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Corporate & SecuritiesInformation Technology Law & E-CommerceOutsourcingParalegal Studies
Data security is of paramount importance, both to federal and State regulators and entities that are responsible for data. Regulators issue standards on a seemingly daily basis, and entities, both public and private, struggle with compliance.
This session will delve into various standards, consider what might be “reasonable” ones, how entities might comply with standards and what might be consequences for failure to comply.
Presenter Bios
Ronald J. Hedges is the Principal of Ronald J. Hedges LLC. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey for over 20 years.
Ron speaks and writes on a variety of topics, many of which are related to electronic information, including procedural and substantive criminal law, information governance, litigation management, and integration of new technologies such as artificial intelligence into existing information governance policies and procedures.
Among other things, Ron is the chair of the Court Technology Committee of the Judicial Division of the ABA. He is the lead author of a guide for federal judges on electronically stored information, https://www.fjc.gov/content/323370/managing-discovery-electronic-information-third-edition-2017.
Ron is also the co-senior editor of The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation, Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition (June 2020), and the April 2022 Supplement, https://thesedonaconference.org/publication/Resources_for_the_Judiciary, and is the Editor of Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings: Representative Court Decisions and Supplementary Materials, hosted by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office at https://www.mass.gov/service-details/understanding-electronic-information-in-criminal-investigations-and-actions. Ron is a member of the Founders’ Circle of the Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute Planning Board.
Stephanie Wilson - Stephanie has a national practice that consists primarily of litigating and handling cases concerning , whistle-blower claims, retaliation, unfair competition claims, the FCRA, ADA compliance, and discrimination for financial services, life sciences, higher education and publicly traded companies.
Stephanie’s practice extends also to the EEOC, AAA, FINRA, the SEC, the ICDR and other federal and state administrative agencies, among them the Department of Labor and state wage and hour divisions.
Stephanie provides training, counseling and advice on compliance issues, diversity and inclusion programs, implicit bias and internal investigations of complaints.
Marissa Moran - Marissa J. Moran is an attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York State, New Jersey, and the United States District Courts. She received her B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Fordham University and her law degree from Brooklyn Law School. While in law school she interned at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York and upon graduation, clerked for U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Burton R. Lifland in the Southern District of New York. She later worked as an associate at two New York law firms, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler and Emmet, Marvin & Martin.
She is currently a professor at CUNY in the Department of Law and Paralegal Studies, New York City College of Technology, where she teaches Legal Technology, Forensic Science & The Legal Process, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibilities, and Theatre of Law. Marissa served as the college’s grievance counselor and chaired the Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee. She has also taught business law courses as an adjunct clinical professor at NYU, Stern School of Business.
Marissa has written articles for the Legal Educator, a publication of the American Association of Paralegal Educators, and has spoken at several New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) CLEs and Paralegal Educator National and Local conferences on such topics as Legal Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Forensic Science & Law. Her article on biometrics and facial recognition technology was featured as the cover article in the May/June 2023 New York State Bar Association Journal.
Marissa has served as a judge for the We the People High School Competitions, Mock Trial NYC High School Tournaments, the ABA Law Student Division, National Appellate Advocacy Competitions, the ABA Dispute Resolution/Mediation Competitions, and Cardozo Law School Monrad G. Paulsen Moot Court Competitions, International Moot Court Honor Society, Oxford Competitions, BMI Entertainment and Media Moot Court Competitions, and the Monroe Price Media Law Moot Court Competitions.
She is currently the Vice Chair of the NYSBA, Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession, and a member of the NYSBA, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, NYSBA, Committee on Committees on Committees, the ABA International Law Section, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Rights Committee, and the International Legal Education and Specialist Certification Committee.
This session will delve into various standards, consider what might be “reasonable” ones, how entities might comply with standards and what might be consequences for failure to comply.
Presenter Bios
Ronald J. Hedges is the Principal of Ronald J. Hedges LLC. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey for over 20 years.
Ron speaks and writes on a variety of topics, many of which are related to electronic information, including procedural and substantive criminal law, information governance, litigation management, and integration of new technologies such as artificial intelligence into existing information governance policies and procedures.
Among other things, Ron is the chair of the Court Technology Committee of the Judicial Division of the ABA. He is the lead author of a guide for federal judges on electronically stored information, https://www.fjc.gov/content/323370/managing-discovery-electronic-information-third-edition-2017.
Ron is also the co-senior editor of The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation, Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition (June 2020), and the April 2022 Supplement, https://thesedonaconference.org/publication/Resources_for_the_Judiciary, and is the Editor of Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings: Representative Court Decisions and Supplementary Materials, hosted by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office at https://www.mass.gov/service-details/understanding-electronic-information-in-criminal-investigations-and-actions. Ron is a member of the Founders’ Circle of the Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute Planning Board.
Stephanie Wilson - Stephanie has a national practice that consists primarily of litigating and handling cases concerning , whistle-blower claims, retaliation, unfair competition claims, the FCRA, ADA compliance, and discrimination for financial services, life sciences, higher education and publicly traded companies.
Stephanie’s practice extends also to the EEOC, AAA, FINRA, the SEC, the ICDR and other federal and state administrative agencies, among them the Department of Labor and state wage and hour divisions.
Stephanie provides training, counseling and advice on compliance issues, diversity and inclusion programs, implicit bias and internal investigations of complaints.
Marissa Moran - Marissa J. Moran is an attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York State, New Jersey, and the United States District Courts. She received her B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Fordham University and her law degree from Brooklyn Law School. While in law school she interned at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York and upon graduation, clerked for U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Burton R. Lifland in the Southern District of New York. She later worked as an associate at two New York law firms, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler and Emmet, Marvin & Martin.
She is currently a professor at CUNY in the Department of Law and Paralegal Studies, New York City College of Technology, where she teaches Legal Technology, Forensic Science & The Legal Process, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibilities, and Theatre of Law. Marissa served as the college’s grievance counselor and chaired the Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee. She has also taught business law courses as an adjunct clinical professor at NYU, Stern School of Business.
Marissa has written articles for the Legal Educator, a publication of the American Association of Paralegal Educators, and has spoken at several New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) CLEs and Paralegal Educator National and Local conferences on such topics as Legal Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Forensic Science & Law. Her article on biometrics and facial recognition technology was featured as the cover article in the May/June 2023 New York State Bar Association Journal.
Marissa has served as a judge for the We the People High School Competitions, Mock Trial NYC High School Tournaments, the ABA Law Student Division, National Appellate Advocacy Competitions, the ABA Dispute Resolution/Mediation Competitions, and Cardozo Law School Monrad G. Paulsen Moot Court Competitions, International Moot Court Honor Society, Oxford Competitions, BMI Entertainment and Media Moot Court Competitions, and the Monroe Price Media Law Moot Court Competitions.
She is currently the Vice Chair of the NYSBA, Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession, and a member of the NYSBA, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, NYSBA, Committee on Committees on Committees, the ABA International Law Section, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Rights Committee, and the International Legal Education and Specialist Certification Committee.
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