David Goldstone (Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP), a Widely Known Expert on E-Discovery, to Speak at KC’s Teleconference on "New Regulatory Changes in the E-Discovery"
New York, NY, January 31, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Congress, the leading producer of regulatory focused teleconferences, has announced today that David J. Goldstone, a Counsel in Goodwin Procter LLP and a nationally recognized expert on electronic discovery will speak at The Knowledge Congress’ upcoming teleconference on “New Regulatory Changes in the E-Discovery". This event is scheduled on February 27, 2007, Tuesday @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET).
The Business of E-Discovery has become quite a bit more complicated for in-house Counsel as the result of recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (in effect as of December 1, 2006) and the expanded growth of discovery as it related to email and data. The new regulations make E-Discovery more time consuming and costly, however failure to comply could result in huge sanctions. The Knowledge Congress has assembled a team of leading experts to help analyze these changes and their impact on the companies servicing this industry. These experts will present their findings, which include a "best practice" panel at a comprehensive two-hour teleconference scheduled for February 2007.
About David J. Goldstone
David Goldstone, a counsel in Goodwin Procter LLP’s Litigation, White Collar Crime and Intellectual Property Practices, concentrates his practice on litigation relating to computer technologies and the Internet, with emphasis on intellectual property litigation, governmental investigations and white collar matters, and patent litigation. He has taken a leadership role in Goodwin Procter’s cross-disciplinary Privacy & Data Security Practice.
As a former federal prosecutor and a registered patent attorney with undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Goldstone is uniquely qualified to litigate cases relating to computer technologies, the Internet, intellectual property, privacy, and data security.
Mr. Goldstone has extensive experience in all manner of complex litigation, with particular depth in cases relating to computer technology and the Internet. He has litigated cases nationwide, in both federal and state courts. Mr. Goldstone’s experience includes patent, theft of trade secret, and copyright cases and other criminal and commercial litigation.
Mr. Goldstone also focuses his practice on representing companies and individuals in actual or potential disputes against federal and state government agencies. He has conducted internal investigations in areas ranging from accounting irregularities to computer security. Similarly, Mr. Goldstone often represents companies that have fallen victim to Internet fraud or forms of computer misuse and hacking, sometimes resulting in breaches of corporate data security or privacy, and exploring a variety of potential investigative, civil and law enforcement responses at the company’s disposal.
His recent cases include Representation of the founders of Direct Revenue, a company that distributes software to display pop-up advertisements on a consumer’s computer via the Internet. The New York Attorney General alleged that Direct Revenue fraudulently installed this software (which it calls “spyware”) on more than 100 million computers. The case involves fundamental issues of Internet law, including establishing the proper jurisdiction over Internet transactions, and the enforceability of Internet contracts. Mr. Goldstone argued the motion to dismiss, which is currently pending in New York state court. This case was highlighted as the cover story of the July 17, 2006 edition of Business Week magazine.
In other intellectual property matters, Mr. Goldstone has represented and advised (i) a leading Internet networking company in patent litigation relating to the use of ATM technology in its routers and switches used for Internet communications; (ii) a major New York financial institution in patent litigation relating to the use of the Internet to transmit check images for on-line banking, that was settled on very favorable terms based on an extensive investigation that uncovered important prior art; (iii) a telecommunications systems corporation accused of misappropriating technical and marketing trade secret information in a case that was settled on favorable terms prior to discovery; (iv) a software company in a dispute with its distributor, after the distributor released a competing product apparently based on trade secret information shared by the client and then defamed the client’s product, resolving the matter favorably without litigation; (v) a patent-holder evaluating litigation against a major e-commerce firm for its method of selecting and displaying advertisements on the Internet; and (vi) a major fund evaluating a potential investment in a pharmaceuticals manufacturer whose primary customer was in the midst of patent litigation.
In additional Internet-related matters, Mr. Goldstone has advised numerous financial institutions and other entities regarding responses to hackers and “phishers” who used the Internet to compromise computers containing credit card and other account data. He has also represented and advised (i) a publicly traded medical device company in its efforts to stop the dissemination on a Yahoo! bulletin board of highly confidential company information through attempted anonymous methods (Mr. Goldstone not only caused the information to be promptly removed, but also used civil subpoenas and investigative methods to trace the postings back to the source computers); (ii) a pharmaceutical company considering monitoring of employee emails for misuse and improper dissemination of company confidential information; (iii) a publicly traded technology company where a Fortune 50 competitor had used an automated “bot” to systematically “scrape” data from its Web site contrary to the posted terms of service; (iv) a nationally recognized college where a “name-napper” misappropriated the college’s name by establishing a Web site that was used to display advertisements, and successfully eliminated the Web site; and (v) a marketing services company in responding to an unauthorized user (who was an employee’s former boyfriend) who accessed the company’s e-mail system without authorization and thereby anonymously disseminated false and defamatory information.
