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ADVISORY
ATTENTION:
Business editors, legal affairs editors, high-technology
writers
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21/04/00
Contact: Janet Gilmore
(510) 642-5685
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WHAT: |
A
press conference to announce the creation at the University
of California, Berkeley, of a first-of-its-kind law clinic
that aims to establish a moral voice and public conscience
for Silicon Valley in emerging high-technology issues. The
clinic will provide a public voice to balance crucial discussions
now dominated by government and industry interests. Its
focus will include Internet privacy matters, free speech
and consumer protection. |
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WHEN: |
10:30
a.m. - 11:30 a.m.,
Monday, April 24.
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WHERE: |
UC
Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), Goldberg Room, Bancroft
Way near Piedmont Avenue on the southeast corner of the
campus. |
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WHO: |
Speakers
at the press conference will include:
Pamela
Samuelson, UC Berkeley law professor, 1997 MacArthur
Foundation fellow and world-renowned expert in cyberlaw
and intellectual property.
Bob
Glushko, PhD, a director at Commerce One, a provider
of business-to-business electronic commerce services.
Commerce One was the top IPO of 1999. Glushko has more
than 20 years of experience in research and development,
consulting and entrepreneurial work in online publishing
and Internet commerce.
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