Government Relations - e-Business
McDermott Will & Emery professionals have been involved with some of the most significant laws, legislation and policy debates affecting e-business today, including:
- Negotiation of World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright and Broadcasting treaties
- Section 1201 of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, establishing copyright-related rules as to circumvention of technical protection measures for Digital Rights Management
- Federal Communications Commission Dockets CS 97-80, MB 02-230 and MM 00-39 as to the transition to digital television, including via wired broadband media and internet redistribution of programming
- Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the Protection of Consumers in respect of Distance Contracts, Official Journal L 144 of 04/06/1997
- Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures Official Journal L 013 , 19/01/2000 p. 0012 - 0020
- Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ("Directive on Electronic Commerce")
- Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
- Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society Official Journal L 167 , 22/06/2001 P. 0010 - 0019
