As Latin American becomes wired for the Internet, the traditional brick and mortar businesses will come under pressure by online merchants whose access to consumers will leap across international boundaries. While this may help consumers gain access to a greater variety of goods, significant...

India is one of the largest e-Commerce markets, which is expanding with an unprecedented pace. With the increase in the volume and consumer base for the e-Commerce markets there should be a corresponding development of a legal framework which should able to efficiently regulate its functioning...

This paper attempts to simplify the liability of online intermediaries as publishers of third party defamatory content that they host. It proposes that due to two significant gaps in the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015, the law of defamation must be reformed to provide predictable...

Online retail is a multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States. Consumers enjoy the ease with which they can browse, click, and order goods from the comfort of their own homes. Though it may come as no surprise to most lawyers, retailers are taking advantage of online transactions by...

Modern law makes currency a creature of the state and ultimately the value of its currency depends on the public's trust in that state. While some nations are more capable than others at instilling public trust in the stability of their monetary institutions, it is nonetheless impossible for any...

The Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Colo. RPC”), as interpreted in the comments to the Colo. RPC, the courts and the Ethics Committee of the Colorado Bar Association, govern lawyers practicing law in Colorado, and in some cases are impacted even when Colorado lawyers are not...

Over the past decade, the rise of online marketplaces such as Amazon.com has profoundly changed the retail landscape. The current pandemic has further accelerated consumers’ shift towards online buying in general and online marketplaces in particular. As a result, traditional distribution...

This article is a short overview of the proposed EU Digital Services Act (DSA): its history, main features and its relation to both the existing laws (E-Commerce Directive) and is sister act (Digital Markets Act). The article looks at how DSA proposes to solve the problem of making internet...

This paper explores how regulatory responses to emerging IP issues in digital trade may develop at the international level and in particular how existing mechanisms might influence the chances of developing internationally agreed rules in this regard. The primacy of state sovereignty in...