain registrars and banks held accountable

By Manisha Singh and Simran Bhullar, LexOrbis

Coal fired power plants are still smoking

By Abhishek Nath Tripathi and Anura Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Changes to account opening – Help or hindrance?

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Truly securing social security for gig workers

By William Vivian John and Rishabh Shah,L&L Partners

Infra needs a development finance institution

By Dipti Lavya Swain and Shruti Sundararajan, HSA Advocates

A business guide to the Social Security Code

By Manoj Kumar and Shweta Bharti, Hammurabi & Solomon

A resolution framework for covid-19 related stress

By Harshil Shubham and Anjuli Hora, SNG & Partners

Claims of title and adverse possession are inconsistent

By Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

Assigning NRRAs and claims during liquidation

By Satish Anand Sharma and Aniket Sawant, SNG & Partners

No rewards for challenging awards in post-hearing stage

By Shweta Bharti and Shantanu Malik, Hammurabi & Solomon

Electric vehicles charged up by policy intervention

By Abhishek Tripathi and Anura Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

SC brings consistency to electronic evidence

By Karthik Somasundram and Shreya Gupta,Bharucha & Partners

Not so bitter medicine for covid blues

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Cometh the hour, cometh the fast-track merger

By Rudra Kumar Pandey and Vishal Nijhawan, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Impact of covid-19 on project finance, banking transactions

By Amit Ronald Charan and Anshita Kaur, HSA Advocates

The epidemic of fake branded masks

By Manisha Singh and Simran Bhullar, LexOrbis

FDI relaxations in insurance may not get desired response

By Vivek Pareek and Maathangi Hariharan, L&L Partners

Domestic award set aside for patent illegality

By Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

Ordinary course of business is not guaranteed

By Devyani Dhawan and Aditya Vikram Dua, SNG & Partners

Stricter approach to similarity in pharma trademark cases

By Omesh Puri and Ruchi Sarin, LexOrbis

A guide to the proper investigation of title

By Alok Tewari, Kochhar & Co

How to balance the IBC and the PMLA

By Manoj Kumar and Shweta Bharti, Hammurabi & Solomon

Prohibiting Chinese imports may not bring advantages

By Abhishek Tripathi and Anura Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Much needed alignment for housing finance companies

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

E-courts to aid Japanese companies with disputes

By Manish Dembla and Pradyuman Singh Sewar, Kochhar & Co

Legal issues affecting PPP projects after lockdown

By Soumya Kanti De Mallik and Prithviraj Chauhan, HSA Advocates

Facilitating exits in a post-covid-19 world

By Nivedita Tiwari and Nandini Seth, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Standing down the guard and increasing FDI in defence

By Damini Bhalla and Akshay Jain, L&L Partners

No copyright protection implied for film sequels

By Manisha Singh and Gautam Kumar, LexOrbis

Fighting piracy: A usual day at work for software giants

By Manisha Singh and Simran Bhullar, LexOrbis

Awkward regulatory tango over COVID-19 relief

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Electricity Bill lights path but sparks controversy

By Abhishek Tripathi and Narayan Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Beneficiaries of public welfare schemes are consumers

By Karthik Somasundram and Shreya Gupta, Bharucha & Partners

COVID-19, IBC suspension and operational creditors

By Shweta Bharti and Sukrit Kapoor,Hammurabi & Solomon

COVID-19 moratorium package: An RBI safe haven

By Nishtha Arora and Anjuli Hora, SNG & Partners

Foreign entities acquiring real estate in India

By Alok Tewari and Simrat Grover, Kochhar & Co

Recommended drafting practises for FFL disclosure

By Piyush Sharma and Joginder Singh, LexOrbis

Amending use claims in trademark cases

By Omesh Puri and Ruchi Sarin, LexOrbis

New rules to socially distance non-resident investors

By Snigdhaneel Satpathy and Sanchita Kumari, L&L Partners

Analysing financing models for infrastructure projects

By Sharmil Bhushan and Jyoti Punjabi, HSA Advocates

Supreme Court says my way or no highway

By Rachika Sahay and Meghna Mishra, HSA Advocates

Virtual currency trade sees challenges with FDI

By Arjun Rajgopal and Akshaya Iyer, L&L Partners

Cryptocurrencies avoid a KO and win on points

By Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

Net tightens for promoters of corporate debtors

By Manoj Kumar and Shweta Bharti, Hammurabi & Solomon

Powering up government efforts under lockdown

By Abhishek Tripathi and Mani Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Contracts and force majeure during a pandemic

By Chandrasekhar Tampi and Ankur Khandelwal, Kochhar & Co

What’s in store for M&As in a post COVID-19 economy

By Raghubir Menon and Aditya Parolia, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

