Committee on Cyberspace Law

What is the Cyberspace Law Committee?

The mission of the Cyberspace Law Committee is to provide a forum for the analysis of corporate, transactional and regulatory issues related to the internet and digital technologies.

Committee Facts

The Committee works in a wide range of legal disciplines including electronic commerce and contracts, consumer protection, intellectual property, cybersecurity and 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

Areas of Expertise

Privacy, information security and cybersecurity
Ecommerce, online contracting and international trade
Electronic banking, online financial transactions, and payments
Intellectual property protection in the digital world
Mobile/telecommunications, digital media and Internet infrastructure and governance

Message From The Chair

We are gearing up for a busy Spring Meeting of the Business Law Section in Washington, D.C., April 4-6 - please see the detailed information here. Meanwhile, committee members will be organizing webinars for later in the spring, we are in the middle of several long term committee writing projects, and committee members will start to put together our annual survey of the law of cyberspace later this year. If you are looking for a project to jump into, don't hesitate to reach out directly to me, our Director of Programming Kristine Dorrain or our Director of Publications Sarah Jane Hughes, and we will gladly help link you to one of our ongoing projects.

I hope to see many of you in Washington. If you haven’t yet signed up for our committee dinner on April 4, please do so today.

Best regards,
Jonathan T. Rubens
Chair, Cyberspace Law Committee, Business Law Section
Jon@jrlegalgroup.com

Survey of the Law of Cyberspace

The Cyberspace Committee is proud to make its Survey of Developments in Cyberspace Law for 2011-2012 available here. The efforts of over a dozen authors, editors, and law student proofreaders and cite checkers make this Survey a high-quality publication that the committee is pleased to feature. Authoring a segment of the Survey is a great way to get involved with the Committee, even if you are unable to participate in meetings or other in-person events. If you’re interested in contributing to the next survey, please contact Kristine Dorrain at kdorrain@adrforum.com. We will be soliciting authors in the next couple of months.

Cyberspace Committee Publications and Programs

Internet Law for the Business Lawyer, Second Edition
This book, written by experts in the area of cyberspace law, provides the business lawyer with a toolkit for advising clients in the electronic enviro... more