Presentations, Publications and Legislative Testimony
TESTIMONY
Testimony on AB-1958 (Free Offers on Internet), California Assembly Business & Professions Committee (May 9, 2006).
Testimony on SB-92 (California Spyware Bill), California Assembly Business & Professions Committee (June 21, 2005).
Testimony on SB-12 (California Spam Bill), California Senate Business & Professions Committee (March 24, 2003).
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS Essentials Of Cyberspace Law: User Generated Content, Privacy and Online Advertising, California Bar Business Law Section Essentials Webinar Series (January27, 2010) Oprah, Flogs and the FTC: Hot Topics 2010, Affiliate Summit West (January 18, 2010).
FTC Privacy Roundtable: Background and Overview, California Bar Cyberspace Committee (December 8, 2009). The Affiliate Tax: Looking Forward Through 2010, Affiliate Convention West(December 4, 2009). Cyber Harassment, Georgetown University Law Center(October 17, 2009). Advertising Tax: What Happened and What’s Next?, Affiliate Summit East (August 10, 2009). Affiliate Marketing over the Internet, Stanford Law School Center for Internet Studies, 6th Annual E-Commerce Best Practices Conference (June 12, 2009). Privacy Concerns in Marketing and Commercial Communications, PLI Privacy and Data Security Law Institute (June 2, 2009). Amazon Sales Tax Legislation, California Bar Cyberspace Committee (April14, 2009)
Overcoming Legal and Compliance Obstacles in Email Marketing, MarketingSherpa's Email Summit '09 (March 14, 2009)* (Brian Benenhaley) Make An Impact in Governmental Affairs, Affiliate Summit West (January 13, 2009). Perils of Affiliate Marketing, PMA Promotion Marketing Law Conference (November 21, 2008). Online Advertising's Year of Living Dangerously, California State Bar Cyberspace Committee (October 14, 2008). Hot Topics in Cyberspace Law: CAN-SPAM at 5, California State Bar Annual Meeting (September 26, 2008). Online Advertising, Internet Marketing Conference (September 12, 2008).
Legal 2.0: Hot Topics in Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Summit East (August 11, 2008). Flirting with the Third Rail: The Privacy Debate Gets Real, OMMA Behavioral (July 21, 2008). Search Extended: Tapping the Opportunities in Behavioral Search Retargeting and Targeted Media, OMMA Global Hollywood (March 17, 2008). Managing Legal Risks in Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Summit West (February 25, 2008). Hot Issues in Cyberspace: 10 Things You Should Know About Online Advertising, California Bar Section Education Institute (January 18, 2008). From Recent Cases to Mobile Messaging: What to Advise Clients as CAN-SPAM Turns 4, California Bar Intellectual Property Section and Southwestern University (January 16, 2008). Contractual Rights and the Internet: Ensuring Your Rights Are Protected, 2007 American Corporate Counsel Association Annual Meeting (October 29, 2007). Protecting Your Brand in Cyberspace, Pasadena Bar Association (September 27, 2007). Online Marketing: Opportunities and Risk, West LegalWorks & Southwestern Law School 2007 International IT Law Summit (June 8, 2007). Trademarks on the Internet, 8th Annual Tech Law Conference: ACC America & Pepperdine School of Law (March 30, 2007). Withstanding FTC and State Scrutiny of Emerging e-Marketing Practices, Corporate Counsel on E-Marketing & Privacy Law (March 19, 2007). Best Practices for Advertisers and Affiliates, Affiliate Summit 2007 (January 22, 2007). Hot Topics in eCommerce & Technology Law, 2006 Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting (October 24, 2006). Current Legal Issues Involving the Internet, E.W. Scripps Company (June 23, 2006). E-Commerce & Internet Advertising Law, 7th Annual Tech Law Conference: ACC America & Pepperdine School of Law (June 20, 2006).
PUBLICATIONS The Unbearable Unawareness of Cyber-Harassment, Huffington Post (January 25, 2009). Net Neutrality, Green Tech and the Pong Republicans, Huffington Post (October 28, 2009). Net Neutrality Overview, SlideShare (October 27, 2009). Obama, Net Policy and the Kindness of Strangers, Huffington Post (February 4, 2009). 110th Congress Makes Its Mark, Journal of Internet Law (December 2008). Measuring the 110th Congress at Twilight, Journal of Internet Law (October 2008). GOFAS Potential Revival During a Short, Hot Summer, Journal of Internet Law (August 2008). Time to Revisit the Legality of Bidding on Competitors' Trademarked Search Terms, Electronic Retailer (Online Strategies) (Summer 2008). Cyber Legislation Part of Capitol's Spring Fever, Journal of Internet Law (June 2008). Federal Legislative Update: Playing in the Big Leagues, Journal of Internet Law (April 2008). CrystalBall.gov: Predicting Cyber Policy in 2008, Journal of Internet Law (March 2008). Internet Legislation in the First Session of the 110th Congress, Journal of Internet Law (February 2008). Spyware and Data Security Bills Advance, Journal of Internet Law (August 2007). Playing in the Big Leagues, Online Media Daily (April 20, 2005). Armageddon and the Year of the Internet, Media Daily News (August 4, 2004). Understanding the Politics of Spyware, Media Daily News (March 31, 2004). Industry Lessons of 2003 Parts I and II, Media Daily News (December 8 & 16, 2003). Separating Facts from Politics in Senator Bowen’s Remarks, Media Daily News (November 24, 2003). Avalanche of Unsolicited Email Requires Overall Legal Response, Los Angeles Daily Journal (March 3, 2003). The NCAA in Court: An Outline of Cases Involving the NCAA and its Rules and Regulations , NACUA College Law Digest (May 25, 1989 and June 22, 1989)(co-author)