31^st Annual

Technology Law Conference

Austin May 24-25, 2018 Four Seasons Hotel
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Live Webcast May 24-25, 2018
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Overview

UT Law’s 31st Annual Technology Law Conference brings together a nationally-recognized faculty of technology and licensing practitioners, in-house counsel from leading tech companies, and experts in open source, data privacy and security, and emerging technology for the latest issues affecting the industry. This year’s program features:

A luncheon presentation by Texas Law Professor Robert M. Chesney on National Cybersecurity Policy and Security Issues.
GDPR is Effective Today!, with updates and discussion on compliance considerations.
Advanced licensing strategies and updates; plus discussion on the enforcement of open source and community licenses through copyright infringement.
A look at Core Aspects of Federal Procurement Law in Technology Transactions including the new cyber-security requirements for government contractors.
Practical tips for navigating ethical issues that arise in negotiating commercial and technical contracts abroad.
An in-house counsel discussion on current cybersecurity challenges and trends.
An easy-to-understand overview of cryptocurrencies, tokens, blockchain and other applications.
The latest law and policies surrounding self-driving cars and drones.
“Make or break” legal issues for startups, from entity formation to financing to regulatory compliance.
Key Considerations in the Acquisition of Private Technology Companies.
An essential ethics presentation on Law Firm Data Security and the Ethical Duty of Technology Competence.
3.00 hours of Ethics, including a presentation on Technology and Access to Justice.
Multiple opportunities for networking, including the Thursday Evening Reception for all attendees.

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Day 1 May 24, 2018
Day 2 May 25, 2018

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Thursday Morning, May 24, 2018
Presiding Officer:
William L. LaFuze, McKool Smith - Houston, TX
7:30 am
Austin Only

Registration Opens

Includes continental breakfast.
8:20 am

Welcoming Remarks
8:30 am

1.00 hr

Advanced Licensing

With more and more companies monetizing their intellectual property through licensing arrangements and other forms of technology transactions, courts continue to develop licensing law and contract principles at an ever-increasing pace. Review important key agreement clauses in light of recent developments, with an emphasis on practical drafting and negotiating strategies.

Edward A. Cavazos, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - Austin, TX
Keith E. Witek, Tesla Motors - Austin, TX

Edward A. Cavazos, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - Austin, TX
Keith E. Witek, Tesla Motors - Austin, TX
9:30 am

0.75 hr

Open Source and Community License Enforcement

Enforcement of open source licenses via copyright infringement actions, in the US and abroad, is common. Address community efforts to reign in copyright trolls and describe current trolling activity.

Heather J. Meeker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP - Menlo Park, CA

Heather J. Meeker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP - Menlo Park, CA
10:15 am

0.50 hr

Core Aspects of Federal Procurement Law in Technology Transactions

Federal procurement law mandates that U.S. Government contractors be cyber-secure, yet provide high technology products which can be seamlessly shared by multiple U.S. Government agencies for efficiency. Is this possible, and what are the new cyber-security requirements for Federal Government contractors?

Dan Minutillo, Minutillo Law Corporation - San Jose, CA

Dan Minutillo, Minutillo Law Corporation - San Jose, CA
10:45 am

Break
11:00 am

0.75 hr
0.50 hr ethics

International Technology Contracting and Negotiating Abroad and Ethical Considerations

Discuss ethical issues that arise when negotiating commercial and technical contracts abroad with a focus on negotiations in Europe and Asia. Hear practical tips on how to navigate the issues while still supporting the business objective.

Moderator:
Mike Stimson, Norton Rose Fulbright - San Antonio, TX
Panelists:
Bret DiMarco, Coherent, Inc. - Santa Clara, CA
Michael Okada, Dolby Laboratories - San Francisco, CA
Kim M. Vo, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Austin, TX

Moderator:
Mike Stimson, Norton Rose Fulbright - San Antonio, TX
Panelists:
Bret DiMarco, Coherent, Inc. - Santa Clara, CA
Michael Okada, Dolby Laboratories - San Francisco, CA
Kim M. Vo, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Austin, TX
11:45 am

0.75 hr

It's 3 a.m., Do You Know Where Your Data is?

