CITI conference:The Impact of Cybercommunications on the Law:Criminal,

[Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>]

Anyone on the list planning to attend?

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The Impact of Cybercommunications on the Law: Criminal, Tax, Securities, &
Antitrust 20 December 12, 1997 - Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, Columbia
University

To register:    email:  citi@research.gsb.columbia.edu
          web:    www.citi.columbia.edu

Law in the Electronic Age - It's a Whole New World

The questions of how to prevent and how to detect computer crime are just
the start.  Equally nettlesome are the legal questions  which are just
beginning to be confronted. For example:

-How does one define a computer crime or tort?  How does one prove it in
court?  How does one handle conflicts of laws issues when the locus of the
"crime" is the internet?  What remedies are available or useful - as a
practical matter?  How effective is criminal prosecution in this area? What
happens when the "criminals" are foreign and their activites are lawful in
the host country?

-Who can tax electronic commerce?  How do they do it? What is the
territorial source of income generated in cyberspace?

-How does one prove (or avoid) price collusion under the anti-trust laws
when everyone's prices are instantly available to competitors online?  What
are the antitrust implications of network
economic effects?

-What does the SEC do regarding investor protection when foreign
unregistered securities can be purchased from your desktop PC?  What are
the implications of cyberspace for the future of traditional distribution
channels for IPO's. What is the future of traditional exchanges?

This conference is the beginning of what may prove to be a series of events
which will begin the exploration of these and related questions with
experts active in this arena.


8:30 - 9:00    Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15    Introductory Remarks

9:15 - 10:30   Computer Crime and Fraud, I

Presentations:

Electronic Evidence Recovery and its Use in the Courtroom"
Jason Paroff, Kroll Associates, Inc.

"Computer Crime: The Threat to the Net" David E. Green, Senior Litigation
Counsel, U.S. Dept of Justice

"International Schemes and Corruption" Don Sussis, Interested Inc.

10:30 - 10:45  Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00  Computer Crime and Fraud, II

Panel Discussion:

Moderator:=20
Thomas J. Fox, Fordham Law School

Discussants:
James Doyle, NYPD
Richard Field, Esq.
Chris Hansen, Senior Counsel, ACLU
David Sobel, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Fred Trickey, Academic Computing, Columbia University
    
12:00 - 1:00   Lunch

1:00 - 2:20    Impact of the Internet on Tax Law

"Electronic Commerce: Are The Current Tax Rules
Adequate, Or Even Relevant"
Howard Levine, Roberts & Holland
Moderator:David L. Robbins, Columbia Business School

Discussants:
Jeffery Colon, Fordham Law School
Elvin Hedgepeth, Director, Office of International Programs, IRS
Robert Wood, Coopers & Lybrand

2:20 - 2:30    Coffee Break

2:30 - 3:50    Impact of the Internet on Securities Law

"Securities Regulation and the Internet: Can Gatekeepers and Intermediaries
Survive in Cyberspace" Robert B. Thompson, Washington University School of
Law

Moderator:
Dr. James Armstrong, Director, Fundamental Family of Funds
    
Discussants:
Dr. Andreas J. Junius, Resident Partner, Puender, Volhard, Weber & Axster
Elizabeth King, Senior Special Counsel, SEC
Andrew Klein, President, Wit Capital Group

3:50 - 4:00    Coffee Break

4:00 - 5:20    Impact of the Internet on Antitrust Law

"That the issue be decided: Cooperation and Competition on the Internet"
David McGowan, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk, & Rabkin

Discussants:=20
John Kasdan, Lecturer, Columbia Law School
Laurel Price, Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey
Lowell Williams, Vice President, Bull HN Information Systems
    
5:20 - 6:30    Reception

Directions to Dag Hammarskjold Lounge

The Dag Hammarskjold Lounge is located in the  School of International
Affairs. Enter at 118th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside
Drive. Take the elevator to the 6th Floor.
The local subway (#1/9) stops at Broadway and 116th street.  Parking is
available at Riverside
Church on 120th Street, between Broadway and Riverside Drive, or on 114th
Street betweenBroadway and Amsterdam.

A full map of the campus and more detailed directions can be found at the
website.


Registration Fee (lunch and breaks included):
Industry: $195; Gov't/Academic/Non-profit: $50

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