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Privacy, Security & Emerging Technology Division

From privacy regulations, data security and cyber security, to innovations such as the Internet of Things, technology is rapidly creating new opportunities and risks and changing established norms and businesses. Committees in this Division address these issues.

Big Data

E-Filing

Insurance Technology and Risk

Internet of Things

Open Source Software

Privacy and Computer Crime

Life Sciences Division

Committees in the Life Sciences Division explore emerging issues and legal trends impacting the ever-changing world of health and life sciences law.

Interdisciplinary Division

This Division has a range of committees that confront the increasingly interdisciplinary dimensions of law and legal practice.

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Cleantech and Climate Change

Museums and the Arts Law

Nanotechnology Law

Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists

Scientific Evidence

Space Law

Technical Standardization

Privacy, Security & Emerging Technology Division

Big Data Committee

For the legal profession to squarely address the challenges posed by big data, legal professionals must understand the uses and best practices of analytics, not only within subject-matter and analytic verticals, but across each of these verticals as well.

Cloud Computing Committee

The Cloud Computing Committee addresses (i) web-based communities, social-networking, blogs, and cloud computing, the newest paradigm to virtualize and distribute interoperable, collaborative information services on the Internet.

E-Filing Committee

This committee considers the improved efficiencies and privacy implications occasioned by the use of electronic processes to enable information transfers between private persons or entities and public repositories.

E-Privacy Committee

This committee is a forum for sharing information concerning cutting-edge legal developments with respect to information privacy, both domestically and globally.

Homeland Security Committee

This committee focuses on legal and policy issues related to the role of science and technology in the nation's homeland security efforts.

Information Security Committee

This Committee is comprised of a diverse group of lawyers, security experts, technologists, auditors and other professionals, whose focus includes the examination and analysis of legal, business, and technical aspects of securing the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

Insurance Technology and Risk Committee

The Insurance Technology Committee has a dual focus on the role of insurance in technology innovations, and the role of technology innovations in insurance.

Internet of Things Committee

This newly formed Internet of Things Committee (IoT) will address emerging legal issues raised by the proliferation of interconnected devices and objects.

Open Source Software Committee

This committee identifies and analyzes the legal issues raised by commercial development and distribution of products using software and tools licensed under an Open Source model.

Privacy and Computer Crime Committee

This committee focuses on privacy, cybercrime and cybersecurity issues. Its work is international in scope.

Life Sciences Division

Behavioral and Neuroscience Law Committee

This committee addresses the full range of legal issues that concern psychiatry, psychology, and related behavioral sciences.

Biotechnology Law Committee

The Biotechnology Law Committee is an interdisciplinary group of attorneys with interests spanning a diverse range of biotechnology topics that concern research, commercial, regulatory, and patent issues; clinical medicine issues; ethical and evidentiary issues; and legislative and public policy issues.

Food, Cosmetics and Nutraceuticals Committee

The mission of this committee is to keep its members educated and informed on legal issues relating to the burgeoning industries of foods, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, medical foods, and cosmetics.

Healthcare Technology Committee

The Healthcare Technology Committee mission is to raise awareness concerning the legal, science, technology and policy issues relating to the continually evolving healthcare technology.

Medical Devices Committee

This Committee’s purpose will be to keep its members informed and educated about the corporate, regulatory, intellectual property, product liability, and other legal issues specific to this industry sector.

Precision Medicine

The PMC Committee's focus includes such diverse topics as drug and device development and regulation, payment and reimbursement, health IT, data privacy, ethical issues, intellectual property and business and investment, as they relate to precision medicine.

Interdisciplinary Division

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Committee

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics are no longer topics of the distant future. AI software now is used in businesses from “high-frequency” stock trading to discovering new breakthrough pharmaceuticals.

Cleantech and Climate Change Committee

The Clean Technology and Climate Change Committee (CTC3) raises awareness to law, policy, science, and technology issues related to climate change and sustainability.

Nanotechnology Committee

The Nanotechnology committee explores the novel legal issues associated with nanotechnology research and development, distribution, licensing, and intellectual property protection.

Museums and the Arts Law Committee

The Museum and the Arts Committee focuses on emerging science and technology law issues relating to museums of all types and also the art world.

Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists Committee

This committee serves as a primary informational and advocacy resource for those interested in the legal representation, professional autonomy, and regulatory obligations of researchers, teachers, and practitioners in all areas of scientific endeavor.

Scientific Evidence Committee

This committee addresses the legal and evidentiary issues arising from the use of scientific evidence and experts.

Space Law Committee

The mission of this committee is to provide educational resources to the legal community about the unique legal, business and technical challenges presented by space operations.

Technical Standardization Committee

This committee seeks to improve the development of solutions to policy issues having a mixture of legal and technical factors. The committee will develop principles and practical guides towards better solutions generally. These may include policy approaches to finding the right balance or changes in the law applicable to standards development and use to support more effective solutions.

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Privacy, Security & Emerging Technology Division

Big Data Committee

Cloud Computing Committee

E-Filing Committee

E-Privacy Committee

Homeland Security Committee

Information Security Committee

Insurance Technology and Risk Committee

Internet of Things Committee

Open Source Software Committee

Privacy and Computer Crime Committee

Life Sciences Division

Behavioral and Neuroscience Law Committee

Biotechnology Law Committee

Food, Cosmetics and Nutraceuticals Committee

Healthcare Technology Committee

Medical Devices Committee

Precision Medicine

Interdisciplinary Division

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Committee

Cleantech and Climate Change Committee

Nanotechnology Committee

Museums and the Arts Law Committee

Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists Committee

Scientific Evidence Committee

Space Law Committee

Technical Standardization Committee

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Privacy, Security & Emerging Technology Division

Big Data Committee

Cloud Computing Committee

E-Filing Committee

E-Privacy Committee

Homeland Security Committee

Information Security Committee

Insurance Technology and Risk Committee

Internet of Things Committee

Open Source Software Committee

Privacy and Computer Crime Committee

Life Sciences Division

Behavioral and Neuroscience Law Committee

Biotechnology Law Committee

Food, Cosmetics and Nutraceuticals Committee

Healthcare Technology Committee

Medical Devices Committee

Precision Medicine

Interdisciplinary Division

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Committee

Cleantech and Climate Change Committee

Nanotechnology Committee

Museums and the Arts Law Committee

Rights and Responsibilities of Scientists Committee

Scientific Evidence Committee

Space Law Committee

Technical Standardization Committee

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