Modern companies are awash in data. Employees generate it and are usually looking for the most efficient way to share it internally and externally. Review the myriad of problems that can occur even with the most well-meaning of employees. From the possible export control risks of emailing technical information to an overseas colleague, to using Dropbox and other file sharing sites to exchange information, to providing data to contract employees, and more, explore the state of the law as it relates to data and what can happen if you lose control of it.

David M. Hoffman, Fish & Richardson P.C. - Austin, TX
Robert Arthur Rodriguez, Advanced Micro Devices - Austin, TX

David M. Hoffman, Fish & Richardson P.C. - Austin, TX
Robert Arthur Rodriguez, Advanced Micro Devices - Austin, TX
12:30 pm
Austin Only

Pick Up Lunch

Included in registration.
Thursday Afternoon, May 24, 2018
Presiding Officer:
Jeffrey B. Andrews, Bracewell - Houston, TX
LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
12:50 pm

0.50 hr

Cybersecurity as National Security

Cybersecurity intersects substantially with national security giving rise to complex questions of policy and law. Hear Professor Chesney map the terrain and review important recent developments.

Robert M. Chesney, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX

Robert M. Chesney, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
1:20 pm

Break
1:35 pm

0.75 hr

Patient-centric Approaches to Digital Health and Wellness: Legal, Business and Policy Considerations for Health Data Interoperability and Usage

Consolidation and merger activity in healthcare is driving closer integration between providers, payers, retailers, and others. Central to these efforts is the emergence of patient-centric approaches to population and management and wellness integrated across all touchpoints of the care cycle. Legal considerations arising from HIPAA, FDA, state privacy, and data protection regulations and competing business needs increasingly impact how data is collected, used, disclosed, and secured. Explore emerging industry trends, key legal considerations, and practical guidance for negotiating and supporting clients working in these environments.

Ben Landry, athenahealth, Inc. - Watertown, MA
Gerard M. Stegmaier, Reed Smith LLP - Washington, DC

Ben Landry, athenahealth, Inc. - Watertown, MA
Gerard M. Stegmaier, Reed Smith LLP - Washington, DC
2:20 pm

0.50 hr

Special Considerations for the Business Data Breach

Effective response to cybersecurity incidents is critical to managing and minimizing regulatory and litigation risks, while protecting your customers and your brand. Explore developments in incident response and hear practical guidance for managing and insuring against risk while satisfying legal obligations when the inevitable breach occurs.

Leslie C. Thorne, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Austin, TX

Leslie C. Thorne, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Austin, TX
2:50 pm

0.75 hr

Cybersecurity: In-House Counsel Challenges and Perspectives

A conversation with in-house counsel discussing salient and trending topics in cybersecurity, including balancing employee privacy and effective cyber defense, finding the “right” level of supplier cybersecurity diligence, and recommended practices for implementing data security governance.

Moderator:
Devika Kornbacher, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Houston, TX
Panelists:
John D. Holmes, Forcepoint LLC - Austin, TX
Doug Weiner, Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Austin, TX

Moderator:
Devika Kornbacher, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Houston, TX
Panelists:
John D. Holmes, Forcepoint LLC - Austin, TX
Doug Weiner, Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Austin, TX
3:35 pm

Break
3:45 pm

0.75 hr

Distributed Ledger Technology

An easy to understand overview of cryptocurrencies, tokens, blockchain and other applications of distributed ledger technology. Learn about exciting recent developments in the use of this technology and innovations in how funds are raised, including recent trends in ICOs, SAFTs and token pre-sales. Also hear about the securities, tax and consumer protection issues raised by these innovations.

