Apr 19 Wed
2023

The Use of Consumer Data in Prosecuting Abortion

03:00PM - 04:00PM Online via Zoom

Join If/When/How and Women in Cybersecurity for a panel concerning the purchase and use of consumer data in prosecuting abortion. We will be joined by Professor Eunice Park, FemTech Lawyer Bethany Corbin, and Technologist Daly Barnett to discuss how this data is being collected, how it can be used against people seeking abortions, and what we can do going forward.

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
May 06 Sat
2023

OCI Spotlight: Crowell & Moring

05:00PM - 06:00PM Washington College of Law

This information session will be a roundtable discussion during which members from Crowell & Moring will introduce themselves, their careers, and provide any tips or advice for WCL students who might be interested in their firm. The program will be recorded and approximately one-hour in duration: 35-40 minutes of roundtable discussion, followed by a Q&A period. Register via Careerlink: https://law-american-csm.symplicity.com/students/?s=event&ss=ws&mode=form&id=002b6ac7dbd51a8b2dc25dd5568e1aa1

  • Information Session
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
May 10 Wed
2023

The 5th Annual Antitrust Alumni Reception

06:00PM - 08:00PM Washington College of Law - Faculty Lounge

American University Washington College of Law
Office of Development and Alumni Relations

cordially invites you to

The 5th Annual Antitrust Alumni Reception
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Wednesday, May 10  |  6:00pm - 8:00pm
WCL Faculty Lounge
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Please join Dean Roger A. Fairfax, Jr. and Professor James May for our annual opportunity to see old friends and network with other alumni, and celebrate Professor Jonathan Baker's contributions to WCL, scholarship, and government service.

Guest speakers include:

  • William Baer, Former Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust
  • William Kovacic, Former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

Cocktail reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres. We hope to see you there!

  • Reception
  • Open To Alumni AND Faculty/Staff
May 11 Thu
2023

Business Development Strategies in a Tightening Economy. Getting Unstuck.

12:00PM - 01:00PM Online via Zoom

 Webinar

  • Presentation
  • Open To The Public, Alumni AND Faculty/Staff
May 18 Thu
2023

User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override

09:00AM - 05:00PM Washington College of Law - Room Y403

It is a well-accepted principle in international and domestic copyright law that the rights of users are a fundamental part of the system. But what if the license under which the user obtains access to content inhibits the use that copyright law otherwise permits? International and domestic copyright are dealing with the problem of restrictions on user rights in a piecemeal fashion. The most recent multilateral copyright treaty, the Marrakesh Treaty, requires that Contracting Parties protects user rights to make accessible copies from override by technological measures, but does not address contract. Recent European Union directives require Member States to prohibit the enforcement of contract terms that restrict exercise of some of the exceptions mandated by those directives. Some individual countries (e.g. Singapore) have adopted protections from contractual override that apply to a broader range of exceptions. Despite having perhaps the most flexible and useful copyright exception in the world, the United States provides very little in the way of protection of fair uses from contractual or technological override.

The symposium will explore three questions:

Why have some jurisdictions adopted protections from contract override and not others?
What impacts have protections from contract override had on both licensors and licensees in the jurisdictions where they have been adopted?
In jurisdictions where protections from contract override have not been adopted, such as the United States, are there alternative legal theories that could have the same effect? 

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff