Who should attend: Professionals interested in implementing or managing electronic commerce, including online and IS professionals, security managers, EDI and Intranet Managers, purchasing managers, lawyers, accountants, and auditors. Attendees are not expected to have any prior knowledge other than a general understanding of business transactions.

This tutorial will explain the application of common sense legal principles to a new field of commerce. It will provide a broad overview of the legal and record keeping issues of electronic commerce. It will describe EC from a lawyer's perspective and place legal issues in a conceptual framework.

It will discuss in detail the issues of electronic contract formation, electronic signatures, certification authorities, computer evidence and privacy, establishing trust in cyberspace, and trading partner agreements. We will close with a thorough discussion of EC records, particularly those created for state and federal tax purposes and the role of third party record keepers. This tutorial offers an interactive setting, with ample time for questions and dialog.

Specific topics include:

	An electronic contract lawsuit in the pharmaceutical industry
	Admission of Email evidence in a famous criminal lawsuit
	Rejection of Email evidence in a less-than-famous civil lawsuit
	Different business models for establishing trust in EC
	The Model EDI Trading Partner Agreement
	Digital Signature Legislation in Utah, California and other states
	Digital Signature Guidelines from American Bar Association
	IRS regulations on the recording of electronic transactions
	A model policy for recording electronic messages for tax purposes
	A third-party recordkeeper model