Samuel C. Dibble, Baker Botts L.L.P. - San Francisco, CA
Jeremy Drzal, BLOCK512 - Austin, TX

Samuel C. Dibble, Baker Botts L.L.P. - San Francisco, CA
Jeremy Drzal, BLOCK512 - Austin, TX
4:30 pm

1.00 hr
0.50 hr ethics

A View into Trade Secret Misappropriation

Discuss trade secret case law and related intellectual property legal issues from the perspective of three federal judges.

Moderator:
Jonathan Lass, Jackson Walker LLP - Austin, TX
Panelists:
Hon. David L. Horan, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas - Dallas, TX
Hon. Robert L. Pitman, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas - Austin, TX
Hon. Xavier Rodriguez, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas - San Antonio, TX

Moderator:
Jonathan Lass, Jackson Walker LLP - Austin, TX
Panelists:
Hon. David L. Horan, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas - Dallas, TX
Hon. Robert L. Pitman, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas - Austin, TX
Hon. Xavier Rodriguez, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas - San Antonio, TX
5:30 pm
Austin Only

Adjourn to Reception
Austin Only

Thank You to Our Reception Sponsor

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Friday Morning, May 25, 2018
Presiding Officer:
Courtney S. York, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Dallas, TX
7:30 am
Austin Only

Conference Room Opens

Includes continental breakfast.
8:30 am

1.00 hr

GDPR is Effective Today!

Today, May 25, 2018 is the effective date for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, the world’s most comprehensive privacy law. On this day for which so many have prepared, we will share in-house and outside counsel perspectives on what the GDPR means for international companies that do business in the EU, which aspects of compliance efforts have been most challenging, and what lies ahead in maintaining GDPR “accountability” and in connection with the forthcoming, related ePrivacy Regulation.

Moderator:
Bart W. Huffman, Reed Smith LLP - Houston, TX
Panelists:
Whitney McCollum, AECOM - San Francisco, CA
Sooji Seo, Dell - Round Rock, TX

Moderator:
Bart W. Huffman, Reed Smith LLP - Houston, TX
Panelists:
Whitney McCollum, AECOM - San Francisco, CA
Sooji Seo, Dell - Round Rock, TX
9:30 am

0.50 hr

There’s Been an Incident Involving Your Self-Driving Car

Having a well-thought-out incident response plan that is thorough but flexible will not only allow for prompt action but also demonstrate that the risks have been properly considered. Hear a description of some of the questions and considerations to keep in mind when preparing for that dreaded call and some of the unique issues these vehicles raise.

Paul Keller, Norton Rose Fulbright - New York, NY

Paul Keller, Norton Rose Fulbright - New York, NY
10:00 am

0.75 hr

Legal and Policy Challenges in the Age of Drone Fever

Technology has moved quickly forward and what used to be considered toys are now tools of industry and public agencies. Drones provide significant safety and efficiency benefits to industry, but also present novel safety, security, and privacy issues to policymakers. Learn about the latest in commercial drone law and policy as we move toward an era of "highways in the sky."

Lisa Ellman, Hogan Lovells US LLP and Commercial Drone Alliance - Washington, DC

Lisa Ellman, Hogan Lovells US LLP and Commercial Drone Alliance - Washington, DC
10:45 am

Break
10:55 am

0.50 hr ethics

Social Media: Employee Ideology v. Company Values

As mobile technology and social media continue to evolve, individuals are increasingly able to express their personal beliefs to wider and wider audiences. Explore the practical and legal challenges presented when agents are recorded, depicted, or seen expressing views on social media in a way that conflicts with a company’s cultural values. Hear real world situations, including the events of Charlottesville, Virginia, the viral manifesto on women in technology written by an individual engineer, and the photographs, recordings, and recountings of intolerable behavior by powerful figures in entertainment, politics, and business.

