GECC Membership Benefits

The major activities and services that we offer to members:

	Expert Task Forces
	Annual Global Summit
	Legal Consulting Service
	Membership Briefings
	Online Corporate Education Training Courses

Expert Task Forces

GECC convenes and organizes task forces composed of experts drawn from its membership of corporate leaders and the IBLS attorney network to work on specific legal or policy issues of E-Commerce. The Task Forces actively formulate and shape future directions for global online trade.

Acting as specialist working groups, the task forces identify and study the laws and legal policy in the designated area. The task forces enable and promote active information sharing among members on select pressing issues of E-Commerce. Through an open dialogue and carefully planned working sessions, the task forces issue policy recommendations and that may result in written reports or the publication of an article, survey, or guidelines.

Global Summit

The Strategic Global E-Commerce Summit annually brings together the major players in online business from around the world: government officials, industry leaders, legal experts, consumer interest groups, and academics joining forces to network and forge a better understanding of the legal concerns surrounding e-commerce.

The Global Summit is one of the most important annual networking events for defining the direction of Internet Law. The event is a showcase as to the importance of global coordination in play when doing business online.

With the presence of the keynote speaker U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner William E. Kovacic, among many other government officials from around the world, the 2006 GECC summit provided a firm foundation into the ways laws coexist in competing jurisdictions. The annual GECC summit facilitates the establishing of important contacts between corporate leaders and government regulators and the opening of informal channels of communication between the industry, government, and legal specialists.

Global E-Commerce Summit 2006 (Orange County, California)

Legal Consulting Service

The legal consulting service takes advantage of IBLS’ extensive expertise and legal network to produce business focused results for GECC members. This customized service focuses on the Internet legal challenges that companies are facing today.

The GECC provides support on e-commerce legal issues investigating, identifying and establishing contact with the right experts to obtain the business-critical information needed to make strategic decisions. In the case of regulatory issues, the GECC works closely with each of its members to put them in touch with the right government officials to answer their specific questions and resolve any potential legal conflicts.

Examples of questions we can provide answers to include the following.

• What is the corporate E-Business regulatory environment in each of your markets?
• Are you are aware that if your E-Business is hacked you may be liable?
• Web Site Legal Audits - Are you prepared?
• Employee E–mails – What are your corporate liabilities?
• E-Business Tax – Is there an offshore solution?
• Cyberstalking Employees– Potential financial liabilities that need to be addressed.
• Internet Copyright – Is your Web site in violation?
• Worldwide E-Tailers! – Are you in compliance with the consumer protection laws in all of your markets

Corporate Legal Conuslting

Membership Briefings

Developed with the assistance of GECC and IBLS experts from the business and legal communities, these briefing papers succinctly highlight some of the key issues in each of the major areas of E-commerce and discuss the possible implications for members. The Briefings serve as another channel for informational sharing and consensus building for the GECC community.

Briefings are issued on a monthly basis and focus on a diverse range of topics to provide business-critical intelligence to GECC members. The briefings also inform members of GECC activities and other pertinent news and events.

In addition to the Membership Briefings, GECC members have complete access to the IBLS Database, the premiere gateway to Internet and E-Commerce Law knowledge. Recognizing the context in which all online businesses need a broader approach to becoming fully knowledgeable on Internet Law, IBLS global law portal database offers comprehensive and focused content in clear and concise format. The database provides insightful articles on Internet Law and reference to source material. This enables GECC members to find accurate information about laws, regulations, and legal trends that are pertinent to their specific business interest.

Online Corporate Education Training

Staying informed as to the legal liabilities inherent in global transactions is not merely a task for the legal department. Strategic planning and decisions need to take into account the complex array of the policies and regulations found within E-Commerce. Each GECC corporate course utilizes legal analysis presented in plain business language.

GECC corporate courses, developed and administered by IBLS, have been specifically designed to meet the needs of business people who need to increase their skills and competence in areas concerning the Internet. The courses provide an in depth opportunity to develop an understanding of what policies and practices businesses need to have in place to make their operations more profitable, more efficient, and well positioned for the next generation of E-Commerce.

Corporate Education Training

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