276PS sec. 001 - Information Privacy Law (Summer 2026)
Instructor: Erik R Stallman (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
MTuWThF 2:00 PM - 4:35 PM
Location: Law 132
From June 29, 2026
To July 20, 2026
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Enroll Limit: 35
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This course will explore the roots of US privacy law, its evolution in the 20th century, and the challenges of regulating information in the modern era where institutions and "data subjects" need and reveal information constantly, but also seek basic dignity and safety from harm. Privacy law in the US consists of torts, contracts, constitutional law, statutory law, and soft law norms. The course will survey these sources of law, as well as the growing influence of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and state data privacy laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act. We will also discuss data privacy issues related to the development and use of artificial intelligence systems.
Erik Stallman is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. He is also a Faculty Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. His primary interests are regulation of access to information and open internet issues.
Since 2005, Stallman has worked on intellectual property and telecommunications law and policy in Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, nongovernmental organizations, and private practice. Prior to coming to Berkeley, he served as policy counsel at Google, covering copyright, telecommunications, and media regulation. Before that, he led the Open Internet Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), where he was also General Counsel. Earlier, he served as counsel and policy advisor to then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren at the US House of Representatives. He was also an Honors Attorney in the FCC Media Bureau and an associate at Steptoe & Johnson.
Stallman is a 2003 graduate of Berkeley Law and was as a law clerk for Judge Susan P. Graber of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home Final Exam
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Intellectual Property and Technology Law
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