The Georgia Journal of Technology Law (2008 Spring Edition)

By Bob Neufeld
Welcome to the Spring issue of the Technology Law Section’s quarterly publication. With the publication of the Spring issue, we are approaching the Section’s Annual Meeting in June when new officers will assume the leadership role for the Section. In addition to these new officers, I too will be passing the editor’s torch [...]

From the Chair

By John P. Hutchins
With This “Season” Almost Over, I Wonder: Whatever Happened To 2007-2008?
Wow! My year as “Coach” of the Section is almost over, and it just plain flew by.
This year, I’ve been trying to motivate you to get more involved in the Section, by reminding you that “It’s Your Section.” I have asked [...]

Technology Law Section Volunteer Opportunities

The Committee on Volunteer Activities of the Technology Law Section seeks to provide members a collection of both community service projects and pro bono legal service opportunities.
Protection of Website: Georgia Legal Services Program (“GLSP”) and the Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“ALAS”) provide free online legal resources and information via the website, www.LegalAid-GA.org. Unfortunately, some entities [...]

E-Discovery Case Update

By Larry H. Kunin Chair, Technology Section Litigation Committee
Join the Technology Section Litigation Committee. The Litigation Committee is looking for new members. The committee serves a forum to debate technology-related litigation issues and a resource for technology litigation issues for its members. The committee meets quarterly for breakfast or lunch, and sponsors one of the [...]

Diagnosing a Troubled Company – Part 1

By Dennis J. Gerschick, Attorney, CPA, CFA 
 In a prior article, I noted that the first step in solving a problem is to acknowledge there is a problem. I explored why getting people to acknowledge problems is a significant hurdle. However, assuming that problems have been acknowledged, the next step should be to determine what is [...]

Winter CLE About Personal Information

By Melloney Douce
On Monday December 10, 2007, the Technology Law Section, In-house Committee, hosted the Winter CLE luncheon at Alston & Bird, LLP. The CLE topic “Road Hazards on the Digital Highway: Litigation Risks Associated with Storing Personally Identifiable Information” was presented in a panel format with Katherine Bryant (Vice-President of Consumer Advocacy at ChoicePoint [...]

New Web Site Features

On our web site at www.technologybar.org, you can
learn about our organization, including its officers and committees
review articles in our quarterly publication The Georgia Journal of Technology
comment on articles and provide feedback on events
review the event calendar to learn about our upcoming meetings
listen to podcasts from events and other special guests
subscribe to RSS feeds for articles, [...]

New Web Site Platform and Journal Format

By Stephen B. Combs, Esq.
As Web Site Editor, I have been working on two major projects for the Technology Law Section. The first project was to move the web site to a new platform to accomodate new features. The second project was to offer a web-based format for our quarterly publication, the Georgia Journal of Technology.
Both projects [...]

June Annual Meeting Lunch

The Annual Meeting Lunch will be at Troutman Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree Street, Suite 5200 on June 17 from 11:45 am – 1:15 pm. 

Topic:
“Right Coast Venture Capital — A Discussion of Trends in Common Terms for Venture Capital Deals on the East Coast, Viable Alternatives, Structure and Valuation.
 
Speakers:
Sig Mosley, President of Imlay Investments, Inc.
Alan Taetle, General Partner, Noro-Moseley [...]

Section Annual Meeting, on June 17, 2008

The Section Annual Meeting, on June 17, 2008. If you work with early stage technology companies, this program is not one to be missed. And in case you have been wondering about all the corny football analogies in this column, it’s because our Annual Meeting will be Co-Sponsored by Georgia Tech’s technology business incubator, the [...]