Jason Boulette, Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX

Jason Boulette, Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX
11:25 am

1.00 hr

Startups - Deal Killers and Near-Death Experiences

Discuss suggestions to help startups efficiently organize and establish legal compliance and processes in a global market. Explore various topics including issues related to entity formation, IP ownership, service providers, cap tables, regulatory compliance and other due diligence issues that can be financing or M&A "deal killers" for emerging growth companies.

Moderator:
Paul R. Tobias, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Austin, TX
Panelists:
Betsy Greytok, IBM - Austin, TX
Daniel Jauchen, Mark Cuban Companies - Dallas, TX
Josh Pollick, Orrick - Santa Monica, CA

Moderator:
Paul R. Tobias, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Austin, TX
Panelists:
Betsy Greytok, IBM - Austin, TX
Daniel Jauchen, Mark Cuban Companies - Dallas, TX
Josh Pollick, Orrick - Santa Monica, CA
12:25 pm
Austin Only

Pick Up Lunch
Friday Afternoon, May 25, 2018
Presiding Officer:
Robert L. King, Silicon Labs - Austin, TX
LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
Austin Only

Thank You to Our Luncheon Sponsor

Baker Botts L.L.P.
12:45 pm

0.50 hr ethics

Increasing Access to Legal Services Through Technology

Access to legal services is not just a problem for the poor, it affects the middle class and small business owner too. If we want to see a meaningful increase in access, our profession must embrace technology and new models for legal service delivery.

Chas Rampenthal, LegalZoom.com, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA

Chas Rampenthal, LegalZoom.com, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA
1:15 pm

Break
1:30 pm

1.00 hr
0.25 hr ethics

Key Considerations in the Acquisition of Private Technology Companies

Discuss important actions private sellers should take to prepare for an M&A event, including buyer and seller perspectives on key deal terms and some of the ethical issues that can arise in M&A transactions.

Jordan J. Herman, Baker Botts L.L.P. - Austin, TX
J. Matthew Lyons, Shearman & Sterling, LLP - Austin, TX
J. Robert Suffoletta, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. - Austin, TX

Jordan J. Herman, Baker Botts L.L.P. - Austin, TX
J. Matthew Lyons, Shearman & Sterling, LLP - Austin, TX
J. Robert Suffoletta, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. - Austin, TX
2:30 pm

1.00 hr

The Coming Collision Between The Internet of Everywhere and the Law

Data about individuals is available for enterprises to use on a larger scale than ever. Increasingly, that data is tied to voice interactions, mobile location data, and biometrics generated when consumers interact with smart devices. Combine that with smart cities, satellite-based ISPs, and an always on culture, the Internet of Everywhere is here. Discuss the legal, compliance (and some commercial) implications of a ubiquitously connected environment.

Paul Bond, Reed Smith LLP - Princeton, NJ
Simon Philp, Dell - Round Rock, TX

Paul Bond, Reed Smith LLP - Princeton, NJ
Simon Philp, Dell - Round Rock, TX
3:30 pm

0.75 hr ethics

Law Firm Data Security and the Ethical Duty of Technology Competence

As clients demand attorneys deliver legal services more efficiently by using technology it increases pressure to have technical knowledge and proficiency. Further, the American Bar Association and 28 states have created a model rule for the ethical duty of technology competence. Hear an overview of the significant material risks and impact on a law firm following a breach and the potential consequences from an ethics and disciplinary perspective.

Elizabeth C. Rogers, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP - Austin, TX

Elizabeth C. Rogers, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP - Austin, TX
4:15 pm

