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Professor Scassa has published a paper in the most recent issue of the Queen’s Law Journal, entitled “Journalistic Purposes and Private Sector Data Protection Legislation: Blogs, Tweets and Information Maps.”

Professor Michael Geist has been named “Lawyer of the Week” and featured in an article entitled “Canada’s technology law guru” in the July 2, 2010 edition of The Lawyers Weekly.

Professor Ian Kerr has been named the LeBoff Distinguished Visiting Scholar at New York University’s Steinhardt Department of Media, Culture, and Communication.

Professor Michael Geist has been named one of the 50 most influential people in Intellectual Property by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine.

Professor Jeremy deBeer is one of several researchers who has edited a new volume that provides a detailed look at the role of copyright on access to knowledge in Africa.

Professor Michael Geist has been chosen by the leading digital rights group Public Knowledge as one of four recipients of its 2010 IP3 Award.

On May 20-21, 2010, the Faculty of Law will host a workshop for the Canada-EU Trade Environment Technology Exchange (TETE), led by Professors Jeremy de Beer and Debra Steger.

On April 29, 2010 Professor Teresa Scassa will be participating as a panellist for the Privacy Consultation organized by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada titled “Understanding Online Tracking, Targeting and Profiling”.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society and the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) are jointly hiring summer interns for a project focusing on public outreach and public education.

The winter 2010 edition of the Common Law Bulletin, entitled “Law & Technology,” is now online.