Ikigai Law is looking to add mid-level and junior level Associates who are experienced in private equity and venture capital transactions. About the Firm: We have an award-winning practice which is hinged on working closely with our clients to not just provide legal solutions but also regularly go beyond and become business partners. We workRead more
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Preliminary On 26 September 2019, Medianama organised a roundtable discussion on online content regulation at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. It was well attended with over a hundred people in attendance representing stakeholders such as Netflix, Jio, Hungama, content creators notably Gursimram Khamba, journalists, researchers, policy professionals and lawyers. The session was ledRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1 Google hosted the fifth edition of its annual Google for India event on 19 September 2019. Google launched a range of products and services during this event and provided an insight into the work it is doing around technology in India. India’s information technology (“IT”) minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, was also invited byRead more
We are delighted to announce the launch of the ‘Digital Technology Policy for India’s USD 5 Trillion Economy’, an IAMAI report authored by Ikigai Law (available here). The report was launched in New Delhi on 24 September 2019 by Sunil Jain (managing editor, Financial Express), Baijayant Panda (national vice president, BJP), Aruna Sundararajan (former secretary,Read more
1. Introduction The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”) came into force on 25 May 2018 as an umbrella regulation to safeguard data and privacy in the European Union (“EU”) and European Economic Area. Closer home, in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Anr v Union of India & Ors[1] (“Privacy Judgment”), a nine judgeRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1 On 12 September 2019, Facebook and the Ananta Aspen Centre organised an event titled “New rules for the internet – Shaping the digital economy”, with Sir Nicholas Clegg (Facebook vice president of global affairs and communications) as the key speaker and Mr. Baijayant Panda (Bharatiya Janata Party national vice president), as theRead more
This is a primer on the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (“CPA”). I. Context The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018, (“CP Bill 2018”) was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 5 January, 2018[1] and passed on 20 December, 2018[2]. It was then introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 7 January, 2018[3] but lapsed when it was dissolvedRead more
A. Preliminary: On 09 August 2019, the Centre for Communication Governance (CCG) at National Law University (NLU), Delhi had organized a closed-door roundtable discussion on online content regulation, with a focus on video on demand (VOD) services. This post is based on our notes from the event. As the event was organized under Chatham House Rules, weRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1 ‘Budget Speeches Analysis’ is Ikigai Law’s project initiated to (i) identify trends in the word frequency[1] of different keywords in India’s budget speeches, and (ii) compare them against trends in different economic parameters particular to India. This project applies simple analytical tools to detect patterns and derive fresh insights from budget speeches, whichRead more
1. Preliminary 1.1 On 2 September 2019, the Centre for Policy Research organized a lecture on hate speech, with renowned journalist Mr. Salil Tripathi as the guest lecturer. In addition to his work as contributing editor for the Mint and Caravan, Mr. Tripathi has won many awards for his contributions in the fields of human rights. TheRead more