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LITIGATION FUNDING

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By Dr Vinod Surana What is Litigation Funding? Litigation Funding, commonly referred to as Third-Party Funding (TPF), refers to the process of covering a party's litigation expenses by a funder in return, for a share in the litigation's monetary award. Litigation funding can cover the costs of any kind of dispute resolution process, whether it is conventional legal proceedings, arbitration and/or mediation. Under Litigation Funding, all or part of the costs borne by one of the parties to the arbitral proceedings is funded by an individual who is not a party to a dispute and the litigation proceedings resulting therefrom. If the...

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First response: Computer Forensics

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By Dr. Vinod Surana In the electronic era, information is left behind as digital footprints in the cyberspace. The trail of digital evidence is searched, identified and analyzed to link and reconstruct the chain of events. Forensic Investigation of cybercrime cases are complex and depends on evidence identified, recovered and reasoning. The first responder is the first person to arrive at the scene and can even be a complainant to the crime. Once the physical boundaries or electronic scope of the crime are identified, the role of the first responder is to protect the scene and the devices (ex: in a...

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PR Strategies For High Profile Litigations

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By Dr. Vinod Surana PR Strategies For High Profile Litigations Introduction The recent clamour around the Sushant Singh Rajput case has shown how and why does managing the public and the media matter in high profile litigation cases. The lawyers from both sides have incessantly given interviews to the media and have opined in a number of platforms including social media outlets regarding their take on the case. Such an active involvement by lawyers in high-profile litigations is required in order to prevent circulation of fake news or the formulation of an adverse public opinion. Speed is the key. One should have their...

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Big Data, Law & Regulating Big Data

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By Dr. Vinod Surana The term “Big Data” has been labelled amongst other things as a buzzword or a new-age “marketing term”[i], but a reading of the World Economic Forum’s write up on Big Data clarifies that Big Data is not a “new or isolated phenomenon”, but another phase (albeit a rather crucial phase that will change the way businesses and society functions) in a long evolution of how data is captured and used[ii]. But first, what is Big Data? Simply put, Big Data refers to very large and often complex sets of data that are so large in size that conventional software...

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Corruption and Judiciary

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By Dr. Vinod Surana  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy takes the judiciary head on, saying it was obstructing his functioning at the behest of his predecessor, who was operating levers with the help of a sitting Supreme Court judge. Insinuations, and even allegations of corruption in the higher echelons of the judiciary are always talked about in hushed tones. The common man still retains faith and trust in this pillar of democracy. The legal fraternity, though, has a better understanding of its functioning at different levels and is not unaware of the malice of corruption that has crept into the justice...

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Digital Forensic Investigation Capabilities for first responders

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By Dr. Vinod Surana Prevention and Response Checklist for Victims and Investigation Agencies Introduction to Digital Forensic A Singapore based cyber research firm has alerted the Indian cyber agencies about a massive cyber-attack by a Chinese hacking group from June 21, 2020 onwards (Mirror now, 2020). The targets are believed to be ministries, firms, IT sectors and media houses in Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Hyderabad. A splurged movement on the dark web, manifesting an increase in aggression by these attackers are noticed post the geopolitical clashes in Galwan at the Ladakh border. India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has unfurled red flags against...

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