Anyone on the list planning to attend? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Impact of Cybercommunications on the Law: Criminal, Tax, Securities, & Antitrust 20 December 12, 1997 - Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, Columbia University To register: email: citi@research.gsb.columbia.edu web: www.citi.columbia.edu Law in the Electronic Age - It's a Whole New World The questions of how to prevent and how to detect computer crime are just the start. Equally nettlesome are the legal questions which are just beginning to be confronted. For example: -How does one define a computer crime or tort? How does one prove it in court? How does one handle conflicts of laws issues when the locus of the "crime" is the internet? What remedies are available or useful - as a practical matter? How effective is criminal prosecution in this area? What happens when the "criminals" are foreign and their activites are lawful in the host country? -Who can tax electronic commerce? How do they do it? What is the territorial source of income generated in cyberspace? -How does one prove (or avoid) price collusion under the anti-trust laws when everyone's prices are instantly available to competitors online? What are the antitrust implications of network economic effects? -What does the SEC do regarding investor protection when foreign unregistered securities can be purchased from your desktop PC? What are the implications of cyberspace for the future of traditional distribution channels for IPO's. What is the future of traditional exchanges? This conference is the beginning of what may prove to be a series of events which will begin the exploration of these and related questions with experts active in this arena. 8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast 9:00 - 9:15 Introductory Remarks 9:15 - 10:30 Computer Crime and Fraud, I Presentations: Electronic Evidence Recovery and its Use in the Courtroom" Jason Paroff, Kroll Associates, Inc. "Computer Crime: The Threat to the Net" David E. Green, Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Dept of Justice "International Schemes and Corruption" Don Sussis, Interested Inc. 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 - 12:00 Computer Crime and Fraud, II Panel Discussion: Moderator:=20 Thomas J. Fox, Fordham Law School Discussants: James Doyle, NYPD Richard Field, Esq. Chris Hansen, Senior Counsel, ACLU David Sobel, Electronic Privacy Information Center Fred Trickey, Academic Computing, Columbia University 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 2:20 Impact of the Internet on Tax Law "Electronic Commerce: Are The Current Tax Rules Adequate, Or Even Relevant" Howard Levine, Roberts & Holland Moderator:David L. Robbins, Columbia Business School Discussants: Jeffery Colon, Fordham Law School Elvin Hedgepeth, Director, Office of International Programs, IRS Robert Wood, Coopers & Lybrand 2:20 - 2:30 Coffee Break 2:30 - 3:50 Impact of the Internet on Securities Law "Securities Regulation and the Internet: Can Gatekeepers and Intermediaries Survive in Cyberspace" Robert B. Thompson, Washington University School of Law Moderator: Dr. James Armstrong, Director, Fundamental Family of Funds Discussants: Dr. Andreas J. Junius, Resident Partner, Puender, Volhard, Weber & Axster Elizabeth King, Senior Special Counsel, SEC Andrew Klein, President, Wit Capital Group 3:50 - 4:00 Coffee Break 4:00 - 5:20 Impact of the Internet on Antitrust Law "That the issue be decided: Cooperation and Competition on the Internet" David McGowan, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk, & Rabkin Discussants:=20 John Kasdan, Lecturer, Columbia Law School Laurel Price, Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey Lowell Williams, Vice President, Bull HN Information Systems 5:20 - 6:30 Reception Directions to Dag Hammarskjold Lounge The Dag Hammarskjold Lounge is located in the School of International Affairs. Enter at 118th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive. Take the elevator to the 6th Floor. The local subway (#1/9) stops at Broadway and 116th street. Parking is available at Riverside Church on 120th Street, between Broadway and Riverside Drive, or on 114th Street betweenBroadway and Amsterdam. A full map of the campus and more detailed directions can be found at the website. Registration Fee (lunch and breaks included): Industry: $195; Gov't/Academic/Non-profit: $50 tel: 212-854-4222 fax: 212-932-7816 email: citi@research.gsb.columbia.edu web: www.citi.columbia.edu mail: C.I.T.I 3022 Broadway, 809 Uris Hall Columbia Business School New York, NY 10027-7004