In participation with the American Bar Association, Mr. Goldstone is currently co-chair of the Criminal Justice Section’s Cyber Crime Committee. For several years, he taught courses on “Law of Cyberspace” as an adjunct professor at the law schools of Georgetown University and George Washington University.
Publications/Presentations
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter in 2005, Mr. Goldstone was a counsel at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault in Boston. He previously practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Goldstone was previously a Senior Litigation Counsel and Trial Attorney in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., from 1996 to 2001. In 1998, he served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. While at the Justice Department, Mr. Goldstone litigated numerous cases nationwide relating to intellectual property and computer crime, including copyright piracy, trademark counterfeiting, theft of trade secrets, computer hacking, Internet fraud, and Internet harassment. He authored the Justice Department’s manual Prosecuting Intellectual Property Crimes, and was actively involved in developing department policies relating to intellectual property prosecution, electronic commerce and encryption.
In 1994-95, Mr. Goldstone clerked for the Honorable Herbert P. Wilkins of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Education:
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1994 (cum laude)
M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
For more information about David J. Goldstone and his firm, please visit: www.goodwinprocter.com
About Goodwin Procter LLP
Founded in 1912, Goodwin Procter LLP is one of the nation’s leading law firms, with 700 attorneys and offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The firm provides corporate law, litigation and real estate services to clients ranging from start-up companies to Fortune 500 multinationals, with a focus on matters involving private equity, technology companies, REITs and real estate capital markets, financial services, intellectual property and products liability. The firm excels at complex and sophisticated transactional work and precedent-setting, bet-the-company litigation. Its attorneys combine in-depth legal knowledge with practical business experience to deliver outstanding results for clients. Goodwin Procter is sustained by an entrepreneurial culture and driven by a commitment to excellence, innovation and client service. The firm maintains a thriving, collaborative workplace, hiring talented, motivated people committed to a meritocracy where diversity and teamwork are paramount.
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces teleconferences to examine regulatory changes and business trends across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour teleconferences to study the impact of changing regulations and industry trends.” To contact or to register to an event, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org
Thomas LaPointe, Jr., Executive Director
tlapointe@knowledgecongress.org
Therese Lumbao, Account Management & Member Services Director
tlumbao@knowledgecongress.org
The Knowledge Congress
Phone: 646.202.9344
Fax: 646.219.5381
http://www.knowledgecongress.org
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The Business of E-Discovery has become quite a bit more complicated for in-house Counsel as the result of recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (in effect as of December 1, 2006) and the expanded growth of discovery as it related to email and data. The new regulations make E-Discovery more time consuming and costly, however failure to comply could result in huge sanctions. The Knowledge Congress has assembled a team of leading experts to help analyze these changes and their impact on the companies servicing this industry. These experts will present their findings, which include a "best practice" panel at a comprehensive two-hour teleconference scheduled for February 2007.
About David J. Goldstone
David Goldstone, a counsel in Goodwin Procter LLP’s Litigation, White Collar Crime and Intellectual Property Practices, concentrates his practice on litigation relating to computer technologies and the Internet, with emphasis on intellectual property litigation, governmental investigations and white collar matters, and patent litigation. He has taken a leadership role in Goodwin Procter’s cross-disciplinary Privacy & Data Security Practice.
As a former federal prosecutor and a registered patent attorney with undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Goldstone is uniquely qualified to litigate cases relating to computer technologies, the Internet, intellectual property, privacy, and data security.
Mr. Goldstone has extensive experience in all manner of complex litigation, with particular depth in cases relating to computer technology and the Internet. He has litigated cases nationwide, in both federal and state courts. Mr. Goldstone’s experience includes patent, theft of trade secret, and copyright cases and other criminal and commercial litigation.
Mr. Goldstone also focuses his practice on representing companies and individuals in actual or potential disputes against federal and state government agencies. He has conducted internal investigations in areas ranging from accounting irregularities to computer security. Similarly, Mr. Goldstone often represents companies that have fallen victim to Internet fraud or forms of computer misuse and hacking, sometimes resulting in breaches of corporate data security or privacy, and exploring a variety of potential investigative, civil and law enforcement responses at the company’s disposal.
His recent cases include Representation of the founders of Direct Revenue, a company that distributes software to display pop-up advertisements on a consumer’s computer via the Internet. The New York Attorney General alleged that Direct Revenue fraudulently installed this software (which it calls “spyware”) on more than 100 million computers. The case involves fundamental issues of Internet law, including establishing the proper jurisdiction over Internet transactions, and the enforceability of Internet contracts. Mr. Goldstone argued the motion to dismiss, which is currently pending in New York state court. This case was highlighted as the cover story of the July 17, 2006 edition of Business Week magazine.
