The SciTech Lawyer Summer 2021 17:4 “Mitigating Risks During and After the Pandemic”

Privacy

“Will You Share My Data, Please?” Evolving Legal Frameworks to Address Information Sharing by and for Patients

By Heather Deixler and Ty Kayam

With the evolution of data sharing, and the proliferation of health-related apps, the need to modernize the current legal framework around personal health data is clear.

Cybersecurity

Cyber Supply Chain Due Diligence: A Step-by-Step Process

By Catherine Barrett

The SolarWinds hack highlights the need for organizations, both public and private, to adopt a comprehensive, sophisticated approach to cyber supply chain due diligence.

Litigation & Trials

Pop-Ups and the Pandemic: Is That Delicious “Pop-Up” Restaurant Legal?

By Diana R. H. Winters

Pop-up restaurants have proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic as restaurant workers were laid off or furloughed and restaurants were forced to curtail in-restaurant dining. But are they legal?

Children's Rights

When “Safe at Home” Is Not Safe: Addressing the Increase of Online Child Sexual Abuse in the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Rachel Haney

Technology companies are critical to combating the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation; yet many legislative efforts to regulate tech companies’ reporting duties have prioritized politics over keeping kids safe.

Litigation & Trials

Cannabis Companies: Don’t Overlook Data-Related Litigation Risks

By Barak Cohen, David Biderman, and Tommy Tobin

The growth of the medical and recreational cannabis industry in the United States has increasingly made these companies targets for consumer and health privacy data-related litigation.

Cybersecurity

What Does the RSA Conference Have to Do with Law?

By Alice Albl and Nat Brown

The ABA has become integral to the growth of the RSA Conference, an “event central” to the worlds of cryptography, cybersecurity, and privacy with a growing focus on regulatory compliance programs.

Technology

ABA Science & Technology Law Section Nominees for 2021–2022 Section Officer and Council Positions

The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the following slate of nominees for 2021–2022 Officer and Council positions in the Science & Technology Law Section.

Technology

Message from the Chair Summer 2021: Science and Technology Law One Last Time

By Eric Y. Drogin

An opportunity like chairing the ABA Science & Technology Law Section is one that rarely comes around once, much less twice, so by now I should be nothing but grateful.

Diversity & Inclusion

Get the SciTech Edge: Membership and Diversity Committee News Summer 2021

By Laura Possessky and Charlene C. Goldfield

As we all gear up for a summer that looks like something closer to normal, promise us one thing: when that renewal email arrives, please take a moment and renew your membership. We like having you around.