Artificial intelligence (including ChatGPT and other generative AI), robotics, automated transportation, and information technology attorney closing deals, providing strategic legal advice, managing litigation risks, investigating data breaches, and developing privacy and security policies for the governance of advanced information technologies. Chair of the American Bar Association National Institute on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. The fifth annual National Institute just ended. It took place at Santa Clara Law School on Oct. 9-10, 2023. Mark your calendars for the sixth annual Institute on October 14-15, 2024.Special focus on complying with, and avoiding liability from, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and HIPAA. Creating privacy and data security programs. Developing and negotiating AI as a Service (AIaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements. Litigation practice includes trade secret, copyright, trademark, information technology, and business cases.Helping startups concerning the law of robotics and artificial intelligence, for instance in the design phrase of AI products and services to mitigate the risk of liability. Author of three book chapters on liability relating to the manufacture and sale of automated systems, one on autonomous driving published by the Daimler and Benz Foundation, the second on drones published by the American Bar Association, and the third on AI and robotics product liability generally in the 2019 book on AI published by the American Bar Association.Acting as outside general counsel to technology startups, protecting IP, negotiating transactions, and developing online and form agreements.Chair of the American Bar Association Science & Technology Law Section, 2010-2011. Co-Chair of the Section's Information Security Committee, 2001-2004. Helped to found the Section's Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Committee in 2007. Wrote, edited, or co-wrote 7 books on information security and the law. Publications in artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous driving.Chair of the High Technology Law Section in the Santa Clara County Bar for 2014-2015.Frequent speaker at continuing education programs concerning AI/robotics, autonomous driving, privacy, and information security.Please note, per the California Rules of Professional Conduct that endorsements on this page do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of any legal matter.