Today I have been attending the Utah Cyber Symposium.  Many thanks to Perry Clegg, David Langeland, and Ben Holt , the officers of the Cyberlaw Section of the Utah State Bar, for putting together a top notch program.

Unlike the typical continuing legal education, the Cyber Symposium was designed for both lawyers and business people alike.

The morning speaker was Paul Alan Levy.  Mr. Levy is well known nationally as a public interest attorney for his work with Public Citizen.  He has argued four cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and submitted briefs in 7 others.  He has the odd distinction of having each case decided on 9-0 decisions.  Mr. Levy addressed issues involving Immunity of those who allow the posting of content under 47 U.S.C. 230 - i.e. can you be sued for defamatory (or other improper) statements by others on your website.   His outline can be a great guide on how to keep your company out of trouble.

Chris Johnson of SCI received the Cyber Pioneer Award
 
Other speakers included:
Brock Blake of Funding Universe, speaking about negotiating high tech funding transactions;
Pete Ashdown of Xmission, discussed the technical contrainsts of legal regulation;
Lee Livingston of Fibernet Corp. discussed PCI Compliance;
Douglas R. Bush of Arent Fox in Washington, D.C. discussed the expansion of top level domain names.;
Steve Spencer of One to One Interactive (Twelve Horses)  discussed social media ettiquette;
David Bradford of Fusion-io discussed networking;
Paulo Patente of Di Blasi Parente Vaz e Dias & Associados discussed ten tips for doing business in Brazil.

A number of other speakers also presented.   The handouts for the speakers are available at the Cyber Law Website