

RFMLR
- Dec 9, 2020
- 6 min
POTENTIAL LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLE: CORRECTING THE ANTITRUST REGIME IN A DATA-DRIVEN INDUSTRY
This post is authored by Kshitij Sethi, a third-year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. 1. INTRODUCTION With a cloud of antitrust looming over Google in the U.S., many competitors are questioning its multiple roles in the vertical chain of its relevant product market. Reportedly, Google has quite recently banned many apps from circumventing its app store’s payment system to ask users to pay directly. Platforms like Google


RFMLR
- Dec 1, 2020
- 7 min
COMMENTARY ON THE RBI’S REGULATORY SANDBOX FOR FINTECH
This post is authored by Chinmayanand Chivukula, a fifth-year student of B.A. LL.B.(Hons.) at the Symbiosis Law School, Pune. 1. INTRODUCTION Increased interest in FinTech[i], which is reflected in the growing consumer adoption and funding, has caught the attention of sectoral regulators around the world. However, they are challenged with the task of creating an appropriate regulatory environment for FinTech for two reasons: firstly, FinTech’s rapidly evolving nature makes i