Schedule and Faculty

8:30 – 8:50 a.m.

CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:50 – 9:00 a.m.

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

The Federal Trade Commission: Current Internet Privacy Enforcement Activities and Priorities

Advances in computer technology make it possible for detailed information about people to be compiled and shared more easily and cheaply than ever. Moreover, that information may well be one of a company’s most valuable assets. One of the FTC’s privacy experts and chief author of the Commission’s behavioral advertising principles provides insights on those principles and discusses other FTC initiatives and enforcement activities in the Internet privacy area.

– Peder Magee

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Trademarks and Copyrights in a Web 2.0 World – How the Use (and Abuse) of Social Media Impacts Your Business, and What To Do About It

Social media vehicles such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are here to stay and they can generate measurable financial benefit for your companies and clients. However they can also be a double-edged sword by creating the potential for brand impersonation, profile squatting, counterfeiting, keyword abuse, negative commentary, and increased liability associated with marketing campaigns. This session will cover both sides of social media – suggesting ways you can protect your companies’ and clients’ brands and copyrighted content online when new marketing efforts are proposed, and what to do when you discover the (virtually inevitable) misuse of your clients’ marks and content online.

– Dana C. Jewell

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

BREAK

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Cybercrime: New Developments, Enforcement and Tips for Helping Your Clients Avoid the Cybercriminals

Assistant U.S. Attorney (District of Minnesota) Tim Rank talks about the latest developments in cybercrime. You’ll leave better understanding the latest trends and DOJ enforcement initiatives, as well as ways for your clients to better protect themselves from these ever-evolving threats.

– Timothy C. Rank

12:00 – 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH (boxed lunch provided to all attendees)

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

Your Essential Tech Update – 2010’s Most Interesting and Transformative Consumer Telecom Technologies

0.5 law office management credit applied for

Smartphones, streaming video devices, social media, and Google Voice have transformed the technology used for telecommunications. Consumer-tech reporter and blogger Julio Ojeda-Zapata will explain and demonstrate the most interesting and transformative consumer telecom technologies of the last year.

– Julio Ojeda-Zapata

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.

The Year in Review: Top 10 Tech Law Developments for 2010 – Including Net Neutrality, Jailbreaks and Gambling (Oh My)

What are some of the most important legal developments over the past year? Two experienced technology lawyers will explain how these developments are – or should be – impacting your legal practice.

– Christopher R. Hilberg
– Damien A. Riehl

2:15 – 3:00 p.m.

Privacy and Security – A Look Down the Road: Trends, New Requirements and Practical Steps

The year 2010 has been a watershed year in the areas of privacy and security. This seminar will start with a survey of the rapidly changing data privacy and security laws, ranging from Massachusetts’ new security standards to recent court rulings on employee privacy. We will then cover practical preventive measures that both attorneys and their clients can adopt to stay ahead of the curve. In addition, you’ll leave with sample contract clauses and encryption strategies.

– Paul H. Luehr

3:00 – 3:20 p.m.

SPECIAL NETWORKING BREAK

Join your colleagues for hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Chat, relax, network and then join us in the auditorium for the final sessions of the day.

3:20 – 4:05 p.m.

Antitrust for Technology Lawyers: Patents and Beyond

Can the competition statutes of the smokestack era adapt to the smoke and mirrors of the Worldwide Web? How antitrust laws work – or don’t – in the modern era of method patents, Internet shopping, and Waxman-Hatch settlements.

– Bruce H. Little
– Thomas F. Pursell

4:05 – 5:05 p.m.

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Omaha: Handling the Ethics Issues in Multi-Jurisdiction Practice

1.0 ethics credit applied for

Attorneys who represent clients in other jurisdictions have to be careful not to cross the line into the unauthorized practice of law. This seminar will provide a map lawyers can use to avoid crossing into dangerous ethical territory.

– Eric T. Cooperstein