This is a webcast of the live New York session.Why you should attend
Legal issues arising from technology have become a routine part of many lawyers’ daily practices. Technology issues arise in clients’ daily contracts, business negotiations and litigation. Lawyers, who often have no technical training, are required by court rules to report on their client’s technology infrastructure so that a judge may address electronic discovery issues. The proliferation of technology into every aspect of commerce requires that their counsel understand how the client’s increasingly complex technology works and the legal issues created by these innovations in a client’s business.
The lawyer who understands his or her client’s technology will stand out as a respected counselor who can be given challenging and complex issues. The technology-savvy lawyer will have a decided advantage in negotiating contracts or litigating intellectual property or business issues.
This unique program will present extraordinary sessions combining experienced technology lawyers with industry hi-tech experts. You will hear simple and direct explanations of current technologies.
What you will learn
- How every company and individual is a target for international hackers
- How cloud computing is displacing traditional software applications
- How social networks are monetizing the detailed data they collect
- The techniques used by mobile networks to track consumers
- How online and virtual games have incorporated “virtual currency” into their platforms
- Best practices for software project planning, implementation and negotiation
- Establishing a corporate policy in creating and using Big Data
Who should attend
This program is for in-house counsel, government lawyers, litigation lawyers, technology and intellectual property lawyers, and any lawyer who counsels a client developing, purchasing or using technology in their daily business. This program will give lawyers the necessary background to become more knowledgeable and effective advocates.
PLI Group Discounts
Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI.
PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm
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Cancellations
All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.
All times are E.S.T.
9:00 Introduction
Peter Brown, Lori E. Lesser
9:15 Social Media and Advertising
- Social media data storage and the implications for litigation (including discovery)
- Insights from recent press stories about social media surveillance
- Data aggregation, analytics and privacy issues in social media
- Hot topics and trends in government enforcement and private litigation
Lori E. Lesser, Daniel L. Regard
10:15 Cybersecurity
- Insiders: methods, motivations, and mitigation
- Online impersonation: when the enemy becomes you
- Considerations when contacting law enforcement
David W. Obderbeck, Timothy Ryan
11:15 Break
11:30 Virtual Games and Virtual Currency
- How online and virtual games are increasingly use “real money” features; the emergence of legalized online gaming
- The emergence of “internet sweepstakes” – and what their regulation means for gaming models
- How games and virtual worlds have incorporated “virtual currency” into their platform; the trends for virtual currency
- Recent moves by regulators, including FinCEN, and prosecutors to rein in certain “virtual” and “crypto” currency – including BitCoin and the Liberty Reserve “virtual” exchange
- How to prevent fraud, illegality and money laundering, through conventional and innovative means
Ken Dreifach, Seth D. Krauss
12:30 Lunch
1:45 The Anatomy of a Software Development Agreement
- Best practices for software project planning, implementation and negotiation
- Creating milestones and realistic acceptance criteria
- Structuring payments
- Scope of use in national and multi-national organizations
- Scope of vendor warranties vs. software maintenance
- Protecting the vendor’s and user’s confidential information
Peter Brown, Miles Farrel, Wanji J. Wolcott
2:45 Cloud Computing
- Cloud computing concepts and jargon
- Checklist for items to focus on when evaluating a cloud computing contract
- Process tip for negotiating with cloud vendors
Ian M. Miller, Jeffrey D. Osterman
3:45 Break
4:00 Big Data
- Data security issues arising out of collecting Big Data
- Personal privacy: implications of corporate data collection
- Personal privacy: implications of government data collection
- Anonymization of data: does that solve the issues in use of Big Data?
- Establishing a corporate policy in creating and using Big Data
- The impact of EU Data Proctection laws on Big Data
Mary Ellen Callahan
Co-Chair(s)
Speaker(s)
Seth D. Krauss ~ Executive Vice President / General Counsel, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Ian M. Miller ~ Chief Information Officer, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
David W. Opderbeck ~ Professor of Law & Director, Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology, Seton Hall University Law School
Timothy Ryan ~ Managing Director, Kroll Advisory Solutions Cyber Investigations
Wanji J. Walcott ~ Managing Counsel, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
Program Attorney(s)
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Arizona: The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement.
Arkansas and Oklahoma: Audio-only live webcasts are not approved for credit.
1Indiana: Considered a distance education course. There is a 6 credit limit per year.
2New York: Newly admitted attorneys may not take non-transitional course formats such as on-demand audio or video programs or live webcasts for CLE credit. Newly admitted attorneys not practicing law in the United States, however, may earn 12 transitional credits in non-traditional formats.
3Ohio: To confirm that the live webcast has been approved, please refer to the list of Ohio’s Approved Self Study Activities at http://www.sconet.state.oh.us. Online programs are considered self-study. Ohio attorneys have a 6 credit self-study limit per biennial compliance period. The Ohio CLE Board states that attorneys must have a 100% success rate in clicking on timestamps to receive ANY CLE credit for an online program.
4 Pennsylvania: A live webcast may be viewed individually or in a group setting. Credit may be granted to an attorney who views a live webcast individually. There is a 4.0 credit limit per year for this type of viewing. A live webcast viewed in a group setting receives live participatory credit if the program is open to the public and advertised at least 30 days prior to the program. Live webcasts viewed in a group setting that do not advertise at least 30 days prior the program will be considered "in-house", and therefore denied credit.
5Virginia: All distance learning courses are to be done in an educational setting, free from distractions.
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