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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

  • work Practice Area

    International

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, April 25, 2017

  • schedule Time

    1:00 PM E.T.

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


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This CLE course will provide counsel involved in international transactions with a review of recent legal trends and developments regarding e-signatures and electronic contracts. The panel will examine evolving legal and practical issues, including the authentication of e-signatures; the admissibility of electronic contracts and e-signatures in litigation; and the implications of U.S. and international laws governing contracting via electronic means.

Description

E-signatures and electronic contracts are now standard in business transactions and are frequently the means through which counsel negotiate, execute and revise the terms and conditions of domestic and international deals.

The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) provide the basic framework for the enforceability of electronic records and e-signatures. Similarly, Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (the eIDAS Regulation) established an EU-wide legal framework for electronic signatures, effective in the EU on July 1, 2016. Like paper documents, electronic documents must comply with applicable laws.

If litigation ensues surrounding electronic contracts, counsel must be able to understand and address issues related to enforceability, as well as the authentication and admissibility of electronic communications and e-signatures.

Listen as our authoritative panel discusses international transactions and the recent legal trends and developments regarding e-signatures and electronic contracts. The panel will examine legal and practical issues regarding the authentication of e-signatures, the admissibility of electronic communications and e-signatures in litigation, and increasing regulation in this area.

Outline

  1. Electronic contracts and e-signatures—what are they?
  2. Implications of ESIGN, UETA, eIDAS, other laws for electronic contracts
  3. Relevant case law and regulatory developments
  4. Provisions and practices to ensure validity of electronic contracts and e-signatures
  5. Enforceability, authentication and admissibility challenges with electronic contracts and e-signatures

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • The 2 models underlying 85% of global e-signature law
  • Reconciling contradictions between state, federal and international laws and regulations
  • Rules of thumb for analyzing any international transaction
  • Road map for risk analysis and mitigation
  • Dealing with counsel across borders
  • Enforceability, authentication and admissibility challenges counsel face in litigation involving e-signatures and electronic contracts