Adjourn

Day 1 May 24, 2018
Day 2 May 25, 2018

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Conference Faculty

Paul Bond

Reed Smith LLP
Princeton, NJ

Jason Boulette

Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Edward A. Cavazos

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Austin, TX

Robert M. Chesney

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Samuel C. Dibble

Baker Botts L.L.P.
San Francisco, CA

Bret DiMarco

Coherent, Inc.
Santa Clara, CA

Jeremy Drzal

BLOCK512
Austin, TX

Lisa Ellman

Hogan Lovells US LLP and Commercial Drone Alliance
Washington, DC

Betsy Greytok

IBM
Austin, TX

Jordan J. Herman

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Austin, TX

David M. Hoffman

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Austin, TX

John D. Holmes

Forcepoint LLC
Austin, TX

Hon. David L. Horan

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Dallas, TX

Bart W. Huffman

Reed Smith LLP
Houston, TX

Daniel Jauchen

Mark Cuban Companies
Dallas, TX

Paul Keller

Norton Rose Fulbright
New York, NY

Devika Kornbacher

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Ben Landry

athenahealth, Inc.
Watertown, MA

Jonathan Lass

Jackson Walker LLP
Austin, TX

J. Matthew Lyons

Shearman & Sterling, LLP
Austin, TX

Whitney McCollum

AECOM
San Francisco, CA

Heather J. Meeker

O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Menlo Park, CA

Dan Minutillo

Minutillo Law Corporation
San Jose, CA

Michael Okada

Dolby Laboratories
San Francisco, CA

Simon Philp

Dell
Round Rock, TX

Hon. Robert L. Pitman

U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Austin, TX

Josh Pollick

Orrick
Santa Monica, CA

Chas Rampenthal

LegalZoom.com, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Robert Arthur Rodriguez

Advanced Micro Devices
Austin, TX

Hon. Xavier Rodriguez

U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
San Antonio, TX

Elizabeth C. Rogers

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Austin, TX

Sooji Seo

Dell
Round Rock, TX

Gerard M. Stegmaier

Reed Smith LLP
Washington, DC

Mike Stimson

Norton Rose Fulbright
San Antonio, TX

J. Robert Suffoletta

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Austin, TX

Leslie C. Thorne

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Austin, TX

Paul R. Tobias

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Austin, TX

Kim M. Vo

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Austin, TX

Doug Weiner

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Austin, TX

Keith E. Witek

Tesla Motors
Austin, TX

Planning Committee

Bart W. Huffman—Co-Chair

Reed Smith LLP
Houston, TX

Robert L. King—Co-Chair

Silicon Labs
Austin, TX

Jeffrey B. Andrews

Bracewell
Houston, TX

Walter Earl Bissex

Bissex & Watson, P.C.
Houston, TX

Steve Borgman

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Jason Boulette

Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Allison L. Bowers

Hutcheson | Bowers LLLP
Austin, TX

Christopher T. Brown

Attorney at Law, PLLC
Austin, TX

Edward A. Cavazos

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Austin, TX

Bert A. Greene

Duane Morris LLP
Austin, TX

Danielle Joy "DJ" Healey

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Houston, TX

Jordan J. Herman

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Austin, TX

David M. Hoffman

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Austin, TX

John D. Holmes

Forcepoint LLC
Austin, TX

Paul A. Huggins

Huggins Reddien LLP
Austin, TX

Joanna Jefferson

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Lance A. Jones

Jones & Spross PLLC
Austin, TX

Peter D. Kennedy

Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
Austin, TX

Alice L. King

Alice L. King, P.C.
San Antonio, TX

William L. LaFuze

McKool Smith
Houston, TX

Jonathan Lass

Jackson Walker LLP
Austin, TX

Simon Lopez

Rackspace Hosting, Inc.
San Antonio, TX

J. Matthew Lyons

Shearman & Sterling, LLP
Austin, TX

Karon Macdaniel

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Austin, TX

Heather J. Meeker

O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Menlo Park, CA

Eric L. Natinsky

Quick Technologies Inc.
Austin, TX

Elizabeth C. Rogers

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Austin, TX

Brandon N. Satterwhite

AT&T, Inc.
Dallas, TX

J. Robert Suffoletta

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Austin, TX

Michele B. Thompson

Law Office of Michele B. Thompson
Austin, TX

James M. Vickery

DLA Piper LLP US
Austin, TX

Doug Weiner

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Austin, TX

David P. Whittlesey

Shearman & Sterling, LLP
Austin, TX

Keith E. Witek

Tesla Motors
Austin, TX

W. Reid Wittliff

Wittliff | Cutter | Austin, PLLC
Austin, TX

Lisa E. Zolidis

Dell
Round Rock, TX

MCLE Credit

Texas – 15.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 15.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

