What started as a simmering feud with Twitter over the farmer protests is now threatening to boil over, and technology companies might need to rethink what they’re doing in the kitchen. India turned up the heat last week after announcing the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, a legally enforceable set of rules that, among other things, tightens regulatory scrutiny of social media platforms that have five million users in the country. Critics have been quick to denounce it as anti-democratic and unconstitutional; and say they could pose a threat to freedom of expression. Reuters points out that it is part of a broader trend of tech scrutiny globally, while the rules could be emulated by other countries such as the US, the UK and Australia, according to the Economic Times.

David Cameron, a former partner at the U.S. law firm Dorsey & Whitney, has set up a boutique firm in Hong Kong called David Cameron Law Office.

Ben McQuhae, a former partner at Jones Day, has set up a boutique firm called Ben McQuhae & Co in Hong Kong that focuses on ESG and technology.

Bahram N. Vakil, co-founder and senior partner at AZB & Partners, talks about why the firm is more focused on quality than size, how AZB’s lawyers dealt with challenges posed by the pandemic, and why he prefers not to have solo superstars but rather team players.

Singapore has had a burgeoning reputation in LegalTech for some time now, well before the pandemic struck its shores. Whether it is the government or end-users like law firms and in-house teams, they have taken strides to embrace and launch initiatives to advance the use of LegalTech. The pandemic has unsurprisingly quickened the pace of LegalTech innovation, but there is reason to believe that the technological evolution of the country’s legal sector will continue long after the impact of COVID-19 has passed.

The captain of India’s national cricket team, Virat Kohli, recently found himself the subject of heated discussion after he took paternity leave during his team’s tour of Australia (not that India suffered too much as a result; in fact, it prevailed 2-1 in what is being hailed as one of the greatest Test series of all time).

We are now accepting submissions for the 2021 ALB Asia’s Top 15 TMT Lawyers. In the recent years, the rapid development of Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) industries transformed the way we do business, thus fast - tracking Asia’s economic growth.

Arbitrage funds may have further options available to maximise the value of their position in companies seeking to avail themselves of the Cayman Islands merger regime.