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Feb 10, 2026
This article analyses the Ninth Circuit’s July 31 2025 decision in Epic v Google and the Ninth Circuit’s willingness to bless forward-looking remedies in the regulation of Big Tech.
While the e-privacy regulation are not finalised in most jurisdictions; businesses are struggling to comply with the non-harmonised approached on cookies around the globe.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
The Family Law Committee provides a unique forum for members from different countries and different legal systems to exchange views, meet during conferences and debate issues concerning the substantive and procedural aspects of family law. The work of the committee has focused on developments of international significance, involving all aspects of family law, for example, marriage, divorce, inheritance, human rights in the family, adoption, international child abduction, etc. There is a close interaction within the committee and its members through newsletters and via e-mail.
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Biennial Conference of the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL)
Dec 11, 2020
In early October, tech giant Google announced it had set aside over $1bn to pay media outlets to display curated content on its news apps, initially as part of a three-year programme. Google will pay publishers it chooses on a market-by-market basis to provide blurbs for the company’s Google News Showcase app (‘Showcase’) and to give readers free access to certain paywalled articles.
The panel will discuss new strategies implemented by shopping mall developers/tenants to persuade clients to visit the stores as the e-commerce sales increase rapidly.
13th Annual IBA Real Estate Investments Conference
The Media Law Committee focuses on sharing knowledge among members and stakeholders on legal matters related to the media industry. This includes both content and communication, which has become increasingly international due to global media networks. As media law expands beyond print, radio, and TV to new media such as e-commerce, the committee fosters cooperation with journalists and other media professionals. We regularly address legal developments through programs at the IBA Annual Conference and newsletters, reflecting the evolving nature of media law in a globalised world.
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12th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
Mar 01, 2023
This article will discuss some of the significant aspects of regulating payment companies in China, such as AliPay which provides alternative payment solutions such as open online virtual accounts, allowing the transfer of funds via a customer’s virtual account and bank account for the purpose of settling online transactions.
The IBA Technology Law Committee brings together lawyers addressing the evolving legal challenges of modern technologies. The Committee's mandate covers a wide range of tech-related areas, supported by eight subcommittees: AI and Robotics, Data Law, Technology Disputes, Fintech, Life Sciences, Outsourcing and Managed Services, Platforms, E-commerce & Social Media and Cybersecurity.
Each subcommittee focuses on specific issues, such as intellectual property, data protection, financial regulation, medical technologies, and cybersecurity, helping professionals navigate the complex legal landscape of emerging technologies.
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3rd IBA Global Professional Ethics Symposium
A Instituto de Direitos Humanos da Associação Internacional de Advogados (“IBAHRI”) e o Iniciativa Anti-tortura (“ATI”) expressam grande preocupação e condenam a decisão do Governo brasileiro de estabelecer severas limitações ao trabalho do Mecanismo Nacional de Prevenção e Combate à Tortura (“Mecanismo Nacional”). A medida representa uma perigosa redução da proteção dos indivíduos privados de liberdade.
The Indigenous Peoples Committee addresses development issues affecting land and people from the legal perspective of those impacted, rather than developers, governments, or businesses. The committee aims to enhance communication among lawyers worldwide on issues concerning indigenous peoples, and establish links with organisations like the UN Sub-Committee on Indigenous Peoples and the World Bank. The Committee plans to publish a regular newsletter and is seeking an editor, along with volunteers, particularly from outside Canada. To reduce travel costs, the committee will utilise e-communication to advance its projects, programs, and publications.
Year by year, the importance of e-commerce continues to grow. In many countries, it has become the dominant method for both consumers and businesses to purchase and sell goods and services. Cross-border transactions are the norm in this space, with significant implications for both regulation and dispute resolution. How can e-commerce platforms ensure compliance with competing data privacy rules?
IBA Annual Litigation Forum: Litigation in the digital era - challenges and opportunities
The Young Lawyers' Committee (YLC) aims to help young lawyers enhance their skills and networks through IBA programmes, conferences, and projects, while offering fresh ideas to the IBA. The Committee's activities promote the IBA among young lawyers globally and highlight membership benefits.
