Agenda

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome & Introductions

Mark Lemley, BA ’88Ian BallonBill Cosden

Plenary: Antitrust Best Practices in an Era of Increased Regulation and Litigation

• The five things every company should know about antitrust law in 2024
• Epic v. Apple and Google: Platform openness
• App store issues
• U.S. and E.U. trends

Mark Lemley, BA ’88Thomas EnsignRoderick NieuwmeyerShelley Webb

Break

Breakout Sessions (choose 1 of 3 to attend)

Track A: Understanding the Law of Generative AI: From Tumultuous Waters to Safe Navigation

• Best practices for protecting and using data, content and information
• Input and output best practices
• Litigation roundup
• Copyright fair use 
• trade secrets and generative AI
• Rights of publicity and deep fakes – laws, best practices, and using technologies to unmask altered images
• Best practices for user indemnification
• Censored vs. uncensored, and safe vs unsafe AI models

Ian BallonSarah BarrowsRenny HwangAndrew Klungness

Track B: Best Practices for Dealing with Emerging Markets Subject to Unclear Legal Regimes or Novel Business Models

• Evaluating when new markets or business strategies are legitimate or likely illegal 
• The responsibilities of in-house counsel
• Lessons from Binance 
• Corporate governance issues, including lessons from Chat GPT
• Lessons from X (formerly Twitter)
• Expanding businesses in countries with challenging legal systems

Mike JacobsonMatt LambertiCatharina Min

Track C: Consumer Health

• New state laws, including new private rights of action 
• How deal with comprehensive – national vs state specific laws
• Trends in BIPA and GIPA litigation and their impact on best practices
• Actionable recommendations 

Sari RaticanElizabeth BrimRay EverettRachel Yu

Break

Breakout Sessions (choose 1 of 4 to attend)

Track A: US and International Regulation of AI

• US, EU and Japanese regulation
• Privacy and deep fakes under state and federal legislation
• Mitigating risk in dealing with business partners

Relani BelousRob CorbetKevin P. KalinichRowan Reynolds

Track B: Doing Business in China – Local Presence vs Offshore?

In the face of escalating geopolitical uncertainties, the pace of direct market entries and product rollouts has markedly slowed between the US and China for tech companies. Notably, there is a pronounced reduction in cross-border investments and product introductions, signaling a shift in how tech companies navigate this complex landscape. However, despite the reduced direct market presence, firms continue to engage with China in nuanced ways. Discussions will delve into the subtler forms of engagement and the potential operational and strategic implications these relationships may hold. Attendees will gain insight into how tech companies can navigate and strategize around the ongoing geopolitical shifts, maintaining a cautious yet proactive approach to international markets.

Jo LevyAlex LohYan LuoHailun Ying

Track C: European Digital Regulation and Compliance

• Best practices for dealing with overlapping EU regulatory enforcement regimes and what this new regime means in practice
• Platform regulation – Understanding which kind of companies need to do what  
• Practical best practices in the face of heavy regulation 
• Using the EU model to frame best practices in other parts of the world
• AI Act compliance

Ciara AndersonTod CohenKonstantin EwaldWilliam LeslieTom O’Brien

Track D: Software as a Product

• Product liability issues 
• Deriving best practices from suits brought against social media sites 
• Dark patterns under US and EU law 
• Age-appropriate design codes in the UK and California

Henry Lien, JD ’08Aileen CasanaveFelix Hilgert

Networking Lunch

Breakout Sessions (choose 1 of 4 to attend)

Track A: Content Moderation

• Navigating new state laws and Supreme Court opinions
• Best practices for confronting hate speech and moderation 
• How nation states meddle with platforms 
• Confronting the Montana TikTok law
• Child safety
• Strategies for challenging US laws in court 
• European regulation
• Lessons from X and Truth Social

Lori ChangCathy GellisJess MiersErik OlsonStephanie SkaffEvan Williams

Track B: Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainty

• Best practices on when and how to respond to geopolitical uncertainty 

Valerie HoMozelle Thompson

Track C: Fintech Developments and Consumer Protection

• CPB, FDIC and BNPL regulation 
• Consumer protection over bank and non-bank entities
• Using AI for credit scores
• EU and German views on automated decisions
• Social scoring

Brian CristPriya SangerEulonda Skyles

Track D: Gaming Best Practices

• Best practices for dealing with micro-transactions, overpaying, and loot boxes
• Antitrust conflicts over platform and app store controls
• Self-regulatory controls
• UK – self regulatory protection 11 points 
• Dances, tattoos and streamers

Ben GolantTom HardingDon McGowanMark Reinstra

Break

Breakout Sessions (choose 1 of 4 to attend)

Track A: AI and Open Source

• IP and non-IP compliance issues
• Due diligence issues
• Untangling ownership issues
• Best practice for in-house counsel managing coders
• how change from open to closed open source 
• open core business models 

Salman AlamEran KahanaHeather MeekerJonathan TorresTammy Zhu

Track B: SEC Enforcement Trends and How to Deal with Them

• SEC enforcement trends
• Blockchain, currencies and tokens regulation
• Security governance: CISOs and General Counsel roles

Cathleen AndersonReggie DavisLothar DetermannChris Kelly

Track C: Consumer Protection

• Best practices for dealing with noncompete agreements in light of California law and FTC scrutiny
• FTC regulations
• FTC privacy, security, and AI policy and enforcement  
• Health advertising
• State laws (including my health my data) 
• NTIA Children Safety 

John EichlinPaul LanoisAna RazmazmaAlessandro TajanaJeff Tsai

Track D: CIPA and Wiretap Troll Litigation Including Mass Arbitration

• The expanding array of wiretap cases involving pixels and other AdTech cases
• Reevaluating arbitration provisions and Terms of Use revisions in light of mass arbitration
• Best practices for resolving or beating troll cases
• Opt-in vs opt-out remediation

Joseph DeMarcoRebekah S. GuyonHanna Steinbach

Break

General Counsel Roundtable

Ian BallonSean EdgettJoseph GeismanAnnie KhalidBen LeeBrad Serwin

Cocktail and Networking Reception