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Are you being watched?

Governments adopting trace-and-track apps to prevent the spread of the pandemic have raised questions about the ‘right balance’ between pandemic response and privacy considerations

Innovative new debt financing method for UDICs

By Matthew Ching and Zhang Dong, Jingtian & Gongcheng

Managing outsourcing contracts

Outsourcing companies face severe operational challenges under the pandemic and understanding the impact of the force majeure clause and the doctrine of frustration is important in determining recourse for parties.

Moving past the pandemic

The pandemic has thrown up challenges for maintaining productivity, honouring contracts and keeping workers employed

A formative moment

Time to rethink priorities

Slowing the free fall

With the COVID-19 outbreak, the government has introduced a lockdown to limit the spread of the virus among the population, while introducing a raft of measures to protect businesses

Home and safe?

With COVID-19 forcing companies to implement work-from-home policies, Jim Fitzsimmons helps us understand the cybersecurity risks posed by a remote workforce

Keeping in step with the times

Patent offices and courts have introduced proactive measures in response to the COVID-19 lockdown

Pandemics unforeseen

How will the courts respond to an anticipated deluge of disputes relating to frustration of contracts in a post-COVID-19 world?

COVID-19: Business as usual

Despite the disruption created by the lockdown, Remfry & Sagar has been providing real-time updates on IP matters to clients

Indian Law Firm Awards 2020

In this difficult and dynamic environment, India Business Law Journal’s editorial team was once again tasked with selecting the winners of the Indian Law Firm Awards. Our decisions are based on thousands of nominations and endorsements received from in-house counsel, other senior corporate executives and legal professionals around the world, as well as hundreds of submissions from Indian law firms

Supreme Court says my way or no highway

By Rachika Sahay and Meghna Mishra, HSA Advocates

Online payment players are now under the RBI

By Juhi Mehta and Manali Kakatkar, Samvad Partners

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

We can suffer corona or embrace coexistence

By Poonam Verma and Adishree Chakraborty, J. Sagar Associates

Powering up government efforts under lockdown

By Abhishek Tripathi and Mani Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

COVID-19 and obligations under lease agreements

By Gautam Khurana and Chandra Shekhar, India Law Offices

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

Competition and COVID-19: Compliance for businesses

By Deeksha Manchanda and Shruthi Rao, Chandhiok & Mahajan

Avoiding preferential transfers by debtors

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Gopal Machiraju, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

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

‘E’ sign of the times

With COVID-19, the silver lining for the legal community will be a greater adoption of e-contracts

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

A chaotic situation in cross-border demergers

By Nisha Mallik and Roshni Menon, Samvad Partners

Compensating delay in granting of patents

By Piyush Sharma and Joginder Singh, LexOrbis

Complementary advances can be research or imitation

By DPS Parmar, LexOrbis

How foreign awards are enforced in India

By Simranjeet Singh and Rohan Ahuja, Athena Legal

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

How COVID-19 affects personal health data

By Deeksha Manchanda, Chandhiok & Mahajan

Budget gives foreign direct investment its rightful place

By Navin Syiem and Nitin Gera, L&L Partners

Legal and financial plans beyond COVID-19

By Gautam Khurana, India Law Offices

Shining a light on unsafe practices

Inadequate enforcement of Indian standards has encouraged spurious manufacturers to put unsafe products on the market

Dealing with delays at the IPO

The Patent Office making exceptions for delays to applications due to COVID-19 is welcome, but it should adopt more applicant-friendly policies for other cases too

Emerging product liability regime in e-commerce

By Manoj Kumar, Hammurabi & Solomon

2019 was a significant year in competition law

By Vaibhav Choukse and Nripi Jolly, J. Sagar Associates

At a crossroads

Recognizing homebuyers as financial creditors in the event of insolvencies is a welcome move, but the RERA remains the preferred route for recovering funds

Preferential tariffs come under further scrutiny

By Shampa Bhattacharya, Kochhar & Co

IBC: Intent continues to prevail over form

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Puneeth Ganapathy, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Jaypee judgment creates a conundrum for lenders

By Soumyajit Mitra and Mohit Yadav, SNG & Partners

Diversity adversity

Supreme Court Justices Dhananjaya Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi recently passed a ruling that enables women officers to serve as army commanders. The court also granted women officers the right to extended permanent service – a privilege that previously applied only to men. While the order affords women army officers the rights they deserved long ago, it does not fix overnight the backward views and stubborn stereotypes that persist within the corridors of power, be it those in the army or elsewhere.

Problem solving

The way ahead is never straightforward

A new dawn

As employers wake up to the reality of COVID-19, how can they minimize risks for employees and ensure business continuity?

Practitioner’s perspectives

harmful content to children intermediaries

Zero tolerance on inaction by intermediaries regarding content harmful to children

By Pravin Anand, Vaishali Mittal and Siddhant Chamola, Anand and Anand

Managing founder disputes in startups

By Nitu Agarwal, YNSS Law Offices
global privacy law

Navigating global privacy laws: Best practices

By Sreenidhi Srinivasan and Mayank Takawane, Ikigai Law

Vantage point

Seen to be green

As environmental consciousness grows, using green catchphrases can be tempting for companies to mislead consumers

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