Tech Law Talks

Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo join John Collins from Lighthouse to dive into the issues and e-discovery challenges related to Teams A/V, such as controls of audio/video conferencing capabilities, identification of attendees, recordings, whiteboards, shared notes and all the various features available today or beyond.

Lighthouse ’s Damian Murphy joins Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and TJ Satnick to discuss the differences between an Exchange mailbox and a new Exchange Online mailbox, new artifacts stored in Exchange Online, and new e-discovery challenges that those differences create.

The Metaverse poses cutting-edge issues for IP owners and users that do not fit neatly into traditional legal principles developed for the pre-metaverse world. Partner Christine Morgan and associate DJ Cespedes explore these challenges and how the explosion of new rights will present opportunities and challenges for owners and users of IP in the Metaverse.

Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Catherine Castaldo join Damian Murphy of Lighthouse to discuss the importance of privacy in Teams sites/channels, best practices for implementation, considerations for geographic location of Teams sites/channels data, and options for barriers to create privacy-compliant Teams sites/channels. 

Lighthouse’s John Collins joins Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and TJ Satnick to discuss applying lifecycle management of Teams sites and channels for improved governance. They also share best practices for establishing the framework for certification, archiving and deletion.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Leading tech & data lawyers Andy Splittgerber and Christian Leuthner discuss marketing consent in Europe in relation to data protection and spamming laws. Andy and Christian will guide you through the various issues involved and what you need to know.

Join two of our Munich-based data protection team, Ramona Kimmich and Andy Splittgerber , as they outline the legal situation on the use of cookies in Germany and the EU. They discuss the current status of the EU ePrivacy Regulation and of Germany’s cookie law (TTDSG) and provide insight into the changes organizations operating websites in the EU need to make in 2021, if they want to use tracking...

Sarah Bruno and LiLing Poh discuss recent trends as organizations invest more in technology through the acquisition of new platforms or programs, and through partnerships with vendors, to bring products to market. 

Join members of our tech and data team, Andy Splittgerber and Christian Leuthner , as they discuss the first fines levied under the EU’s data protection law three years after the EU General Data Protection Regulation went live. They take a look at recent developments and describe situations where it may be worth challenging the data privacy enforcers. Andy and Christian give valuable tips on what...

Wrapping up our M365 in 5 Foundation series with Lighthouse , this episode concludes our Teams overview with a dive into functionality and controls of audio/video conferencing capabilities, including the integration of chats, whiteboards, translation, and transcription services, by Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Erika Kweon and Lighthouse’s John Collins .

In this episode, Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo , with John Holliday from Lighthouse , continue the discussion of Team functionality. Hear about how Teams Channels are changing the way organizations work and collaborate, integrating a communications, documents, tools and apps for a department, project or program in one location, bringing increased operational productivity along wit...

Hear more about Teams from Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick of Reed Smith and John Collins from Lighthouse in a discussion of the enhanced functionality of M365’s new instant messaging platform, including persistent chats, modern attachments, expressive features, and priority messaging, which enhance communication but can bring increased eDiscovery or regulatory risks.

Anthony Diana and Erika Kweon from Reed Smith are joined by John Collins from Lighthouse to provide an introduction to Teams and how it is transforming the way organizations are working and communicating.

Join Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick, with John Holliday  from Lighthouse , in a conversation about OneDrive for Business and how organizations can use it for personal document storage, such as giving other users access to individual documents within an individual’s OneDrive and acting as the storage location for all Teams Chats.

Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick from Reed Smith, joined by Lighthouse ’s John Holliday , discuss the enhanced file share and collaboration functionality in SharePoint Online, including real-time collaboration, access controls and opportunities to control retention and deletion.

Tune in for the launch of our M365 in 5 Foundation Series for a primer on what legal, compliance and C-suite executives need to know about M365 apps and tools. Listen to Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo – and guest John Collins from Lighthouse – as they discuss the enhanced functionality of EXO, including new data types and the potential for enhanced governance.