Please join us on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, for our next CLE event. This month’s CLE will be held from 12:00 to 1:15 pm via webinar. We anticipate 1.00 General CLE credit in Ohio for this event.

In an ideal world, every business would have top level security that would never allow a data breach or the disclosure of trade secrets. Unfortunately, that is not the reality, and companies of all sizes struggle with how to balance the value of their trade secrets and data, the strict regulations regarding data privacy, and the practical security measures that are available to protect their confidential information. 

Our speaker will be David Myers of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC. David will address all of these topics and more, pulling from his significant experience running a technology consulting company and his current practice where he advises clients of all sizes regarding their cybersecurity, data privacy, and technology law issues. David will discuss the challenges that businesses face in prioritizing protection and how those decisions can later affect business partnerships. David will also provide recommendations on how to evaluate data security provisions in commercial contracts in a practical and beneficial manner that attempt to balance “what we want” versus “what we can reasonably expect to have”.

The webinar event will be approximately 60 minutes.

Registration is:

• free for CincyIP members, 
• free for students and academics, and 
• $15.00 for non-members. 

Register here by Monday, February 26, 2024, at 5:00 PM. CincyIP will send a webinar link to all registrants after event registration closes.

About the Speaker:

David Myers is a Cincinnati native and attended St. Xavier for high school, University of Cincinnati for college, and Notre Dame for law school. David is a seasoned data privacy and technology lawyer with nearly two decades of information security and consulting experience across multiple sectors. He spent a number of years as the owner of his own data privacy, cybersecurity, and technology firm while also serving as the Co-Owner and Executive Vice President of SpliceNet Consulting, an IT consulting company based out of Cincinnati. At SpliceNet, David designed and led the delivery of managed security and project services to a nationwide legal market, focusing on effective data privacy and cybersecurity tools. He also managed multi-stage implementations of IT solutions and tech support services. Currently, David is a partner at the law firm Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC in their Cleveland office, where he counsels businesses of all sizes regarding cybersecurity, data privacy, and technology law issues. He is also a senior instructor at the University of Akron law school.

Please join us on August 22, 2023, for our next CLE event. This month’s CLE will be held from 12:00 to 1:15 pm via webinar. We anticipate 1.00 General CLE credit in Ohio for this event.

Our speaker will be April Besl of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. Ms. Besl will cover Social Media and Marketing considerations for today’s IP attorneys. For the vast majority of businesses today, social media is a key component of their advertising strategy, in some cases the only avenue through which they advertise. Ms. Besl will take attendees through the legal pitfalls of advertising on social media covering not only how to advertise safely and in compliance, but also what to do when you need to take action against someone else on social media. Ms. Besl will further cover the most recent updates to the FTC’s Endorsement Guides, which were released in July of 2023.

The webinar event will be approximately 60 minutes.

Registration is:

• free for CincyIP members, 
• free for students and academics, and 
• $15.00 for non-members. 

Register here by Monday, August 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM. CincyIP will send a webinar link to all registrants after event registration closes.

About the Speaker:

April Besl has experience assisting clients with emerging issues related to the impact of social media, the web and technology on their business and marketing strategies. April helps clients protect and enforce their trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property from misuse via social networking sites, search engine optimization strategies, and keywords, as well as against misuse on mobile devices and other emerging technologies. In addressing these evolving issues and technologies, she provides a direct, strategic and thoughtful approach tailored to the culture and goals of each individual client.