Key initiatives include the Young Lawyer Training Courses, which connect young lawyers with senior professionals, and encouraging involvement in various IBA divisions. The YLC also fosters communication through newsletters and e-bulletins, reporting on activities and sharing articles from young lawyers worldwide on relevant legal topics. Our goal is to actively engage young lawyers in global discussions and IBA activities.
Apr 16, 2021
Online or e-dispute resolution has long been a beneficial option for resolving business disagreements, even before the spread of Covid-19. With the current disruption and bans on travel and meetings in many countries, using remote mediation means that companies still have a means of solving problems and moving their businesses on. The positive experience of e-dispute resolution is such that it is likely to remain long after the pandemic has gone.
Revisit the scope of entertainers and athletes for tax treaty purposes (through article 17 OECD MTC) mainly in light of new activities on digital activities carried on by e-gamers, influencers and celebrities for instance.
Revisit the rules of sourcing and allocation between States with performance rendered in different States (international tournaments) with a special focus on e-games and digital activities for tax treaty purposes.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
The Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee provides a convenient forum for its members to consider current developments in the global investment funds industry, including both regulatory and product development. It also produces newsletters and occasional e-bulletins for its members. In addition to its programmes at the annual IBA conferences, the committee presents an annual conference on Globalisation of Investment Funds normally held in June, which celebrated its 30th successful year in 2020. The event attracts delegates from approximately 30 countries, and features presentations by senior regulators from around the world, senior executives of top fund managers and other fund service providers as well as from leading practitioners in the field.
Florida State University and the International Bar Association are offering a new exciting opportunity to participate in a ground-breaking, distance learning, international law course.
10th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
By Pamela R Kovacs. Editor’s Note – Pro Bono Committee e-Bulletin
Metaverse is growing exponentially with increasing support from investors and business entities. It provides real-life experiences in a simulated environment with unmatched potential for entertainment and earnings, which can be divided into two sorts of platforms in general. The first involves leveraging nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrencies to create blockchain-based metaverse startups. People can buy virtual products and create their own settings on web platforms. The second group uses the metaverse to describe virtual worlds in general, where people might meet for business or enjoyment. In addition, an array of technology solutions for closing contracts and solving disputes is available with the blockchain technology.
These activities trigger a number of legal issues, as for instance the applicable law, securities issues, NFTs and crypto currency regulations, IP enforcement and brand protection, tax issues, contract and tort laws, defamations laws and dispute resolution procedures.
Our panel of experts will discuss these and other aspects to get a clear picture as to what you might come across when exploring the Metaverse field.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Second, many jurisdictions have moved to force digital platforms like Google and Facebook to compensate news organisations for the use of their content.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Jul 06, 2023
The pharmaceutical supply chain in India has traditionally relied on small neighbourhood pharmacies for last-mile distribution. Such pharmacies have proliferated to the point where there is often one on each street, and several within a square mile, in every city. Access to brick-and-mortar pharmacies has therefore generally not been a problem in India, at least in most urban areas, and the industry has prospered over the years.
Also, it will address how sports events´ owners and producers are dealing with “active” fans who want to choose what, when and how to watch and how much the new players - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Tik Tok, Kwai and other digital media – are willing to pay for sports content and how will their payback be.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Jan 06, 2022
An overview of the recent articles posted by the IBA Pro Bono Committee in January 2022.
How do AWS, Google, and Microsoft deal with issues like choice of law and forum, liability, service levels, termination, and more?
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Jul 17, 2025
This article examines the regulatory framework in Ukraine for the electronic communications sector, established by the Law on Electronic Communications and its primary goal of achieving harmonisation with European Union legislation. It highlights the key regulatory pillars applicable to the sector, including the principles of general authorisation for market entry, radio frequency spectrum management and enhanced end-user rights. The article also addresses the special regulatory regime under martial law, the sanctions framework and key future developments aimed at the market’s continued evolution.