Oklahoma – 18.00 hrs | 4.00 hrs Ethics

You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the conference.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 18.00 hrs

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

MCLE Credit

Texas – 15.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you upon claiming credit. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 15.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

To claim California MCLE credit, California credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Oklahoma – 18.00 hrs | 4.00 hrs Ethics

To claim Oklahoma MCLE credit, Oklahoma credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #169) live webcast presentations meet the requirements and are presumptively approved by the Oklahoma Bar Association for MCLE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Upon claiming credit, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the webcast.

Other States – 15.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

To claim Other States MCLE credit, Other States credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records and to provide to other licensing authorities as needed.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 18.00 hrs

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live webcast presentations meet the requirements and are presumptively approved by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. In compliance with the rules, UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

To claim Texas Accounting CPE credit, the Texas Accounting CPE credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. Upon claiming credit, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. Self-report your CPE credit directly to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Key Dates

Austin – May 24-25, 2018 – Four Seasons Hotel

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Live Webcast – May 24-25, 2018

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Last day for $645.00 Regular pricing: May 16, 2018
$695.00 for registrations received after this time

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Last day for cancellation: May 21, 2018

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$535.00

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$476.00

Cancellation Policy
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$50 processing fee applied after this date
Last day for cancellation: May 21, 2018

Venue

Four Seasons Hotel

98 San Jacinto Boulevard
Austin, TX 78701-4082
512-478-4500 (reservations)
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Accommodations

$278 room rate good through April 23, 2018 (subject to availability). Please refer to the "UT School of Law Continuing Legal Education" and "UT Law Technology Law Conference" when you call the reservations department.

Parking Information

$12 Event Daily; $16 Valet Daily; $45 Overnight Self-Parking or Valet.

Our Sponsors

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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP
velaw.com

Founded over a century ago, Vinson & Elkins is an international law firm with nearly 700 lawyers in 16 offices across the globe. V&E has built a leading technology practice representing entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies and the venture capital and private equity investors that fund them. We’ve handled thousands of venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public securities offerings and other technology-focused transactions, guiding clients through matters involving less than $100,000 to more than $10 billion. Working alongside our attorneys in specialty areas such as M&A, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Intellectual Property, Tax, Finance, Capital Markets and Energy Transactions, our Technology Transactions team includes attorneys who devote 100% of their practices to technology and commercial transactions, combining vast transactional experience with a deep understanding of the critical legal and technical aspects of intellectual property rights. We provide a full range of integrated services to clients developing and selling technology, offering technology-enabled services or using technology in any industry to improve operations or better serve their customers. We strive to provide efficient, high-quality, practical advice to support our clients as they grow from startups into global industry leaders.
Baker Botts L.L.P.

Baker Botts L.L.P.
bakerbotts.com

Baker Botts is a globally respected law firm with over 725 lawyers and 14 international offices. We are driven by the highest ethical and professional standards. This professionalism, combined with industry knowledge and insights and our understanding of the law, helps us to deliver effective, innovative solutions for our clients.

With a presence in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Baker Botts provides our clients with responsive service both domestically and internationally. This broad reach enables us to help companies around the world go wherever their industry goes—to successfully respond to challenges, minimize risks and maximize opportunities.

For more than 175 years, Baker Botts has delivered results-oriented services, establishing us as a leading law firm. Our reputation is complemented by our tradition of leadership in government, the judiciary and our communities. Regardless of size, sector or jurisdiction of a client, our commitment is to help achieve their business objectives.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
akingump.com

Founded in 1945, Akin Gump today is one of the world’s largest law firms, with 950 lawyers worldwide in major centers of the global economy, including New York, London, Hong Kong, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Dubai, Moscow, Frankfurt and Singapore.

