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‘Big Data Sets’ Evading Sphere of Privacy and Competition Law – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

By: Pragya Nawandar & Abhijeet Mittal

INTRODUCTION

In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new company named Meta to bring his applications and technologies under a single umbrella, for example Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp etc. This blog focuses on the merger of WhatsApp with Facebook, which arose many disputes before various forums: Competition Commission of India (herein after ‘CCI’)[1]High Court[2]Supreme Court[3] and National Company Law Appellant Tribunal[4]. The major concern is the sharing of ‘Big Data’ by WhatsApp with Facebook to further analyze user preferences to facilitate appropriate advertisement services and improve their services.

This blog will also evaluate the compromise of

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The Battle of the Supermarkets Vol. 2 – GINgle Bells, GINgle Bells, GIN All the Way

It is beginning to look a lot like a legal disputes saga between supermarkets in the UK. We have recently covered an ongoing dispute between Lidl and Tesco (see here), which relates to an alleged trade mark infringement. This time, Marks & Spencer (M&S) are suing the largest Europe’s discount grocery chain Aldi for copying their registered designs of the light-up Christmas gin bottles. This is the second legal case recently brought by M&S against Aldi, with the first involving the famous Colin the Caterpillar cake, which has since been settled. Notably, the case at hand in relation to gin

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Candey Ltd v Crumpler and another (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) [2022] UKSC 35 – UKSC Blog

Candey Ltd, the appellant, acted as a solicitor for Peak Hotels & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”) between April 2014 and March 2016 in respect of worldwide litigation and various other matters. One such matter was an action in the High Court in London, referred to as “the London Litigation”.

On 21 October 2015, PHRL entered into a fixed fee agreement (the “FFA”) with the appellant, under which the appellant agreed to continue to act for PHRL in return for a fixed fee (the “Fixed Fee”). Payment of the Fixed Fee was deferred until the handing down of judgment on liability or

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Pinkerton Tobacco v. Kretek Int’l: Defendant’s Statute of Limitations Argument Goes Up in Smoke

Pinkerton Tobacco v. Kretek Int’l: Defendant’s Statute of Limitations Argument Goes Up in Smoke

A Central District of California court recently denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment where the defendant argued that the plaintiff’s claims for trade secret misappropriation were barred by the applicable statute of limitations. The court determined that the statute of limitations did not bar the plaintiff’s claim because a reasonable jury could find that the plaintiff did not have reason to believe that all of the elements of its trade secret misappropriation claim were met prior to the bar date. In particular, the court concluded that a reasonable jury could find that the plaintiff did not have reason to

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36th Annual Land Use Law Conference Hosted by Touro Law Center – in February 2023

FOUR VIRTUAL SESSIONS:
Tuesday, February 7 and Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Tuesday, February 14 and Wednesday, February 15, 2023

This Annual Land Use Institute program is designed for attorneys, professional planners, and government officials involved in land use planning, zoning, permitting, property development, conservation and environmental protection, and related litigation. It not only addresses and analyzes the state-of-the-art efforts by the government to manage land use and development, but also presents the key issues faced by property owners and developers in obtaining necessary governmental approvals.

This program outstanding features:

• Preeminent faculty of practitioners and academics who provide a nationwide

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Submit by 3rd February, 2023 – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

About RMLNLU

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University is an institute for law in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. RMLNLU was established in the year 2005, and since then, has been providing undergraduate and postgraduate legal education.

About the Journal Committee

The Committee was constituted with the objective of promoting legal research and writing. Apart from conducting the RMLNLU International Legal Essay Writing Competition every year, the Committee annually publishes two peer reviewed journals – the RMLNLU Law Review and the RMLNLU Journal on CMET (Communication, Media, Entertainment and Technology) Law. Both these journals publish articles, essays, case notes/comments

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Training For A Posh World

They embrace nanotechnology, biotechnology, robotics, 3D printing, blockchains, and artificial intelligence. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, trade, communication, transportation, and day by day life. Technologies embody bodily objects like utensils or machines and intangible instruments similar to software program. Hyperscalers supply technical benefits for shifting enterprise purposes to the cloud that personal clouds and in-house data centers can not match.

  • Computer Systems Analysts Computer methods analysts examine an organization’s current computer systems and design ways to enhance effectivity.
  • DXC delivers the IT providers you want for the enterprise outcomes you want throughout your complete IT
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Free Consent under the Indian Contract Act, 1872: Everything you need to know

To call a contract valid, the parties must consent to it freely and voluntarily. The principle of consensus-ad-idem is followed meaning the contracting parties must mean something in the same sense.  The contracting parties must have an identical understanding in regards to the contents of the contract.

In contract law in India, the meaning of consent is given in Section 13, which states that “it is when two or more persons agree upon the same thing and in the same sense”. So the two people must agree to the same thing in the same sense as well. Just giving consent

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