Legal Era Magazine - January 2020

In this issue

Tata-Mistry NCLAT Judgment: For Boardrooms & Governance By Dr. Manoj Kumar, Founder, Hammurabi & Solomon Partners
The New Era of Data Protection in India By Prashant Phillips, Partner – Data Protection and TMT, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys, Delhi and Dhruv Matta, Principal Associate – Data Protection and TMT, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys, Delhi
Arbitral Award Will Not Be Granted For Wrongly-Seated Arbitration By Tham Wei Chern, Director, Fullerton Law Chambers and Shirlene Leong, Associate, Fullerton Law Chambers
The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019: A Step in the Right Direction or a Wrong Start By Salman Waris, Partner, TechLegis
The Need for Regulation of Content of News Television Channels in India By Luv Virmani, Associate, Singh & Singh, New Delhi
Effects on Use of A Trademark As OEM In China By Evelyne Yeung, Senior Associate, OLN Law and Angel Luo, Registered Foreign Lawyer (People’s Republic of China), OLN Law
A Cross-Border Solution to A Domestic Problem: India’s Banks and the Road to Recovering Non-Performing Assets By Vasu Muthyala, Lawyer, Kobre & Kim and Nick Cherryman, Lawyer, Kobre & Kim
CFIUS Has New Teeth: Foreign Investment into the Us under New Level of Scrutiny By Sai S. Pidatala, Senior Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Data Security Breaches: The Voluntary Disclosure Debacle for Listed Companies By Akash Karmakar, Partner, Panag & Babu Law Offices and Kriti Trehan, Partner, Panag & Babu Law Offices

TATA-MISTRY NCLAT JUDGMENT FOR BOARDROOMS & GOVERNANCE

Whatever the outcome of the Tata-Mistry feud, it will greatly impact the way majority shareholders conduct themselves and the way boards are managed in India going forward

4 mins

The New Era Of Data Protection In India

The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (the Bill) was tabled before the lower house of the Parliament on 11.12.2019

5 mins

ARBITRAL AWARD WILL NOT BE GRANTED FOR WRONGLY SEATED ARBITRATION

An ambiguous clause can result in parties wasting precious time and resources to obtain an award which is not enforceable due to the arbitration being mistakenly commenced in the wrong seat

4 mins

THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL 2019 A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR WRONG START

The numerous critical issues left ambiguous greatly influence the architecture of processing and storage systems, especially on database levels, where most certainly there will be a large volume of work on identifying all types of different data

6 mins

THE NEED FOR REGULATION OF CONTENT OF NEWS TELEVISION CHANNELS IN INDIA

A specific law with one exclusive regulatory body is the need of the hour to regulate the news broadcasting sector in order to reinstate the trust and confidence of the people in news television channels

4 mins

EFFECTS ON USE OF A TRADEMARK AS OEM IN CHINA

It has been disputed whether using a trademark as OEM with no selling/circulation of the products in the Chinese marketplace would constitute trademark infringement in China

5 mins

A CROSS-BORDER SOLUTION TO A DOMESTIC PROBLEM: INDIA'S BANKS AND THE ROAD TO RECOVERING NON-PERFORMING ASSETS

A key issue within the nation’s present financial crisis has been the Indian banks’ hesitation to lend due to the increasingly large volumes of non-performing assets (NPAs) in their balance sheets

5 mins

CFIUS HAS NEW TEETH: FOREIGN INVESTMENT INTO THE US UNDER NEW LEVEL OF SCRUTINY

In light of recent changes to the CFIUS regulatory regime, it is imperative that legal counsel to parties involved in transactions where foreign persons may be acquiring equity interests in US businesses pay careful attention to whether a CFIUS notification filing may be required

4 mins

DATA SECURITY BREACHES: THE VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE DEBACLE FOR LISTED COMPANIES

How do listed companies err on the side of caution without treating every information leak a disclosure of price sensitive information…

5 mins

2019 JUDICIAL DIARIES

It has been a remarkable year with a slew of landmark judgments delivered by the apex court

7 mins

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