Our team leverages industry knowledge, a global reach and in-depth experience from a range of practice areas to provide an integrated, client-centered approach to challenges faced by technology, media and telecommunications clients in both mature and emerging markets globally. Our TMT team offers full-service capabilities to our clients, including domestic and cross-border transactions, intellectual property, private equity, litigation and appellate support, regulatory approvals, restructuring, antitrust and unfair competition advice, global investigations and compliance, international arbitration, and public law and policy.

Leveraging our deep experience and relationships with global regulatory and political bodies, Akin Gump is uniquely situated to structure complex global transactions. We have a long track record of executing deals with steep regulatory and political hurdles, helping clients enter new markets and grow market share.
Bracewell LLP

Bracewell LLP
bracewell.com

Bracewell is a leading law and government relations firm serving the oil and gas, power, financial services, technology and public finance industries throughout the world.

Our industry focus enables us to maintain cutting-edge experience and in-depth knowledge of the commercial, legal and regulatory challenges faced by our clients so that we can provide the most effective legal solutions to facilitate transactions and resolve disputes.
Dell

Dell
dell.com

For more than 30 years, Dell has played a leading role in transforming the computing industry, making advanced technology more accessible and affordable to people and organizations around the globe. Our purpose is to deliver technology solutions that enable people everywhere to grow, thrive, and reach their full potential. Our approach is fundamentally different—we simplify the complex, drive out inefficiency everywhere, and deliver a superior long-term value. Simply put, we give customers the power to do more. Today our enterprise portfolio addresses the entire IT ecosystem, enabling us to help customers deploy future-ready solutions for the data center and the workforce.
Fish & Richardson P.C.

Fish & Richardson P.C.
fr.com

Fish & Richardson is a global patent, intellectual property (IP) litigation, and commercial litigation law firm with more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists across the U.S. and Europe. Fish has been named the #1 patent litigation firm in the U.S. for 13 consecutive years and is one of the busiest post-grant firms, representing more petitioners at the PTAB than any other firm. Fish has been winning cases worth billions in controversy – often by making new law – for the most innovative clients and influential industry leaders since 1878. For more information, visit www.fr.com.
Haynes and Boone, LLP

Haynes and Boone, LLP
haynesboone.com

Haynes and Boone is always on the leading edge in the practice of technology and intellectual property law. Leveraging their cooperative teamwork culture, the lawyers of Haynes and Boone provide innovative, effective and efficient answers to the problems facing technology-focused companies. In order to provide legal solutions tailored to each individual client, our attorneys pride themselves on knowledge of their client's business and their industry. Not only do the majority of our intellectual property attorneys hold technical degrees, a number of them possess practical experience working as engineers in areas such as software development, telecommunications and semiconductors, to name just a few. Whether a client needs guidance in structuring a technology transfer agreement, developing effective patent protection strategies or protecting their trademarks worldwide, Haynes and Boone has the attorneys to guide them. An international corporate law firm, Haynes and Boone has more than 600 attorneys based in 15 offices throughout the world.
Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
jw.com

Founded 125 years ago, Jackson Walker is a full-service firm that has deep Texas roots and a verdant technology law practice group. With more than 350 attorneys, all within the state of Texas, Jackson Walker attracts an outstanding group of private and public sector clients, including Fortune 500 corporations, state agencies, and local and global technology companies who universally have a global footprint. The skills and backgrounds of Jackson Walker's technology attorneys are particularly well-suited to aid technology and non-technology clients with technology transactions (such as licensing, joint development, outsourcing, offshoring transactions, as well as patent litigation), provide skilled assistance with patent prosecution, trademark registration, and copyright and trade secret protection (our IP attorneys practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Canadian Patent Office) and advocate for clients' interests in highly-contested intellectual property litigation cases. Jackson Walker's technology attorneys take pride in their practical, problem-solving, and results-oriented approach to clients' technology legal needs.
McKool Smith

