Background Australia’s plain packaging saga has a 10 year-long history starting with Australia’s announcement of mandatory plain packaging for tobacco products in 2010.[1] Thereafter, in 2011, Australia enacted the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act (TPP Act),[2] requiring plain packaging for tobacco products and prohibiting the use of logo, imagery, colours, text, borders, embellishment or embossment ofRead more
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Do we need to revisit the way VCs invest? Is a start-up performing at optimal levels in terms of capturing its domain, building a target market, and placing excellent governance structures to build a brand? These are some of the questions Operator VCs are trying to answer as they shift away from a typical VCRead more
A shift in consumer behaviour, coupled with increased exposure to global food trends and availability of international alcohol brands, is making for an exciting pub scene in India. However, alcohol continues to be a heavily regulated item, and this includes both selling as well as commercially serving alcohol to customers. In this article we lookRead more
For most businesses, it makes better sense to lease an office space rather than to acquire one. Part of the reason has to do with flexibility – a growing business will soon find itself outgrowing an existing office space; the other has to do with the prohibitive cost of acquisition of an office space. ThisRead more
In this webinar, we discussed the intricacies of strategic litigation in the emerging tech sector. Nakul Dewan, Senior Advocate – who successfully challenged RBI’s circular banning cryptocurrency in the Supreme Court; and Vrinda Bhandari – the advocate who is fighting to bring 4G internet back to J&K through a P.I.L, express their take on strategicRead more
In the recent years, there have been many instances where national sports governing bodies were de-recognized for not complying with the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011 (Code). The Code is a collection of various documents issued by the Government over the past few decades concerning a wide range of subjects related to sportsRead more
The transfer of a football player from one football club to another, either domestically or internationally, has to be completed according to certain regulations put in place by FIFA and the national federations. The following is a step-by-step guide to the regulatory requirements for transfers involving Indian football clubs.[1] Step 1: Checking the player’s contractualRead more
The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 (“PDPB”) creates a legal structure to protect the personal data of individuals. Over the past decade, athletes, teams and other sports entities have become increasingly reliant on the use of data. Sports entities collect and process data directly from athletes (through wearable technology or medical processes) and from theRead more
The pandemic has pushed through many changes, some of which are likely to stay. That state governments are finally opening up to the idea of liquor e-commerce is one such change. Some states had been toying with the idea, but the crowds seen at liquor vends (when lock-down restrictions were eased), forced the hand ofRead more
This is Part III in our series of articles on setting up and operating a cloud kitchen in India. It provides the key terms contained in a contract for a shared cloud kitchen. Part I provides a summary of various models for a cloud kitchen business. Part II speaks of the key aspects of taking onRead more