RE: LCT Spring Lecture Series

Please circulate the below announcements to any event calendars, newsletters
or other publicity avenues that you may have.

I am also attaching a copy of our Lecture Series flier.

More information is available on our website at www.law.washington.edu/lct
or I can be reached at (206) 685-2636.

Thank you!
Rebecca
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Rebecca Bliquez
Project Coordinator &
Assistant to the Director
Center for Law, Commerce & Technology
University of Washington Law School
(206) 685-2636
(206) 616-3427 FAX
rbliquez@u.washington.edu
www.law.washington.edu/lct/

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The Center for Law, Commerce and Technology at the University of Washington
School of Law presents its Spring Lecture Series: Law, Technology and the
Information Society



    1. Steve Tapia, Senior Corporate Attorney at Microsoft

      “THERE’S NO THERE,THERE: JURISDICTION AND THE INTERNET”

       Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 4:00 pm

       Condon Hall (UW Law School), Room 109, 1100 NE Campus Parkway,
Seattle,

       WA

       Reception to follow in Tunks Lounge


Steve Tapia is a Senior Corporate Attorney at Microsoft and formerly an
attorney at MSNBC.com.  He will be speaking about Internet jurisdiction in
thecontext of online journalism. His stories explore the issue of
defamation/libel on the Internet.


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   2. Aaron Caplan, Staff Attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU)
     “INTERNET IMPLICATIONS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO

      ANONYMOUS SPEECH”

      Tuesday, April 17, 2001, 4:00 pm

 Condon Hall (UW Law School), Room 109, 1100 NE Campus Parkway, Seattle, WA

 Reception to follow in Tunks Lounge



Mr. Caplan is the ACLU lawyer representing "John Doe" in the recent
Anonymous Web Speech Case. Case Background: The American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have asked a
federal court in Washington to quash a subpoena that would force an Internet
service to disclose the identity of a person who spoke anonymously on an
Internet bulletin board.



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3.   Donald Horowitz, Chair of the Technology Bill of Rights Subcommittee of
the Access to

     Justice Board, Washington State Bar Association

"ACCESS TO JUSTICE TECHNOLOGY BILL OF RIGHTS"

      Tuesday, May 1, 2001, 3:30 pm

      Condon Hall (UW Law School), Room 109, 1100 NE Campus Parkway,
Seattle, WA

      Reception to follow in Tunks Lounge