Business guide to "e-commerce" law launched

Citation

Mabey, C. and Thompson, A. (2001), "Business guide to "e-commerce" law launched", European Business Review, Vol. 13 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ebr.2001.05413aab.004

Business guide to "e-commerce" law launched

Business guide to "e-commerce" law launched

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As increasing numbers of "test" cases show, a legal minefield has been exposed by the meteoric growth of e-commerce in all its forms – an area of major relevance to all businesses, however large or small and in particular those in the field of sales, marketing, and distribution.

Now a comprehensive guide to the legal principles governing e-commerce has been produced entitled "e-law essentials"; written by John Warchus, an acknowledged expert in the field and e-commerce partner with specialist commercial law firm Shadbolt & Co., it is published by New Media Knowledge at a price of £5 + postage and is available from www.nmk.co.uk/elaw.cfm but it is also available free in pdf file format from the same e-mail address.

The guide is written in plain language highlighting the guiding principles and potential dangers, and giving specific examples of recent cases. It is likely to prove an invaluable aid for directors, senior management and in-house lawyers.

With a foreword by Patricia Hewitt, the new Government e-commerce minister, it covers the main legal issues likely to be encountered, including domain name disputes, intellectual property, trading on-line, data protection, current UK and EU legislation, defamation, contract drafting, and employee policy issues.

For further information contact Samantha Huntington on +44 (7)37 226277; Michelle Milton at NMK on +44 (0)20 8357 7349; Roger G. Palmer on +44 (0)1737 243980 (24 hours).