Spyware and Privacy BBLs next week

Although many of our LSD members are in the midst of finals, there will be some very interesting programs next week presented by the Privacy & Security, Corporate Counseling, State Antitrust Enforcement, and Computer Industry Committees:

On Tuesday, Dec 13, the SAE & CI Committees present SPYWARE: WHAT IT IS, WHAT ENFORCERS ARE DOING ABOUT IT, AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR PRACTICE. Gail Levine, Attorney Advisor to FTC Chair Deborah Platt Majoras, has organized

an impressive array of state and federal enforcement officials discussing the legal and practical issues associated with spyware, following on the heels of six FTC cases against allegedly unlawful spyware distributors and recent actions by the NY and Texas AGs.

Panelists will include:

• Justin Brookman, Assistant Attorney General, Office of New York Attorney General
• Kenneth Dreifach, Chief, Internet Bureau, Office of the New York Attorney General
• Rick Quaresima, Assistant Director for Advertising Practices, Federal Trade Commission
• Paul Singer, Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection and Public Health Division, Office of the Texas Attorney General (invited)

and David Sohn of the Center for Democracy & Technology will moderate.

Details on registration for both onsite attendance at Jones Day's Washington office or via telephone are available here.

On Thursday, Dec 15, the P&S & CC Committees will present "Practical Privacy II," a "from the trenches" discussion on how corporate counsel are dealing with

the practical realities of designing, implementing and maintaining working privacy and information security systems in the face of a thicket of laws, regulations and expectations.

Speakers include:

• James M. Jordan III, General Electric Co.
• Lynn A. Goldstein, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
• Robert Rothman, General Motors Corporation

and moderating:

• Thomas F. Zych, Thompson Hine LLP
• Michael B. Miller, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Registration information is available here.

If you can't make the call, the P&S committee has more info on their activities and future events available here.