Keep pace with the current speed of business and effectively use electronic contracting or find yourself trailing behind.
Over the past 25 years, businesses worldwide have shifted to doing much of their business electronically through email and other electronic systems. Many jurisdictions, including the U.S. federal government, and most U.S. states, have enacted legislation that recognized, and even encouraged that shift. Some of these statutes have now been in place for 20 or more years. The realities of COVID-19, especially remote work, have only reinforced the importance of completing transactions electronically rather than in person or through printed paper contracts and ink signatures. This course revisits the legal underpinnings for electronic transactions. The program will examine the basic legal principles that validate the use of electronic records and signatures in commercial transactions, and how they apply in practice. This topic also examines practical issues, such as the ease with which contracts can be formed electronically, including over email, and the role of specialized software. This information will provide the basic legal principles governing electronic contracting, as well as practical advice for those conducting business electronically.
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Faculty
Christopher Tompkins
Jenner & Block LLP
- Partner in Jenner & Block LLP’s Chicago office where he practices commercial litigation
- Extensive experience assisting clients resolve commercial disputes involving wide arrany subject matters and venues, including the sale of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
- Assists clients with supply disputes including the failure to supply, early termination, pricing, product quality and breach of warranty, and supplier bankruptcies
- Counsels corporate clients regarding best contracting practices under the UCC, including contracting procedures, contract forms and terms and conditions
- Represents clients in a variety of industries including steel and mining, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, automotive and heavy manufacturing, electric utilities, and chemical companies
- Written and spoken extensively about these areas, including articles on breach of warranty and electronic contracting
- Member of the Chicago and American Bar Associations and the international Bar Association
- J.D. degree, magna cum laude, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; B.A. degree in economics and politics, cum laude, Catholic University of America
- Can be contacted at 312-840-8686, [email protected] or www.linkedin.com/in/christopherptompkins
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