Recorded Webinar: Online Contracts – Mechanisms for Reducing Risk

The formation, variation and management of contracts is on an epoch shift with ecommerce transactions, online business processes, and cloud computing. Clients require advice relevant to their newly minted business models, recent technologies and ever-changing business law. This session covers:

• Where are we heading online, and where do contracts fit in? Spoiler alert: everywhere!
• Contract acceptance via exchange of email or instant messages, signature software, “agree” buttons and more
• Fundamentals for online contract invalidity, formation, variation and management
• Australian Consumer Law affecting unfair contract terms, representations, guarantees, refunds, changes of mind and product returns
• Integrating contract design and business process with payment systems and logistics
• Marketing law considerations for website product or service representations
• Security and privacy law compliance for personal information
• Governing law and other important clauses for online contracts
• Updates on blockchain “smart contracts”, internet of things, crowdfunding and computable contracts
• Case study: liability disclaimers and notices, and limitation and exclusion clauses