Greenberg Traurig Retained by the Government of India to Produce Electronic Commerce Study and Propose Legislation.MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 1998--The international law firm of Greenberg Traurig Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international law firm with approximately 1,700 attorneys and governmental professionals in 29 locations in the United States, Europe and Asia. Its presence in Europe is supplemented by strategic alliances with Olswang (offices in London, United Kingdom today announced that it has been retained by the Indian Government to produce India's first major electronic commerce/electronic data interchange An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. It is most commonly used in four contexts:
The Indian study represents one of the largest national effort to date by any country to enact electronic commerce legislation. The announcement was made by India's Commerce Ministry at EDICON '98, an international electronic commerce/electronic data interchange conference and exhibition held recently in New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. . "We are very pleased to have been chosen to be involved in India's significant international cyberlegislation efforts," said Alan Sutin, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Information Technology Group. "The Indian Commerce Ministry has taken a proactive stance in its realization that electronic commerce is quickly becoming a global reality. We hope that the outcome of this study and the resulting legislation will serve as a model for other countries around the world dealing with the same issues." Greenberg Traurig will conduct the study jointly with Baker & McKenzie and Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. The study is expected to be completed in the fall. Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm with more than 340 attorneys, has offices in Miami, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , West Palm Beach, Orlando, Tallahassee and Sao Paulo, Brazil. CONTACT: Greenberg Traurig Jill Perry, 212/801-9231 perryj@gtlaw.com or Thorp & Company Susan Berliner, 305/446-2700 sberliner@thorpco.com |
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