How to deal with commercial and construction disputes due to COVID-19
Commercial disputes will be inevitable in the post-COVID-19 world. Sonam Chandwani, Managing Partner at KS Legal & Associates and head of its Corporate Litigation Practice, specialises in commercial structures, litigation and mergers & acquisitions. She details the best way to resolve any commercial disputes in the ‘new normal’: One of the unintended consequences of the stringent […]
FAQs on Employment and Termination: COVID-19
The world is in stasis with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infecting millions of people world over. The slow-balization of economies under the pretext of COVID-19 has immobilized citizens, frozen funds thereby arresting growth across industries. News of employees being terminated or laid off are common-stance with plummeting business sales and tanking asset prices in the […]
Force Majeure invoked! What happens to real estate now?
The world is in a stasis with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infecting millions of people world over. Industries have come to a standstill and likewise, the land business is not saved either. Resources and incomes fall faster than expenditures in a crisis. The slow-balisation of economies under COVID-19 pretext has immobilized citizens, frozen funds, thus […]
Vodafone vs. India: The many twists and turns that lie ahead
The legal tussle between the telecom giant, Vodafone and India Inc. tied at deuce with Vodafone’s recent win in a tax liability case at The Hague. In a unanimous decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague ruled in favour of the Vodafone on the grounds that India’s retrospective demand of Rs. 22,100 […]
Environmental Impact and Threats Lingering in 2020
Since the inception of civilization, the human species have manipulated the environment to suit its own benefit. In order to satisfy the needs and demands of increasing population, industrialization and urbanization became inevitable, and the apparent significance proved to be injurious to the global environment. Man-made alterations to nature invariably led to a change in […]
COVID-19: ‘Return-to-Work’ checklist for employers
India has forayed into Lockdown 3.0 until May 17 and we all are patiently waiting to know the new changes that Lockdown 4.0 might bring in. But the real question is – how long will this economic standstill last? The health and economic consequences of COVID-19 coupled with other unknown variables, compelled the government to […]
Surveillance vs Privacy- Balancing the act during the COVID-19 crisis
Over 3 billion pieces of data were leaked, admitted Yahoo! in 2016. At the time, it was ranked as the largest data breach in history. This incident followed by data breaches by Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, to name a few, lead us to a larger question of – whether technological advancement and privacy can be allies? […]
Competition or Unlawful Contractual Interference: The Line Continues to Remain Blurred
The formalization and maturation of the nation’s business ecosystem have led to a competitive environment ripe for conflict. With growing competition between multinational companies, the tendency of organizations to indulge in anti-competitive practices amounting to Tortious Interference has increased manifold. Thus, the judiciary is swamped with causes of action for interference with contract or business […]