Cyberlaw Symposium

 

 

Advanced technology has created a wealth of new legal challenges and business issues – from online contracts and e-commerce to personal rights and controlling e-market identity. This full-day seminar will keep you abreast of this ever-changing arena. Topics include: responding to and regulating employee avatars; open source software; Creative Commons licenses; enforcing online contracts; future problems and opportunities in cyberlaw; litigation developments; lawsuit response strategies; electronic compliance responsibilities of investment professionals; Wikileaks; cloud computing; and much more! The ethical and professional considerations involved with an attorney’s use of the Internet are also included. Intellectual Property attorneys, business practitioners, in-house counsel, and legal/technical professionals with all levels of practice experience will benefit from the information presented in this seminar.

 

 

Virtual worlds open up unique opportunities for businesses to extend their reach into various markets; however, an employee’s use of an online avatar – whether as a private individual or business representative – creates an unusual dilemma for employers in controlling market identity, as well as the consumer’s perception of the business. This live demonstration of a virtual world explores the employer’s predicament in responding to and regulating employee avatars.

 

In this segment, the speaker discusses the operation of licenses for open source software and their potential pitfalls, as well as legal questions and best practices for their use. Copyright issues regarding Creative Commons licenses are also discussed.

 

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break (beverages provided)

 

The emergence and growing prevalence of social networks unwittingly produced a means by which individuals can exacerbate the harmful effects of bullying. This presentation explores various usable tactics for curtailing the effects that cyberbullying produces.

 

This comprehensive overview examines the basic principles for forming/enforcing online contracts by discussing recent developments in relevant case law and statutory authority.

Useful e-commerce best practice tips and suggestions are also included.

 

 

In this segment, the speakers draw upon professional experience and recent cases to summarize their sense of the near-future issues, problems, and opportunities in cyberlaw, followed by a town meeting-style discussion of their perceptions and predictions.

 

This discussion explores the litigation trends involving patent, trademark, and copyright “trolls” (product-less companies extracting income from others’ IP portfolios) that are prowling the Internet for targets. Topics include: recent developments in relevant case law; lawsuit response strategies; and traps for the unwary.

 

This session explores the electronic compliance responsibilities of investment industry professionals and corporate issuers. Topics include electronic document delivery, website content and access, the use of blogs and other social media, retention of electronic records, and more.
Elizabeth A. Bleakley, Kopecky, Schumacher & Bleakley, P.C., Chicago

 

2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break (refreshments provided)

 

In the wake of Wikileaks’ publication of certain diplomatic cables from the U.S. Embassies, a flurry of dialog has arisen concerning liability and First Amendment implications. This presentation examines how the Wikileaks issues could impact the liability of clients that publish or report on the Internet and/or impact client Internet Service Providers that host that information.

 

This segment grapples with demystifying the nature of cloud computing by discussing how it can benefit your practice and how to manage the professional obligations imposed on attorneys and IT gurus to ensure ethical data management in the Cloud. Topics include:

This presentation focuses on the ethical and professional considerations involved with an attorney’s use of the Internet. Issues with cloud storage/computing and the permissible content of law firm websites are also examined.