The emergence of the Internet and other computer-related technologies as fundamental to the transaction of business today has created many new legal issues and forced attorneys to think differently about traditional commercial law concepts. In this conference, the Computer Law Association brings together widely recognized authorities from both Europe and North America to share up-to-the-minute developments, strategic considerations, and practical approaches to a variety of legal e-business issues. For example, software licensing and development issues that are critical in today’s world were not commonplace even a few years ago. The pace of regulatory change has quickened, requiring attorneys to frequently obtain updates in areas such as taxation, privacy, banking, and use of electronic documents. Significant intellectual property law  developments emerge weekly. Moreover, the changing economic climate has brought bankruptcy issues to the e-commerce world.

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This conference will combine in-depth analysis of new legal issues with updates on developing doctrines, case law, and regulatory action. In addition, the conference will provide an overview of existing legal constructs that have new importance in the age of electronic commerce. Our speakers will compare and contrast developments in Europe with those in North America and will provide a context for understanding the inter-relationships among the various new bodies of law that are emerging worldwide.

As always, CLA speakers will present comprehensive, practical information in a straightforward manner. Our mission is to provide attorneys with the state-of-the-art information they need to successfully guide their clients in the rapidly changing world of e-commerce.
  

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The Computer Law Association is the world’s largest international organization of information technology law professionals. With members on all continents except Antarctica, and with 70 percent of new members joining from countries other than the United States, CLA enjoys a unique position in bringing together the world’s information technology law community. Attorneys in private practice, corporate counsel, law school professors, government lawyers and other legal professionals join together at CLA conferences around the world for education and the opportunity to network with one another in a collegial setting. CLA is a non-profit organization created over 30 years ago, and even as it continues to grow and address a variety of new issues raised by emerging technologies, it remains true to its mission: providing benefit to the worldwide community of information technology law professionals.