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Committee on Cyberspace Law

ABA Section of Business Law


Committee on Cyberspace Law


Mission Statement



What is the Cyberspace Law Committee?

The Committee on Cyberspace Law provides a forum for analysis of corporate, transactional and regulatory issues related to the internet and digital technologies. The Committee works in a wide range of legal disciplines including electronic commerce and contracts, consumer protection, intellectual property, cybersecurity & privacy, jurisdiction, internet governance, and online financial activities. The Committee seeks to identify and address legal, business, and consumer issues affected by the implementation of emerging technologies and to facilitate the creation of legal infrastructures that protect and support electronic commerce. The Committee provides practical tools and guidance both for practitioners who regularly deal with cyberlaw issues and for those who encounter them only occasionally.


Message From The Chair



By Jon Rubens
Chair, Cyberspace Law Committee, Business Law Section
Jon@jrlegalgroup.com

The cyberspace committee is back in the midst of our annual extended writing project – the Survey of the Law of Cyberspace, which is published at the end of each year in the Business Section's Law Review, The Business Lawyer. For the last few years, we have relied on a "taxonomy of cyberspace," a sort of abbreviated outline of the areas of law and cyberspace that we cover, or that we believe we might cover, in the Survey and through the work of our committee members. Take a look. Although writing is almost complete for this year, if you have any interest in contributing now or to next year's Survey, please let us know. 
 
While our committee's work product and programming delves into many of the areas listed in the taxonomy, we don't get to all of it. For that reason, we try to use this newsletter to point our members to other programs and publications that cover these areas and may be of interest. We try to include links to other events, mention of other publications, and cyberlaw goings-on elsewhere. We recognize that cyberspace law issues of import are all over the place these days, and other groups may be addressing them in an interesting or significant way. And many of our members and leaders work on these issues outside of the context of the committee – and we want to let each other know about that work. Think of the committee newsletter as a frequent report on the activities of this committee and also as a link to additional cyberlaw developments, events, and content. We hope it's a useful tool for our members.


Cyberspace Committee Publications



Selling Products and Services and Licensing Software Online: An Interactive Guide with Legal Forms and Commentary to Privacy, Security and Consumer Law Issues
Selling Products and Services and Licensing Software Online was developed as an example of a typical company Web site, and includes four major topic a... more

Recent Program Documents



Comments to Director, International Trade Law Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs & Secretary of UNCITRAL re: Identity Management Overview
Internet Governance: Global Developments Systematically Considered
The Year of the Hacker
First Amendment Protection for Location Privacy
White House proposed regulations on Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
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Links to Other Resources



2012 Spring Meeting Materials
Cyberspace Committee Program Materials Archive
Vince Polley's MIRLN Newsletter Archive
Electronic Discovery Issues in Bankruptcy Cases
International Cybersecurity Legal Frameworks and Internet Governance
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ABA Business Law Section Programs



Section Events


May 31, 2012
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Format: Webinar/Teleconference

Other Programs of Interest



iPad for Lawyers
May 9, 2012
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Format: Webinar/Teleconference

Non-competes in the Electronic Workplace: Solicitation in the Age of Social Media
May 16, 2012
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Format: Webinar/Teleconference

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Modified by Graham Hunt on May 16, 2012

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