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How proposed data reform will affect venture capital

By Vineetha MG and Pratik Patnaik, Samvad Partners

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

Non-personal data and antitrust: Much ado about nothing?

By Karan S Chandhiok and Lagna Panda, Chandhiok & Mahajan

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

New agriculture laws: A win-win for businesses, farmers?

By Kunal Arora and Nayanika Majumdar, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Will it work?

The government is working to implement newly codified labour laws, but how will they fare in a transformed working environment? Ragini Rastogi reports

Moving targets

With IP infringers shifting pirated content to mirror websites following takedown orders, Delhi High Court has started allowing dynamic injunctions to block new means of broadcasting the material

Profit v losses

As an elusive covid-19 vaccine draws closer, big pharma is licking its lips at the monetary potential of what could be a virtually limitless ongoing global demand. But governments may use compulsory licensing regulation to tilt the scale towards affordability as the death toll escalates

Protection in paralysis

With India’s legal enforcement machinery neutralised by lockdown, infringement activity has climbed to an all-time high. What can IP owners do to stay afloat?

Reimagining INTA

The CEO of the International Trademark Association, Etienne Sanz de Acedo, talks to India Business Law Journal about his reinvention of the global flagship INTA Annual Meeting event with a bold move to the virtual sphere in this pandemic year

Crisis point

Faced with the greatest challenge in recent memory, law firms are ripping up the rule book in their battle for survival

CCI on cartels: Object outweighs the effect

By Avinash Amarnath and Shruthi Rao, Chandhiok & Mahajan

Billions on the line

Vodafone has won a crucial arbitration award on huge tax demands, but can the government afford to let this dispute go?

All rise

Advocates and court administrators are navigating the technology and direction of virtual courts like never before, but is enough being done to make these forums smooth and accessible?

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

Decree holders not financial creditors under IBC

By Anush Raajan and Swastika Chakravarti, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Truly securing social security for gig workers

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

Press note 3: Restriction on investment from China

By Ashwini Vittalachar and MV Abhinaya, Samvad 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

A metamorphosis

The disruptive effects of the pandemic have prompted in-house counsel to evolve or be rendered irrelevant

Destination disinvestment?

Selling off public sector enterprises could be the key to strengthening a sluggish economy. Will a new privatization drive succeed where earlier attempts have failed?

Evolving doors

A reluctance to opt for litigation during the pandemic has seen new opportunities for arbitrators and other alternative dispute resolution practitioners

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

No online favourites in most favoured nation clauses

By Karan Chandhiok and Salman Qureshi, Chandhiok & Mahajan

SC brings consistency to electronic evidence

By Karthik Somasundram and Shreya Gupta,Bharucha & Partners

Guarantors may be vulnerable to pandemic default risks

By Anush Raajan and Swastika Chakravarti, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

The courts fight back

In a very short span of time India’s courts have adapted to working during the pandemic, and the lessons learned during this time will be used to increase efficiency and productivity of the judicial system

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

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Correspondents

Delhi High Court anti-arbitration injunction Singapore

India to be an outlier in dispute resolution

By Sneha Jaisingh and Rasika Alur, Bharucha & Partners
Stablecoin dollarisation in India

Digital dollar may come for your currency

By Rishi Anand, Chirag Jain and Drishti Jain, DSK Legal
Strategic investor definition for REITs and InvITsvideo

Reforms widen REITs and InvITs investor base

By Parag Bhide, Bharucha & Partners

Features

Delay in India data protection law

Why the wait?

Delayed implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act sees Indian businesses struggle with compliance

Harvey’s passage to India

AI company's co-founder and CEO Winston Weinberg reveals India's role in his global ambitions

Proactive legal teams

Amplifying legal’s voice

KPMG’s associate GC, Priya Bahl, shows the way for in-house teams changing to be proactive for better future

Expert Briefings

Reshaping employment covenants

Reshaping employment bonds and restrictive covenants

By Ravi Singhania, Jivesh Chandrayan and Neha Meena, Singhania & Partners

Courts place a growing emphasis on contractual fairness when enforcing employment agreements

India-UAE CEPA Trade Agreement

In the fast lane

By Ahmed Ziad Galadari, Manish Narayan and Antara Das, Galadari Advocates & Legal Counsultants

The India-UAE CEPA has set a benchmark for modern trade agreements, yielding benefits in many sectors

Reverse Flipping India

The great Indian homecoming: Why startups are back

LexStart Partners explain the recent trend of Indian startups shifting their base back home

Opinion

Air Passenger Rights India

Flight protections need legal upgrade

Aviation attorney writes that India needs a dedicated law to protect the rights of passengers facing flight disruption

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