September 11-12, 2000
San Francisco, CA

Private Harmonization: Practical Strategies for Cross Border eBusiness

Thomas Bell
Partner
Perkins Coie LLP, USA

Table of Contents

1. Private Harmonization: Practical Strategies for Cross Border eBusiness
2. Flashback to 1995
3. Public Harmonization or Statutory Dissonance
4. Law Catching Up? Legacy Laws
5. Law Catching Up? Statutory Proliferation
6. Companies Have Three Choices
7. Version the Site
8. Privately Harmonize the Site
9. Factors in Decision to Version or Privately Harmonize
10. Disclosure: Coupons
11. Privately Harmonize Coupon Laws
12. Licensing: Auctions/Exchanges
13. California Licensing Statute
14. New Zealand Statute
15. Licensing and Content: Pharmacies
16. Pharmacies: Substitution of Generic
17. Pharmacies: Substitution of Generic
18. Content Regulation
19. Data Protection and Privacy
20. Observations
21. Contact Information