Tech Law Talks

Harnessing NFT opportunities and the legal considerations

Join Reed Smith’s Sarah Bruno and Jason Gordon for a discussion on non-fungible tokens and an overview of the use and sale of NFTs. They describe how NFTs generate legal considerations in areas such as intellectual property, copyright, privacy, post-mortem rights and right of publicity.

M365 in 5: Provisioning and ownership of Teams sites and channels

Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo, with special guest John Collins of Lighthouse, share practical considerations on provisioning and ownership of Teams sites and channels to achieve improved governance and risk management. 

This session is one of our M365 in 5 series, which discusses compliance and governance in M365.

What’s new in data protection in the EU

It has been a busy few weeks in the EU for all things data protection, particularly data transfers. Cynthia O’Donoghue and Andy Splittgerber walk us through the new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for international transfers and for controllers to processors, the newly issued EDPB Supplementary Measures Recommendation, and the UK adequacy decision.

M365 in 5: Compliance and governance in M365

E-Discovery consultant Lighthouse returns to our M365 in 5 series for a discussion about the importance of compliance and governance in M365 and collaboration among stakeholders to balance risk and business needs.  Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo join Lighthouse’s John Holliday to discuss implementing controls and managing data to mitigate risk.

DSARs and their ever-increasing ramifications in the EU

Join our UK tech & data lawyers Cynthia O’Donoghue and Asel Ibraimova as they guide you through Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) in the European Union. They cover recent court cases, issues surrounding identity verification, the varying scope of DSAR requests, and how to deal with third-party data and timelines.

M365 in 5: Transatlantic perspectives on data protection rules in Germany and the EU

Next on M365 in 5, we examine the data protection legal and regulatory considerations of Microsoft 365 relating to profiling, tracking and data transfers in compliance with the GDPR – and their implications in the EU and Germany.

Hear from Reed Smith partners Andy Splittgerber (Munich) and Anthony Diana (New York), with counsel Catherine Castaldo (New York).

Influencer Marketing: The cross-section of advertising and data protection

Tune in for the latest on influencer marketing from Jason Gordon and Sarah Bruno as they discuss practical considerations for brands, including morals clauses, data ownership, data protection laws, intellectual property rights, and geo-fencing and other cross-border issues.

Banks navigate changing computer incident notification rules

Proposed cybersecurity rules from the OCC, FDIC and FRB affect banking organizations and bank service providers. In this panel discussion, three lawyers from Reed Smith’s Tech & Data practice – partner Anthony Diana, counsel Catherine Castaldo and associate Trevor Satnick – discuss specific impacts and describe what business leaders have to do to prepare.