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Richa Ishita

Richa Ishita

Technology & AI lawyer. Writer. 18 years across EXL Service, Microsoft, GlobalLogic, and Tata Teleservices — plus courtrooms before the Bombay and Jharkhand High Courts.

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What I write about

Contracts

Drafting, risk, and the fine print that matters

AI Governance

Regulation, liability, and what's actually changing

Data Privacy

GDPR, DPDPA, and cross-border complexity

Tech Law

Emerging issues, no settled answers yet

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Contracts
Contracts

Fine Print, Future Problems

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AI Law
AI Law

Generative AI and the Law: Efficiency, Uncertainty, and the Edges of Accountability

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Legal Thinking
Legal Thinking

The Most Valuable Legal Work Was Never the Kind AI Could Do

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