KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Charles S. Doskow is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law in Ontario. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Harvard Law School, he was in private practice in Upland for many years, after serving as counsel for Dart Industries, Inc. in Los Angeles, and for Lewis Homes, in Upland.

He served as Dean of the College of Law from 1980 to 1985, and presently teaches Constitutional Law and Professional Responsibility at La Verne.

Professor Doskow is Past President of the San Bernardino County and Western San Bernardino County Bar Associations, and the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He currently serves on the FBA Inland Empire chapter board.

Professor Doskow has written several law review articles, is a frequent contributor to the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, and has published articles in the American Bar Association's Professional Lawyer and the Federal Lawyer. In addition he has reviewed several books on constitutional law and history in the Federal Lawyer.

He has appeared as a commentator on constitutional and other legal issues on KPCC pubic radio (89.3) and Time Warner Cable Local Edition. In 2007 he served as an American Bar Association consultant for the Rule of Law Initiative in the Kingdom of Jordan, and offered a course in common law torts at the University of Muenster in Germany.

Michael Fertik, Chief Executive Officer

Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. He founded ReputationDefender in 2006 with the belief that citizens have the right to control and protect their online reputation and privacy. In his capacity as CEO and position on the advisory board of The Internet Keepsafe Coalition (iKeepSafe), a non-profit that works to protect the health and safety of youth online, Michael is regarded as the pioneer of online reputation management and the foremost expert on issues of online privacy. Michael authored the forthcoming book Wild West 2.0, and lectures internationally in front of professionals, students, school administrators and parents. Prior to founding ReputationDefender, Michael clerked for Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States. Michael is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, speaks several languages and enjoys sailing, reading and running.

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Mark Robert Waldman is a therapist and an Associate Fellow at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania (http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/radiology/research/labs/csm/), where he currently conducts research with Andrew Newberg, MD, on the neurological correlates of beliefs, morality, compassion, meditation, religious experiences, and spiritual practices. He is adjunct faculty at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, where he is developing communication tools for the Executive MBA program. He lectures frequently at conferences, colleges, and churches on topics relating to the neuropsychology of stress, relaxation, emotional control, relationship dynamics, conflict resolution, mediation, communication, weight management, and the neurobiological development of personal values and business ethics (neuroeconomics). His research has been featured in Time Magazine, Washington Post, Oprah Magazine and Radio, USA Today, The New York Times science section, and his interviews have appeared on dozens of radio and television programs, including Oprah and Friends.

Mark is the author of eleven books and anthologies, and his professional papers have been published throughout the world. He was the founding editor of the academic journal, Transpersonal Review, chairman of the Los Angeles Transpersonal Interest Group, regional coordinator for the Spiritual Emergence Network, and he holds a ministerial credential in pastoral counseling. He coathors a monthly column on "Science and Spirituality" for Science of Mind magazine.

His most recent book, coauthored with Dr. Newberg, is How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings By a Leading Neuroscientist. According to Time, Newsweek, and the Washington Post, Mark and Andy are the world's leading experts on spirituality and the brain [see, for example, the February 23, 2009 issue of Time Magazine] and in this book, they use their state-of-the art brain-scan technology and research surveys to document how different forms of spiritual practice, secular meditation, intensive prayer, and positive affirmations change the function and structure of the brain. They show how these changes improve memory, cognition, and compassion while simultaneously suppressing activity in those parts of the brain that generate stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. Their book features a dozen simple exercises that anyone can do to achieve these neurological and psychological benefits, and it only takes a few minutes a day focusing on your innermost values and goals. In just eight weeks, the brain-scan studies show significant improvement, and if these simple exercises are incorporated into short-term therapy (which Mark does in his counseling practice in Camarillo, California), most people can dramatically reduce their dependency on psychological counseling and anti-depressant medication. Why? Because you can then remain stress-free for many, many years.

Mark's and Dr. Newberg's research documents how the religious climate in America has shifted toward a more optimistic and less theologically-oriented spirituality that simultaneously embraces science. Their research also documents how negative thinking and speech can actually damage important parts of the brain. But if you focus on your deepest positive values, such as compassion, love or peace, this will have beneficial effects on those parts of the brain that regulate emotions and enhance social awareness and empathy.

James Grimmelmann is Associate Professor at New York Law School and a member of its Institute for Information Law and Policy. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of LawMeme and a member of the Yale Law Journal. Prior to law school, he received an A.B. in computer science from Harvard College and worked as a programmer for Microsoft. He has served as a Resident Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale, as a legal intern for Creative Commons and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and as a law clerk to the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

He studies how the law governing the creation and use of computer software affects individual freedom and the distribution of wealth and power in society. As a lawyer and technologist, he aims to help these two groups speak intelligibly to each other. He writes about intellectual property, virtual worlds, search engines, online privacy, and other topics in computer and Internet law. Recent publications include The Ethical Visions of Copyright Law, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 2005 (2009), How to Fix the Google Book Search Settlement, J. Internet L., Apr. 2009, at 1, and The Structure of Search Engine Law, 93 Iowa L. Rev. 1 (2007).

He has been blogging since 2000 at the Laboratorium (http://laboratorium.net/). His home page is at http://james.grimmelmann.net/.

Considered to be one of the leading tax lawyers in the United States, Robert W. Wood has a nationwide tax practice based in San Francisco. The founder of Wood & Porter, a tax specialty law firm, Mr. Wood handles tax controversies, tax planning, and tax advantaged business transactions. He is a frequent expert witness concerning tax matters in litigation.

Although his tax expertise is wide ranging, he is particularly well known for advising on the tax aspects of litigation recoveries and for handling independent contractor vs. employee controversies. A published authority and active speaker on many aspects of the federal income tax law, Wood has written more than thirty books and many hundreds of published articles. He contributes regular tax columns to Forbes and other publications.