Research and Markets: Offshore E-Commerce: A Comparative Jurisdiction Guide

... 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14406 ) has announced the addition of Offshore E-Commerce: A Comparative ...

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The changing landscape of the offshore world and the simultaneous explosion of e-commerce has met with a different response in each jurisdiction as governments scrabble to make the most of the opportunities presented, without compromising existing frameworks and policies.

The objective of this publication is to present authoritative commentary on the regulatory frameworks in each jurisdiction, as well as practical information on services available and the business environment.

The inaugural edition covers 10 countries, each country section by a leading lawyer on that jurisdiction. This is to ensure depth of coverage and ease of comparison jurisdiction-on-jurisdiction.

Topics covered in the report include:

- Key country info (legal system, government, domain name registry)
- Telecommunications
- Technical services (hosting, web design, costs)
- Other professional services
- Immigration
- Corporate entities
- Banned purposes (gambling, etc)
- E-commerce legislation
- Taxation
- Grants
- Intellectual property rights
- Encryption/Digital signatures
- Evidence (how does the jurisdiction treat electronic evidence)
- Hackers (computer misuse legislation?)
- Advertising rules
- Proceeds of crime legislation
- Dispute resolution/conflict of laws
- Consumer legislation
- Competition law
- Employment law
- Funding
- Current operators
- Useful web links

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14406

Laura Wood Senior Manager Research and Markets press@researchandmarkets.com Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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