ADVISORY/New Laws Necessary for Online Commerce.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 TOPIC: A committee of the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law reported Friday that new laws New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de. need to be developed that will encompass all areas of the Internet to make business fair for companies participating in E-commerce. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by CNN.com, the lawyers allegedly reviewed many issues revolving around the Internet, as well as changes that regulatory agencies regulatory agency Independent government commission charged by the legislature with setting and enforcing standards for specific industries in the private sector. The concept was invented by the U.S. may have to make in the future to keep up with the speed of the Internet. Some lawyers from the committee reportedly said that the change in laws is necessary because the Internet does not change from country to country, therefore its laws need to be all-inclusive. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Lauren Hall, Chief Technology Officer of Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property ), can offer expertise in the areas of online privacy, encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. and E-commerce. Phone: 202/452-1600, ex. 313 Email: lhall@siia.net Thomas H. Lipscomb, of The Center for the Digital Future, can offer expertise in E-commerce, intellectual property and copyright. Phone: 212/794-3636 tom@digitalfuture.org Ralph Losey, an Attorney at the firm of Katz, Kutter, et al, has expertise in the area of commercial litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. involving expert issue and technology. Phone: 407/841-7100 Email: wisdom@digital.net ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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