NYSBA and Co-Sponsoring Member: $20 | Law Student: $10 | Nonmember: $50

Co-sponsored by the National Association of Women Judges, Women in EDiscovery, Dentons U.S. LLP, the Commercial & Federal Litigation Section, the Women in Law Section, the Law Practice Management Committee, the Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession and the Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the New York State Bar Association.

Technology pervades the legal profession and is a common feature of litigation. This program focuses on aspects of two such technologies, admissibility of social media and content of “apps” and liability for the wrongful collection and use of biometric information by private entities.

This program will be of interest to judges, practitioners, consultants and law students and will feature distinguished and knowledgeable faculty.

Agenda

5:30 p.m.                                 Registration

5:45 p.m.                                 Introductions                                              

Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy, NAWJ President
Susan Harper, Esq., Chair of the NYSBA Women in Law Section

6:00 p.m. – 6:50 p.m.              Admissibility of Electronic Information from “New” Technology Sources such as Social Media and Third-Party Apps                                         
Moderator:
Mark A. Berman, Esq., Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP

Panelists:
Shelley Brown, Sidley Austin LLP
Tracee E. Davis, Esq., Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.), Dentons U.S. LLP
Sandra J. Rampersaud, Esq., UBS AG

6:50 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.              Networking Break

7:00 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.              Biometric Data: Balancing Privacy and Security
Moderator:
Gail Gottehrer, Esq., Akerman LLP

Panelists:
David Horrigan, Esq., Relativity
Kirsten Thompson, Esq., Dentons Canada LLP
Professor Aaron Wright, Cardozo Law School

7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.              Networking Reception