Albany Law School

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On November 6, 2009, the Journal hosted a symposium on the issue of the Internet and the Law entitled:

e-Legal: Privacy and Law Enforcement on the World Wide Web

9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.
80 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208
Room 200

Overview

The topic of Internet and the Law has been one of much discussion and debate in the midst of the ever-expanding use and reach of communications via the World Wide Web. While the Internet has become a common means of shopping, talking and working for individuals, so too has the Internet become an integral player for companies storing proprietary data. It is in the midst of these electronic communications that questions arise of what privacy protections exist and what role, if any, law enforcement may play in all of this. The Journal seeks to engage in a scholarly discussion regarding the current state of privacy laws with respect to common Internet usage, as well as the problems that arise in law enforcement of cyber-crimes.

We look forward to an exciting and edifying event, and we hope to see you there.

To discuss the event further, please contact:

Stephanie E. Hughes, Managing Editor for Symposia
SHughes@albanylaw.edu
(561) 309-3047

Speakers

Shun-ling Chen

S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School

Shun-ling Chen is an S.J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School. She is interested in on-line collaboration such as free software projects and Wikipedia. Her dissertation seeks to, on the one hand, develop a critique of copyright, and on the other explore internal governance issues within such collaborative communities. She was the founding project co-lead of Creative Commons Taiwan. She has worked as a project lead of the law and policy division of the Open Source Software Foundry. She has clerked for the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as the Center for Democracy and Technology. Shun-ling has also been working extensively on indigenous rights, especially on the issues of self-governance and natural-resources management. She is a founding board member of the Taiwan Indigenous Peoples' Alliance.

Andrew C. DeVore

Partner, DeVore & DeMarco LLP

Andrew DeVore is a founding partner of DeVore & DeMarco LLP (New York, NY). Mr. DeVore’s practice focuses on effectively managing the risks associated with e-commerce, including the protection of intellectual property, information privacy and security, anti-piracy investigations and enforcement, electronic marketing, adware, spyware, and other on-line threats. Mr. DeVore previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, at which time he co-founded the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Mr. DeVore is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Law School, where he teaches the Internet and Computer Crimes seminar. Mr. DeVore’s full biography is available HERE.

Brian Kane

Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Idaho Attorney General

Brian Kane was hired as a Deputy Attorney General in the Intergovernmental and Fiscal Law Division of the Office of the Attorney General in 2001. He was promoted to Lead Deputy Attorney General for that Division in 2004. One year later, Mr. Kane was again promoted to Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General. Mr. Kane serves as legal counsel to the Secretary of State, the Legislature, and the State Treasurer’s Office; he acts as a liaison between the Attorney General and local, state and federal governments; and, he handles all amicus requests. Mr. Kane’s full biography is available HERE.

John B. Kennedy

Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

John Kennedy is a partner in Dewey & LeBoeuf's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Groups in New York, NY. In 25 years of practice, Mr. Kennedy has advised on information technology; advice and negotiation on outsourcing arrangements, including the restructuring of outsourcing agreements; information security and privacy compliance; intellectual property licensing and litigation; intellectual property protection; strategy and commercialization; and the law of unfair competition. His transactional practice includes outsourcing, licensing, joint ventures, M&A, strategic alliances and commercial arrangements that involve general intellectual property, technology and data privacy issues. Mr. Kennedy’s full biography is available HERE.

Dale E. Skivington ‘79

Assistant General Counsel and Vice President, Legal Department, Eastman Kodak Company

Dale E. Skivington is an Assistant General Counsel at Kodak and former Chief Privacy Officer. She is currently the Director of the International and Employment Law Legal Staffs at Kodak. As Chief Privacy Officer she had worldwide responsibility for company policies relating to consumer, employee and supplier privacy. Prior to joining Kodak, she was in private practice litigating civil rights and personal injury matters, and an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional. Ms. Skivington’s full biography is available HERE.

Thomas Dixon Smith ‘82

Assistant Deputy Director and Counsel, Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination

Thomas Smith has served as Assistant Deputy Director and Counsel to the Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC) since May of 2007. As Assistant Deputy Director and Counsel to CSCIC, he assists in the management of the agency’s large scale procurements, coordinates the agency’s legislative program, serves as Co-Chair of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s Procurement Workgroup, and provides guidance to the agency on wide variety of subjects, from ethics to intellectual property. Mr. Smith’s full biography is available HERE.

Stephen Treglia ‘79

Assistant District Attorney and Chief of the Technology Crime Unit, Nassau County District Attorney’s Office

Stephen Treglia has been a prosecutor for over 29 years and is currently Chief of the Technology Crime Unit of the Nassau County DA’s Office (NCDA). This Unit was created in 1997 and is one of the first of its kind in the country. Stephen has supervised this operation since its inception, and the Unit presently utilizes several of the resources within the Investigations Division of the NCDA to create a fully in-house investigative and prosecutorial task force of forensic examiners, undercovers, investigators, accountants and IT personnel. xt/javascript"> The Unit handles most of the high technology-related cases investigated and prosecuted by the NCDA. Mr. Treglia’s full biography is available HERE.