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RBI’s Revised Digital Lending Guidelines: Strengthening Guardrails in an Evolving Ecosystem
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A Guide to Designing Consent Management Systems under the DPDP Act India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) is a critical step towards strengthening data privacy and governance in the country. For an overview of the DPDP Act and its draft rules, respectively, see our notes here and here. The Business Requirement Document
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Latham & Watkins represented IG Design Group Americas, Inc. in Chapter 11 filing and sale process Latham & Watkins LLP represented IG Design Group Americas, Inc. and its domestic subsidiaries in their strategic reorganization through a voluntary Chapter 11 filing in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The filing aims
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It would be extremely significant to note that the Supreme Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Kattavellai @ Devakar vs State of Tamil Nadu in Criminal Appeal No. 1672 of 2019 and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2025 INSC 845 and so also in 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 703
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It is absolutely in the fitness of things that while striking the right chord in the right direction at the right time, the Bombay High Court Bench at Aurangabad in a most remarkable, robust, relevant, rational and recent judgment titled Kalidas Sopanrao Landge and Ors vs State of Maharashtra and Anr in Criminal Application No.1931
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It is of utmost significance to note that none other than the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled ARP vs State of Maharashtra cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2025:BHC-NAG:6625-DB
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