The October, 2024 Issue of Circuits has been Published
The October, 2024 issue of Circuits (the e-Journal of our Section) has been published. You can download a copy of the issue here.
Here is the Letter from the Chair by William Smith:
We’ve had a great Section year so far, kicking off with our participation in the June State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in Dallas.
It is my great pleasure to succeed Reginald Hirsch as the Computer & Technology Section Chair. We’ve had a great Section year so far, kicking off with our participation in the June State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in Dallas. Our Adaptable Lawyer track featured sessions on using AI and related ethical issues, social media and litigation and Word power user tips, and how to implement a privacy and data protection compliance program.
We wrapped the conference up with a networking social co-hosted by the Corporate Counsel Section and sponsored by the U.K. Ministry of Justice’s GREAT Legal Services campaign. Then in September we hosted a Council retreat in San Francisco, where the Council worked on Section strategy and met with a California privacy regulator to compare and contrast Texas and California data protection enforcement.
Many thanks to the Council’s Circuits Committee of Katie Stahl, Aaron Woo, and Maria Moffat for their hard work of putting together this issue. It has great practical information and relevant topics such as:
- The conflicts between GDPR personal data protections and U.S. discovery process
- How to use ChatGPT in your law practice
- A novel product liability claim theory being tested against social media companies
- How to protect trade secrets in the age of generative AI
- A distilled survey of notable recent social media cases
- The evolution of OFAC/BIS technology export controls in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Last but not least: save the date for Friday December 6 in Austin! We will be hosting the 8th Annual Technology and Justice for All CLE Day at the State Bar of Texas building. I hope to see many of our Circuits readers and Section members there. Keep an eye out for an email with the agenda soon.
Thank you for your membership in the Computer & Technology Section!
William Smith, Chair
State Bar of Texas Computer
& Technology Section Austin