In other intellectual property matters, Mr. Goldstone has represented and advised (i) a leading Internet networking company in patent litigation relating to the use of ATM technology in its routers and switches used for Internet communications; (ii) a major New York financial institution in patent litigation relating to the use of the Internet to transmit check images for on-line banking, that was settled on very favorable terms based on an extensive investigation that uncovered important prior art; (iii) a telecommunications systems corporation accused of misappropriating technical and marketing trade secret information in a case that was settled on favorable terms prior to discovery; (iv) a software company in a dispute with its distributor, after the distributor released a competing product apparently based on trade secret information shared by the client and then defamed the client’s product, resolving the matter favorably without litigation; (v) a patent-holder evaluating litigation against a major e-commerce firm for its method of selecting and displaying advertisements on the Internet; and (vi) a major fund evaluating a potential investment in a pharmaceuticals manufacturer whose primary customer was in the midst of patent litigation.
In additional Internet-related matters, Mr. Goldstone has advised numerous financial institutions and other entities regarding responses to hackers and “phishers” who used the Internet to compromise computers containing credit card and other account data. He has also represented and advised (i) a publicly traded medical device company in its efforts to stop the dissemination on a Yahoo! bulletin board of highly confidential company information through attempted anonymous methods (Mr. Goldstone not only caused the information to be promptly removed, but also used civil subpoenas and investigative methods to trace the postings back to the source computers); (ii) a pharmaceutical company considering monitoring of employee emails for misuse and improper dissemination of company confidential information; (iii) a publicly traded technology company where a Fortune 50 competitor had used an automated “bot” to systematically “scrape” data from its Web site contrary to the posted terms of service; (iv) a nationally recognized college where a “name-napper” misappropriated the college’s name by establishing a Web site that was used to display advertisements, and successfully eliminated the Web site; and (v) a marketing services company in responding to an unauthorized user (who was an employee’s former boyfriend) who accessed the company’s e-mail system without authorization and thereby anonymously disseminated false and defamatory information.
In participation with the American Bar Association, Mr. Goldstone is currently co-chair of the Criminal Justice Section’s Cyber Crime Committee. For several years, he taught courses on “Law of Cyberspace” as an adjunct professor at the law schools of Georgetown University and George Washington University.
Publications/Presentations
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter in 2005, Mr. Goldstone was a counsel at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault in Boston. He previously practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Goldstone was previously a Senior Litigation Counsel and Trial Attorney in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., from 1996 to 2001. In 1998, he served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. While at the Justice Department, Mr. Goldstone litigated numerous cases nationwide relating to intellectual property and computer crime, including copyright piracy, trademark counterfeiting, theft of trade secrets, computer hacking, Internet fraud, and Internet harassment. He authored the Justice Department’s manual Prosecuting Intellectual Property Crimes, and was actively involved in developing department policies relating to intellectual property prosecution, electronic commerce and encryption.
In 1994-95, Mr. Goldstone clerked for the Honorable Herbert P. Wilkins of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Education:
J.D., Harvard Law School, 1994 (cum laude)
M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
For more information about David J. Goldstone and his firm, please visit: www.goodwinprocter.com
About Goodwin Procter LLP
Founded in 1912, Goodwin Procter LLP is one of the nation’s leading law firms, with 700 attorneys and offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The firm provides corporate law, litigation and real estate services to clients ranging from start-up companies to Fortune 500 multinationals, with a focus on matters involving private equity, technology companies, REITs and real estate capital markets, financial services, intellectual property and products liability. The firm excels at complex and sophisticated transactional work and precedent-setting, bet-the-company litigation. Its attorneys combine in-depth legal knowledge with practical business experience to deliver outstanding results for clients. Goodwin Procter is sustained by an entrepreneurial culture and driven by a commitment to excellence, innovation and client service. The firm maintains a thriving, collaborative workplace, hiring talented, motivated people committed to a meritocracy where diversity and teamwork are paramount.
About The Knowledge Congress
The Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces teleconferences to examine regulatory changes and business trends across a variety of industries. “We bring together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour teleconferences to study the impact of changing regulations and industry trends.” To contact or to register to an event, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org
Thomas LaPointe, Jr., Executive Director
tlapointe@knowledgecongress.org
Therese Lumbao, Account Management & Member Services Director
tlumbao@knowledgecongress.org
The Knowledge Congress
Phone: 646.202.9344
Fax: 646.219.5381
http://www.knowledgecongress.org
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Thomas LaPointe, Jr., Executive Director
646-202-9344
www.knowledgecongress.org
Therese Lumbao
Director, Account Management & Member Services
tlumbao@knowledgecongress.org
Thomas LaPointe, Jr., Executive Director
646-202-9344
www.knowledgecongress.org
Therese Lumbao
Director, Account Management & Member Services
tlumbao@knowledgecongress.org
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