LawZ Magazine - March 2020

In this issue

The greatest change this millennium has witnessed is the gradual and exponential exposure to the internet by the world. Among its many proliferating strides, we see many investment management firms have funds that are completely managed by algorithms known as quant-funds, and despite opposition, their approval. Similarly, e-commerce giants have been quietly adopting algorithms to combat the massive price fluctuations, in such a way to economically fix prices without an army of personnel, thereby leveraging profits and turnover. However, does this place the companies with the option of availing the algorithms at a steep and unfair position vis-a-vis the other firms in the market. Will the marketplace remains fair and what should be the standpoint of the Indian Legal System.
Another impact of digital acceptance is its effect on consumer protection. The Consumer Protection Act 2019 has been at the vanguard to an otherwise dilapidated and obsolete consumer law in the face of the digital age. The grounds of appeal and the procedural flaws in the previous legislation have been regulated and gives way for a flexible future-friendly law.
The digitization of the nation has led the way to a host of new opportunities and the corollary threats. It is on our shoulders to identify and assess these winds of change.

LawZ Magazine Description:

LawZ released its first issue in August, 2001. The intent was to create a magazine about the law and the legal field, but with a difference. LawZ is India s first comprehensive monthly law magazine for all.The magazine not only covers events relating to the Indian legal system but also makes an effort in comparing it with the legal systems across the globe.

Instead of being of interest only to lawyers and others involved in the legal profession, the aim was to create something that could be read, understood, and even enjoyed by those who do not have formal knowledge of law. In short, it was to be more than a dry, ponderous collection of articles written in the oft arcane language of the court. Nor was it to focus solely on India, because today no news is complete unless it touches on the world at large.

The magazine reaches to all the judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts, Bar Council of India, Lawyers, Law Colleges and Institutions, top Indian and foreign Law Firms, Indian Corporates and Multinational Companies and Legal departments of government and Semi-government agencies, Corporate houses and several Embassies.

The magazine is presently in its 15th year of publication and is receiving tremendous response and appreciation from all the sections of the society and today is the only legal magazine, which has attained its present status in such a short span of time.

We’ve come a long way since our first issue. Today, it is regarded as a benchmark and a trailblazer in legal journalism.