COURSE DESCRIPTION 2012 2013

Mr. Todd Krieger, Mr. Cyrus Daftary,

2 credits day; 2 credits evening. Course Co-taught by Daftary and Kreiger

Facebook, Twitter, iPhone, Google, iPad, Kindle, and many other recent innovations have been the catalyst for substantial changes in our business and social paradigms and raise novel legal issues that are not well anticipated by existing laws. This course explores a broad range of current legal issues related to the Internet and emerging technology including social networking, blogging, digital discovery, virtual worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft, information security, privacy, traditional and open source software licensing, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Internet, antitrust and technology tying, taxation and e-commerce, spyware, and more. Course content is updated as new issues emerge and Internet law is not a prerequisite. This course is designed to provide students a hands-on opportunity to experience some of these issues and better understand how these new technologies work. Besides interactive classroom discussions, students will working teams to draft a business plan for a start-up technology company and create an associated web site, which they will present to the class. Students are also required to submit a paper on an internet related legal issue. Students will be graded on the paper (25%), project (25%) and class participation (25%).

Enrollment is limited: 20

Elective Course

Meets Skills Menu Requirement

Meets Intellectual Property Concentration Requirements

Meets International Law Concentration Requirements

LLM Course

Directed Study Project