RBI provides COVID-19 relief; others yet to catch up

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

COVID-19: Conundrum for borrowers and lenders

By Aniket Sawant and Shreenath Pandeya, SNG & Partners

Pursuing additional content after a patent application

By Joginder Singh and Piyush Sharma, LexOrbis

Brands adopt stronger enforcement strategies

By Manisha Singh and Keya Joshi, LexOrbis

What should be disclosed during due diligence

By GV Anand Bhushan and Abhishek Jain, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

COVID-19 may power down the energy sector

By Abhishek Tripathi and Mani Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Compensating delay in granting of patents

By Piyush Sharma and Joginder Singh, LexOrbis

Complementary advances can be research or imitation

By DPS Parmar, LexOrbis

A speedy resolution scheme for Yes Bank

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Navigating the problems of inland waterways

By Akshay Malhotra and Ishita Gupta, HSA Advocates

Bias towards enforcement of foreign awards

By Karthik Somasundram and Shreya Gupta, Bharucha & Partners

Budget gives foreign direct investment its rightful place

By Navin Syiem and Nitin Gera, L&L Partners

Emerging product liability regime in e-commerce

By Manoj Kumar, Hammurabi & Solomon

Preferential tariffs come under further scrutiny

By Shampa Bhattacharya, Kochhar & Co

Jaypee judgment creates a conundrum for lenders

By Soumyajit Mitra and Mohit Yadav, SNG & Partners

Analysis of the new minority exit option

By Inder Mohan Singh and Mohammed Abid Hussain, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Interplay of polity, policy on infrastructure development

By Shreshth Sharma and Molshree Bhatnagar, HSA Advocates

Draft framework for retail payment systems operators

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

FFL requirement for newly added subject matter

By Piyush Sharma, LexOrbis

Recourse measures for apprehension of infringement

By DPS Parmar, LexOrbis

Banking on relaxations for commercial real estate loans

By Devyani Dhawan and Jyotika Bajaj, SNG & Partners

Understanding the reasons behind discom stress

By Anura Gupta and Abhishek Tripathi, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

FDI in digital media – easing of norms or restriction?

By Vivek Pareek and Shreshth Bhartia, L&L Partners

Reverse insolvency to the rescue in housing projects

Manoj Kumar and Shweta Bharti, Hammurabi & Solomon

When the appointment of a sole arbitrator is invalid

By Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

Bevatas is distinct from Bevetex, rules Delhi HC

By Omesh Puri and Keya Joshi, LexOrbis

Conducting negotiations is an art, not a science

By Mithun V Thanks and Gaurav Dugar, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Regulating data: Will fintech need a new approach?

By Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Overhaul of debenture related stamp duties

By Aditya Vikram Dua and Arjit Sahni, SNG & Partners

The solution for the rooftop solar revolution

By Mani Gupta and Abhishek Tripathi, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

Court rules committee of creditors is supreme

By Karthik Somasundram and Shreya Gupta, Bharucha & Partners

Are copyright infringement offences cognizable or not?

By Akanksha Kar, LexOrbis

Revisions to framework for imposing monetary penalties

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

New reasons for hope in domestic arbitral awards

By Manoj Kumar, Hammurabi & Solomon

The evolving resolution of stressed assets

By Ramya Hariharan and Dipti Srivastava, HSA Advocates

Amendments bring clarity for foreign-owned retailers

By Anshuman Mozumdar and Anirudh Gotety, L&L Partners

Insolvency rules issued for financial services providers

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Auditor’s professional lapses not fraud

By Karthik Somasundram and Sneha Jaisingh, Bharucha & Partners

Privacy law and its commercial implications

By Manoj Kumar, Hammurabi & Solomon

Something for everyone in the Essar judgment

By Aniket Sawant and Arvind Nagaraj, SNG & Partners

Patent processes: Who carries burden of proof?

By Swati Gupta, LexOrbis

Rights ignored in optimising trademark processes

By Ruchi Sarin and Keya Joshi, LexOrbis

FAQs for encumbrance definition raise concerns

By Yogesh Chande and Preeti Kapany, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Are electric vehicles sparking into life at last?

By Abhishek Tripathi and Anura Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

EVs: Driving towards a sustainable environment

By Dipti Lavya Swain and Ketaki Dandiya, HSA Advocates

FDI reforms give embattled economy a shot in the arm

By Vaibhav Kakkar and Sahil Arora, L&L Partners

Tweaks to ECB directions helpful, but clarity needed

By Sawant Singh and Aditya Bhargava, Phoenix Legal

Energy DRM adds more confusion than clarity

By Abhishek Tripathi and Mani Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

How much regulation can intermediaries bear?

By Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Recent SEBI amendments to pledge disclosures

By Jyotika Bajaj and Medha Unadkat, SNG & Partners

India at crossroads with cross-border insolvency

By Shweta Bharti and Sukrit Kapoor, Hammurabi & Solomon

iTerm too descriptive for internet insurance policies

By Keya Joshi, LexOrbis

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