McKool Smith
mckoolsmith.com

With more than 185 trial lawyers across eight offices in the United States, McKool Smith has established a reputation as one of America’s leading trial firms. The firm’s courtroom track record in intellectual property disputes is unrivaled. Since 2006, McKool Smith has secured eight nine-figure patent infringement verdicts—more than any other law firm in the country—and eight eight-figure patent infringement verdicts. The firm has also won more VerdictSearch and The National Law Journal "Top 100 Verdicts" over the last ten years than any other law firm. Courtroom successes like these have earned McKool Smith critical acclaim and helped the firm become what The Wall Street Journal describes as “one of the biggest law firm success stories of the past decade.” McKool Smith represents clients in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, insurance recovery, bankruptcy, and white collar defense matters.
Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright
nortonrosefulbright.com

Norton Rose Fulbright’s intellectual property team has experience that spans the spectrum of issues that are crucial to companies that rely on IP assets for their success, including: obtaining, enforcing and licensing patents, trademarks and copyrights; litigating infringement claims; developing proactive enforcement strategies to protect IP assets; and auditing and assessing IP assets. Our lawyers are skilled at analyzing a company’s IP and developing strategic methods to protect it; as a result, businesses around the world choose us as their IP counsel. Many of our professionals hold scientific degrees, including masters and Ph.D.s, to complement their practical experience and combine deep industry and technical knowledge with broad legal understanding. Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice with approximately 4,000 lawyers based in in 59 offices and 33 countries, providing the world's pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
www.pillsburylaw.com/

Pillsbury is a full-service law firm with an industry focus on energy & natural resources, financial services including financial institutions, real estate & construction, and technology. Based in the world's major financial, technology and energy centers, Pillsbury counsels clients on global business, regulatory and litigation matters.

Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice advises clients on developing successful and comprehensive IP strategies by protecting, managing, asserting, defending and leveraging their IP assets. We field a team of more than 100 IP attorneys, plus technical consultants and patent agents from offices in key global financial and technology centers. Our IP team includes scientists and engineers with advanced degrees in areas including electrical and mechanical engineering, chemistry, biotechnology, physics and a number of other technical disciplines. Several team members are former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiners.
Reed Smith LLP

Reed Smith LLP
reedsmith.com

Reed Smith is a dynamic international law firm, with more than 1,700 lawyers across 27 offices, dedicated to helping clients move their businesses forward. Our long-standing relationships, international outlook, and collaborative structure make us the go-to partner for speedy resolution of complex disputes, transactions, and regulatory matters. Today’s information economy is increasingly focused on innovation, and a company’s information assets are of fundamental importance to its bottom-line, and are among its most valuable possessions. Our global IP, Tech & Data Group brings together our information technology, privacy and data security capabilities with our traditional intellectual property practice, to bring strength and increased connectivity in today's information economy. Our firm is unique in that we combine these practices to efficiently protect the information and innovation at the heart of our clients' businesses.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
wsgr.com

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. We represent companies at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations, as well as the venture firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance and advise them. The firm's broad range of services and practice areas are focused on addressing the principal challenges faced by the management, boards of directors, shareholders, and in-house counsel of our clients.

Technology Law Conference

Overview

Event Schedule

Thursday Morning, May 24, 2018

Thursday Afternoon, May 24, 2018

Friday Morning, May 25, 2018

Friday Afternoon, May 25, 2018

Conference Faculty

Planning Committee

Credit Info

MCLE Credit

Other Credit

MCLE Credit

Other Credit

Key Dates

Venue

Four Seasons Hotel

Accommodations

Parking Information

Our Sponsors

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Bracewell LLP

Dell

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Jackson Walker L.L.P.

McKool Smith

Norton Rose Fulbright

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Reed Smith LLP

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

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