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Virtually every country has some form of data protection law, and these directly impact AI projects that use personal data.

A recurring problem arises in white-collar crime prosecutions. A person may first receive notices or summons from the ED, CBI, SFIO, EOW or another investigating agency. At that stage, the agency is investigating. A person may be called to answer questions, produce documents or explain transactions during the investigation. He cooperates, appears whenever called, and is consciously not arrested.

Running an SME in South Africa often feels challenging. Organizations find themselves chasing deadlines most of the time. VAT dates arrive quickly, and paperwork piles up in different systems.

In March 2025, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) undertook enforcement actions[1] at storage facilities associated e-commerce giants.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a critical directive mandating Indian corporates with Overseas Direct Investments (ODIs) to resolve all past reporting violations before making any new foreign investments.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("PoSH Act") mandates the constitution of an Internal Committee ("IC") as the primary statutory mechanism for preventing, prohibiting, and redressing instances of sexual harassment in the workplace.

On August 6, 2024, the Saudi Council of Ministers approved significant amendments to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (KSA) Labor Law and its Implementing Regulations.

"Having a POSH policy on paper is not enough—true compliance lies in sustained practice, not just written procedure."

In this edition of our Energy and Infrastructure Newsletter, CMS INDUSLAW's Megha Arora, Abhishek Rohatgi, Jayati Bhatia, and Gayathri Menon bring you key legal and regulatory developments from June 2025.

Vide the circular dated March 17, 2020, the Reserve Bank of India had issued ‘Guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways", through which, the RBI had decided to ...

The RBI released the ‘Master Direction – RBI (Bharat Bill Payment System ("BBPS")) Directions, 2024' on February 29, 2024 ("BBPS Master Directions"). With effect from April 1, 2024, the BBPS Master Directions...

On 15 June 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued, inter alia, the Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Responsible Business Conduct) (Second Amendment) Directions, 2026, introducing a comprehensive new chapter governing how non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) (including housing finance companies (HFCs)) advertise, market, and sell their own and third-party financial products and services, as set out under the Reserve Bank of India Directions, 2025.

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (the “Ministry”) has recently published a Draft Notification[1] in the Official Gazette proposing amendments to the Medical Devices Rules, 2017[2] (the “Rules”), promulgated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The proposed amendments specifically target the statutory timelines prescribed for processing manufacturing licence applications across the four risk-based classifications of medical devices.

Germany joined the likes of Australia, Canada, France and Italy, at the start of 2023, it brought into effect the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act ("LKSG" or "the Act")...

This article provides a brief step-by-step guide on obtaining a licence or certificate of conformity from the Bureau of Indian Standards for machinery and electrical equipment pursuant to the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Safety (Omnibus Technical Regulation) Order, 2024.

In 2018, the said Act was amended and Commercial Courts were also set up in District Courts, and bring commercial matters of lesser pecuniary value within its purview.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 on February 10, 2026, introducing mandatory labelling for synthetically generated information and accelerated takedown timelines.

Signage plays a crucial role in business visibility, branding, and customer engagement, making it an essential aspect of urban commercial spaces.