speaking engagements - bookending the summer

I have been winding down the Spring speaking engagement schedule and have been looking forward to some R&R over the summer – but a couple of opportunities have come up that were just too interesting to turn down.

First, I will be speaking at ALM’s Small Firm Business Forum in Los Angeles on June 7th.   This looks to be a great seminar and I am especially looking forward to speaking with both Tom Mighell from the Inter Alia blog and William Kellermann of CT Summation on the topic of “The Cyber-Ethical Lawyer: How Not to Commit Malpractice With Your PC.” 

We will be covering a lot of items in our session, but here is a sneak peak of the highlights:

• Technology and a Lawyer's Ethical Obligations
• E-Mail Communications and the Duty of Confidentiality
• Ethics and the Online World -- Blogging, Web Sites, and Advertising
• Keeping Client Data Safe

Second, I am also honored to be invited to speak at Dunes CLE’s Current Issues in Patent Law on August 25th in Las Vegas.  In fact, both Matt and I will be speaking at this conference – so come on out, get some CLE and hang out with at least 2/3 of the Rethink(IP) gang. 

At Dunes I will be speaking on the role of strategic patenting and proactive patent management strategies in light of the Supreme Court’s sudden interest in patent cases.  I work with a lot of companies on strategic patenting initiatives and I am looking forward to discussing how best to implement them in light of the recent decisions.

So it is gonna be a busy beginning and end to the summer. 

My calendar is also starting to fill up for the Fall, so if you are looking for a speaker – let me know.