S&W: Can trade laws catch up with electronic payment instruments?

Ross Crear

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In the latest edition of law firm Sullivan & Worcester’s Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar, partner Simon Cook asks whether the legal framework underpinning letters of credit and bills of lading is effective enough to manage electronic payment instruments going forward?

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