Vishnu Prasad V

Law

Law, read against how things actually work.

Articles on privacy, contracts, business and whatever else the work turns up.

Five tests for a lawful cookie banner

A cookie banner is lawful when five things are true. Most failures come from the same few mistakes: loading trackers early, hiding the reject option, and keeping no proof of the visitor's choice.

New EU digital Omnibus: what they mean for CMPs

What the EU Digital Omnibus proposal means for consent management platforms: consent banners as a fallback to software-level signals, and cookie rules moving from ePrivacy into the GDPR.

Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the US

How a foreign arbitral award is recognised and enforced in the US under the New York and Panama Conventions and the Federal Arbitration Act, and what a court checks first.

The contract enforcement mechanism in the US

How a contract dispute is resolved in the US: the two-tier courts, lawyers and fees, the stages of a civil suit, interim remedies, the standard of proof, limitation and final remedies.

Privacy Laws in India

What privacy means in law, and the Indian laws that protected it before a comprehensive data protection law: torts, contract, professional confidentiality and the IT Act, 2000.

Hostile takeover defenses: an Overview

What a hostile takeover is, why acquirers launch one, and the defences a target can use, from bank mail to the poison pill, with Twitter's response to Elon Musk's offer as the example.

Learning Blockchain: Introduction

Why I started learning about blockchain, and what to expect from a bi-weekly series written as I read and learn.

Start-Up Terms You Should Know

Plain-language definitions of nine terms every founder meets, from angel investor and bootstrapping to term sheet and venture capital.

Legal articles are general information, not legal advice.