Corporate and Commercial Legal Updates in India

 Why Legal Risk Management Is Replacing Traditional Compliance For years, businesses treated compliance as a checklist. Follow the rules. File the reports. Keep records ready for audits. Avoid penalties. This approach worked when regulations moved slowly and business models stayed stable. Today, the environment has changed. Markets move faster. Regulators act faster. Public scrutiny is constant. A single incident can damage trust, trigger enforcement, and disrupt operations. This is why legal risk management is replacing traditional compliance in many organisations. It is not a trend. It is a practical shift towards prevention, resilience, and smarter decision making. This article explains what is driving the change, why compliance alone no longer protects businesses, and how legal risk management helps companies stay prepared. What Traditional Compliance Means Today Traditional compliance focuses on meeting legal and regulatory obligations. It is usually built around inter...

  Artificial Intelligence is changing how businesses create, design, market, and innovate. From writing content and generating art to building software and analysing data, AI tools now support tasks once handled only by skilled professionals. This speed and accessibility bring huge commercial benefits. Yet, it also creates serious legal and ethical concerns. Intellectual Property law was built around a simple concept. A human creates something original, and the law protects it. AI disrupts this structure. A machine can now produce work in seconds, often using huge volumes of existing data as input. The legal system must now answer difficult questions about ownership, originality, copying, and responsibility. For founders, content creators, designers, tech companies, and even legal teams, the risks are real. AI may generate outputs that resemble protected material. It may use copyrighted datasets without clear consent. It may produce brand names, logos, or designs that clash wit...

Workplace culture is not built through posters or policies. It is built through daily decisions, tone, and behaviour, especially from leadership. In India, the Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, commonly known as the POSH Act, makes it legally mandatory for organisations to prevent and address sexual harassment at work. Yet POSH compliance is more than a legal checklist. It is a leadership responsibility. It reflects how seriously an organisation values dignity, safety, and fairness. When leaders treat POSH as a “tick box”, it shows in silence, fear, and unresolved issues. When leaders own it, people feel protected and respected. This article explains why POSH compliance needs active leadership, what real compliance looks like, and how organisations can move from obligation to accountability. Understanding POSH Compliance Beyond Policy Documents Many organisations assume POSH compliance means drafting a policy, formi...