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> BCLT has a new co-sponsored journal on SSRN: Information Privacy Law!
> BCLT news page updates! (5/09)
June 12 & 13, 2008
GW Law School
The Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) aims to assemble a wide array of privacy law scholars and practitioners from around the world to discuss current issues and foster greater connections between academia and practice. It will bring together privacy law scholars, privacy scholars from other disciplines (economics, philosophy, political science, computer science), and practitioners (industry, legal, advocacy, and government).
The conference will feature roundtable group discussion on academic issues (teaching and scholarship) as well as on practice issues (regulation and litigation). It will also feature a keynote address, as well as several paper workshops. The goal is to enhance ties within the privacy law community and to facilitate dialogue between the different parts of that community (academy, government, industry, and public interest). For paper workshops, conference attendees will be expected to read the papers in advance, and papers will be introduced with only a few brief remarks so as to maximize time for rigorous discussion of the paper.
Click here for the Conference Website.
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Bay Area Blawgers 3.0
May 20 (Tuesday)
6:00 - 8:00 ~ Goldberg Room, UC Berkeley Law School
BCLT is pleased to co-sponsor -- with the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law -- Bay Area Blawgers 3.0. This will be the third gathering of legal bloggers in the Bay Area and friends. As has been done in the past, we'll spend about 1 hour of our time in a structured discussion, with the balance of our time for informal chit-chatting.
When: May 20, 6-8 pm
Who: Everyone is welcome, but this event principally will cater to active legal bloggers. Bloggers and friends who have said they plan to attend include: Tsan Abrahamson, Jerry Bame, Robert Barr, Larry Downes, Eli Edwards, Bob Eisenbach, Cathy Gellis, Eric Goldman, Beth Grimm, Greg Haverkamp, Cathy Kirkman, Kimberly A. Kralowec, Ethan Leib, Cathy Moran, Joe Mullin, Deborah Neville, David Newdorf, Dana Nguyen, Aaron Perzanowski, Elizabeth Pianca, Mark Radcliffe, Ash Remwa, Colin Samuels, Jason Schultz, Tim Stanley, Stacy Stern, John Steele, Kevin Underhill, Fred von Lohmann, J. Craig Williams and Cicely Wilson. (This list will be updated as new blawgers and friends RSVP).
How: Directions and parking.
Cost: Admission is free.
CLE: This event qualifies for 1 hour of general CLE credit. Santa Clara University School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.
RSVPs required: RSVP to Eric Goldman
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Co-sponsored by the BCLT, with the Center for the Study of Law & Society, the Institute for Global Challenges and Law, and the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice.
BCLT presented its 2008 Privacy Lecture -- featuring an address by David Cole, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center -- on the intersection between privacy and national security law.
Responses to Professor Cole’s 2008 BCLT Privacy Lecture were be made by David S. Kris, Esq. and Professor John Yoo. The moderator of the 2008 BCLT Privacy Lecture will be Paul M. Schwartz, Professor of Law, U.C. Berkeley School of Law.
Audio from the event is now available!
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Co-sponsored by the BCLT and the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University Law School.
With the explosive growth of online advertising, businesses and their counsel must be aware of new technologies, their legal implications, and evolving legal risks in the field. The Law and Business of Online Advertising brought together academics, practitioners, business leaders, and technology experts to discuss legal, policy, and technical developments in online marketing. This intensive event began with two tutorials led by Professor Hal Varian (Chief Economist, Google) and Microsoft's Kim Howell on the economics and technology of online advertising, followed by panels which explored online advertising issues faced by consumers, publishers, and advertisers.
Fall 2007 ~ UC Berkeley Law & Technology News
The second issue includes information on new Boalt Faculty and Visiting Scholars, a special focus on Privacy work at BCLT , upcoming events, and student Stem Cell Fellows.
The first issue on Copyright is archived here.
To subscribe to future editions click the lower, right-hand button on this page.
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Latest BCLT Faculty Research
Peter S. Menell
Legal Realism in Action: Indirect Copyright Liability's Continuing Tort Framework and Sony's De Facto Demise (with D. Nimmer) (forthcoming UCLA L. Rev. 2007)
Robert Merges
Software and Patent Scope: A Report from the
Middle Innings. Texas Law Review Vol. 85:1627, 2007.
Deirdre Mulligan
M. Meingast, J. King, and D. Mulligan. Embedded RFID and Everyday Things: A Case Study of the Security and Privacy Risks of the U.S. e-Passport. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on RFID, March 2007.
Pamela Samuelson
Jerome H. Reichman, Graeme Dinwoodie, & Pamela Samuelson, A Reverse Notice and Takedown Regime to Enable Fair Uses of Technically Protected Copyrighted Works, 22 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 981 (2007)
Paul Schwartz
Reviving Telecommunications Surveillance Law, 75 University of Chicago Law Review 287 (2008).
Howard Shelanski
“Merger Analysis and the Treatment of Uncertainty: Should we Expect Better?” Antitrust L.J. (With Michael Katz) (2007).
Molly Van Houweling
The New Servitudes, Forthcoming Georgetown Law Journal (2008)
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Boalt Hall Transcript ~ Spring 2007
The latest issue of the Boalt Transcript has a number of interesting articles on "Patent Trolls," Boalt Hall courses, and law blogs.
The Law & Tech news edit is here. (pdf)
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BCLT 2007 - 2008 Annual Bulletin
The current Annual Bulletin outlines BCLT's activities from August 2007 through July 2008. It also welcomes new Berkeley law faculty member Assistant Professor Amy Kapczynski and updates BCLT's current faculty research.
An archive of Annual Bulletins from 2001 through the current year is available here.
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UC Berkeley Schoool of Law #1 in IP for 11th Year
US News and World report has ranked the Intellectual Property program at UC Berkeley School of Law as the top IP program in the country -- for the 11th year in a row.
