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Legal aspects of E-commerce,
with a focus on recent European development
Abstract
In the last two years, there has been an explosion of regulatory activity in Europe concerning electronic commerce, both at the EU level and in the Member States. This talk will give an overview of the regulatory structure for electronic commerce in Europe, and will examine recent regulatory developments in four areas: data privacy; the so-called "e-commerce directive"; indirect taxation; and consumer confidence/ADR.
About the Speaker
Christopher Kuner is an attorney in the Brussels office of the international law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP, specializing in electronic commerce and legal aspects of the Internet. In particular, Mr. Kuner has advised companies throughout Europe on legal issues relating to data protection, encryption, digital signatures, online banking, Internet taxation, and the sale of goods and services on the Internet. A particular focus of Mr. Kuner's practice are regulatory developments in Europe relating to e-commerce, both at the EU and the Member State level.
Mr. Kuner is a member of the Legal Advisory Board of DG Information Society of the European Commission, and a member of legal working groups on e-commerce issues of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). He is also Vice-Chair of Committee R4 of the International Bar Association. The author of numerous articles and the book "Internet fr Juristen" (Verlag C.H. Beck), Mr. Kuner is a frequent lecturer on Internet-related topics. Mr. Kuner created and maintains a website on recent legal developments in Germany in the areas of Internet and e-commerce.
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to attend the talk.
As there are limited number of seats available, please register for the talk via email to joannesim@nus.edu.sg or Fax: 873 7809,
with your name, designation and company/institution, by 11 April 2000.
Admission is free.
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