Marilu Capparelli is one of the managing directors of the EMEA Google Legal Department, she leads an international team of lawyers located in different countries and is also leading a copyright litigation strategy area in EU. Marilu is an Italian qualified lawyer with experience in major international law firms, at the Court of Justice of the European Union and as an in-house counsel. Before joining Google, she was Head of Legal and Government Affairs at eBay Inc, Skype and Paypal.
Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2024
Apr 05, 2022
The webcasting industry has played an important role in the development of the digital economy and the emerging entertainment ecosystem in recent years, but this development has highlighted new issues in tax compliance for the live e-commerce industry.
A joint open meeting of the IBA Global Employment Institute, Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee, and the Diversity and Equality Law Committee, held to discuss matters of interest and future activities.
IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
Twice a year, Florida State University and the International Bar Association offer the exciting opportunity to participate in a ground-breaking, distance learning, international law course. The application process included a 500-1000 word essay on what applicants currently consider to be the most pressing concern in International Human Rights Law. There was no right answer to this question, and we encouraged students to select a topic based on their current experience and interests.
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
Apr 22, 2025
Japan has finally started to make tangible progress in regard to reforming its value-added tax (VAT) framework to address the challenges brought about by the rapid expansion of cross-border e-commerce. Ongoing discussions are focused in particular on expanding the platform taxation regime to cover the cross-border sale of goods facilitated by online platforms offering fulfilment services, as well as on revising the de minimis import VAT exemption for low-value imported goods.
An open committee business meeting where all members and Officers are invited to learn more about the current and upcoming activities and developments of the joint Committees.
IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
May 06, 2025
The International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) has released the next episode in its Inspirational Legal Women podcast. It features Alessandra Nascimento Silva e Figueiredo Mourão, founding partner of Nascimento e Mourão Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil.
Apr 29, 2024
The international trade of medical products through e-commerce platforms presents numerous challenges and opportunities. This article explores the complexities and implications of global freedom in the commercialisation of medical products, focusing on regulatory hurdles, ethical concerns, and the balance between accessibility and safety
Feb 24, 2026
Saranya Mishra, the Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee’s Publication and Newsletter Officer, reflects on the rapidly changing structures and technologies that lawyers are beginning to navigate within their profession. She highlights the Committee’s recently published articles which analyse the changes and challenges in this sector and how legal professionals can approach them in their day to day lives.
Nov 21, 2025
An introduction to the IBA Business Human Rights Committee e-Bulletin, released in November 2025. This follows on from the introduction in the e-Bulletin email.
The future of work - AI, robotics and their impact on the working world
Jun 10, 2025
The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish governments have announced cooperation in the e-commerce sector, with the intention ‘to bring a halt to products that are harmful to health and the environment’
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Nov 15, 2021
The borderless nature of the digital economy and electronic transactions has always been a challenge for law makers and enforcement bodies where their authority is generally limited to a jurisdictional territory. In this article, we discuss three recent developments of the Thai governmental authorities trying to tackle these challenges: VAT on overseas e-service providers; criminal complaints against an overseas cryptocurrency trading platform; and a draft royal decree regulating e-commerce platforms.
El International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), en conjunto con la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO México), ha lanzado el documento, Violaciones, derechos humanos y contexto: herramientas propuestas para documentar e investigar.
Sep 30, 2025
Text from the Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee’s first e-Bulleting of 2025: We are delighted to share Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee -Bulletin after a brief hiatus. It is lovely to reconnect with our members and share the latest legal developments and thought leadership from around the world. This edition brings together timely and diverse contributions that reflect the evolving nature of legal services, innovation and regulatory landscapes.
Dec 12, 2023
The law on e-transactions in Vietnam was recently amended in 2023. In this article we have analysed seven outstanding regulations in the amendment, namely: the scope of applications; data and data message; e-certificates; the use of e-signature and trust services; legal framework for applying e-contracts; synchronising the rights and obligations of the owner of the information system and the use of e-transaction accounts; and regulations on data collection, management and sharing among state agencies.
Dec 01, 2023
On May 4, 2023, the IBA’s Litigation Committee held an interactive session which touched on various topics involving e-commerce. The panel was chaired by Andreas Frischknecht of Chaffetz Lindsey acting as moderator along with experts from different jurisdictions, namely Karina Goldberg (Attorney-at-law, Ferro Castro Neves Daltro & Gomide Advogados, São Paulo), Antoine Laniez (Attorney-at-law, NautaDutilh, Luxembourg City), Francisco Javier Muñoz (Legal counsel, Mercado Libre, Buenos Aires) and Lucinda Orr (an employed barrister with Enyo Law, London).
Oct 20, 2021
A note from the Chair for the October 2021 Class Actions e-Bulletin
Apr 29, 2022
With the pandemic hitting hard, online shopping has become the new normal. The pandemic accelerated the shift towards a more digital world and fuelled e-commerce growth, not just on a business-to-consumer basis but on a consumer-to-consumer basis as goods and services become more ‘fluid’ and transactions become less territorial. This article considers the hazards of using e-commerce platforms for various transactions.
Law firms’ ESG decisions in our current geopolitical environment: a follow-up discussion after the US presidential elections
Nov 02, 2023
Telemedicine, despite being used in practice, was not explicitly and specifically addressed in Czech law. However, new legislation to introduce the concept of telemedicine into the Czech legal framework is now on the horizon.
DiversityInclusionHumanRightsNow that the pandemic is endemic, remote work issues have become vexatious for both employers and employees. Both employers and employees are struggling to make sense of today’s application of pandemic employment, immigration, compensation/benefits/rewards, tax, discrimination and diversity practices.
This panel will address those issues and offer both legal and practical solutions and best practices for employers in their quest to retain talent post-pandemic without compromising future business imperatives brought on by potential industry downturns. Employer compliance, business demands and employee health and welfare will be addressed by discussing risks and benefits, needs and wants, law versus policy and current employment practices against possible terminations. Immigration, tax, employment, and compensation/benefits issues have never been so complex.
This is a time to take stock of worldwide employment rules and practices and consider how the future of employment/immigration/tax law will adapt to a world in need of talent during a period of significant and likely continued uncertainty.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
May 03, 2023
The e-commerce industry has seen a sharp rise in recent years, largely due to global digitisation of economies with rampant adoption and development of technology. A further boost was provided to the industry by the Covid-19 pandemic as the world resorted to online shopping to acquire even the basic necessities.
DiversityInclusionThe expectation for equitable, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable practices and behaviour from extractive industries investors has never been greater. It is a challenging context for investors and industry players to achieve the right balancing act to meet these expectations, while continuing to conduct essential operations and develop projects that are necessary to meet global demand in the oil and gas and mining sectors. A lack of understanding about the benefits deriving from and necessity for continued investments in the extractive industries seems to permeate the dialogue around the extractive industries in many societies. Nonetheless, we still see many diverse approaches from investors, governments and communities across different parts of the world when it comes to investment in extractive industries, project development and community relations.
This session will attempt to discuss what is working in different parts of the globe, reviewing successful and not-so-successful experiences and how these practical examples can help guide the evolution of the extractive industries in the future.
In this context, this showcase panel will:
- address the viability of adopting some form of general standards for the extractive industries, seeking to offer a toolkit to balance the interests of extractive industry investors and companies, the development goals and rights of affected communities and global sustainability and environmental objectives;
- present speakers from different backgrounds who will debate key topics, including among other matters, free and prior informed consent, types of regulatory regimes, impacts on affected communities, human rights, economic participation and benefits sharing, fiscal stability and dispute resolution; and
- highlight the important role of the legal community to collaborate in these efforts and help bridge the diverse interests of different stakeholders involved in and affected by the extractive industries.
IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
Almost two years after the full applicability of the GDPR, the Italian Data Protection Authority has sanctioned two operators, Eni Gas e Luce and TIM. The fines were raised in connection to absence or inadequacy of business operating procedures concerning the processing of clients’ data for marketing purposes
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