Health Care Privacy 101 and Beyond
Tue.
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B-CLE Webcast 0.50 General CLE & CPE Credit Offered Healthcare privacy law is one of the most consequential—and most misunderstood—areas of modern legal practice. Join Kirk Nahra, Co-Chair of the Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Privacy Practices at WilmerHale, for a compelling deep dive into healthcare privacy fundamentals as part of the UC Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Expert Series. With more than 26 years of frontline experience, Kirk cuts through the complexity to reveal how HIPAA actually came to be, who it really covers, and why the regulatory landscape is growing more tangled—and more critical—by the year. This multipart series is designed to give you the baseline every privacy and healthcare professional needs. |
Patent Trial Strategy When IPRs Aren’t an Option
Tue.
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B-CLE Webcast 0.50 General CLE Credit Offered Two years ago, the PTAB denied about a third of IPR petitions; today it denies nearly two-thirds — and filings have collapsed from roughly 185 in a single quarter to 15 in a single month. So what happens to your invalidity case when the Patent Office is no longer a realistic venue? In this webcast, Debbie McComas, partner in Haynes Boone’s litigation department and past chair of the firm’s Federal Circuit Practice Group, and Stephanie Sivinski, partner in Haynes Boone’s patent trial group in Dallas, walk through what patent litigators should be doing right now — from ex parte reexams and stays to claim construction tension, expert selection, and system art. This conversation is candid, practical, and refreshingly willing to disagree in public about what actually works in front of a jury. |
Skinny Labels, Big Stakes: The Supreme Court Resets Generic-Drug Competition
Tues.
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B-CLE Webcast 1.50 General CLE Credit Offered In a unanimous June 2026 decision, Hikma v. Amarin, the Supreme Court resolved a long-running question in generic-drug competition: when can a generic manufacturer be liable for inducing patent infringement after launching with a “skinny label”? Skinny labeling is the carve-out Congress built into Hatch-Waxman, letting a generic reach the market for a drug’s unpatented uses while a patented method of use stays protected. A series of Federal Circuit decisions had unsettled how much room that pathway leaves, and this ruling resets the standard. Goodwin Procter appellate and pharmaceutical-patent litigators William Jay, Jaime Santos, Daryl Wiesen, and Isabel Marin followed the case from oral argument through decision. In this conversation, they unpack what the ruling changes for induced-infringement risk, generic labeling strategy and launch timing, and future legislative and regulatory action. |
Emerging Technologies & the Evolving Privacy and AI Regulatory Landscape
Tues.
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B-CLE Webcast 0.50 General CLE Credit Offered The legal landscape around emerging technology is moving faster than ever — and staying ahead of it is no longer optional. Join us as Shannon Yavorsky (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) and Caitlin Burke (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) present an essential briefing on the technologies reshaping industries and the privacy, AI, and data regulations that companies must navigate to keep pace. From the EU AI Act and GDPR to California’s ADMT rules and over 150 newly enacted state AI statutes, this session cuts through the complexity and gives you a practical framework for building a durable compliance program. |
Health Care Privacy 101 and Beyond
Wed.
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B-CLE Webcast 0.50 General CLE Credit Offered Kirk Nahra of WilmerHale’s second session on healthcare privacy law dissects the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s core operational framework—the definition of protected health information, the three-category permitted-use structure, and the business associate regime—explaining why HHS deliberately chose weaker individual consent rights to preserve a functioning healthcare system, and why that trade-off continues to define the law’s limits today. |
Health Care Privacy 101 and Beyond
Tue.
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B-CLE Webcast 0.50 General CLE Credit Offered Kirk Nahra of WilmerHale, one of the nation’s leading healthcare privacy attorneys with nearly three decades in the field, explains how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s origins as a labor-mobility and administrative-efficiency statute—not a privacy law—created structural coverage gaps that exclude pharmaceutical companies, life insurers, and most consumer health apps, and why the resulting proliferation of overlapping state and federal law now threatens to produce what Nahra calls “growing chaos” that is “bad for both industry and for patients.” |
The EU Cyber Resilience Act: What You Need to Know
Tue.
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B-CLE Webcast 0.50 General CLE Credit Offered In a June 16, 2026, webcast, Berkeley Law’s Prof. Chris Hoofnagle explained how the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), effective December 2027, imposes a comprehensive product-liability and software-safety regime on Internet of Things devices and standalone software sold in Europe. The single most important takeaway: American technology companies that have not yet begun CRA compliance planning are already behind schedule, because meeting the Act’s security-by-design mandate requires front-loading security into the earliest stages of the product development cycle. |
Chief Privacy Officer Program Capstone Event
Fri.
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Location: UC Berkeley Law CPOP is an executive-level advanced training program designed for senior leaders who shape data strategy and innovation in their organizations focusing on applying legal principles to real-world business challenges, reflecting the way privacy and AI issues arise in practice. The capstone event is for graduates of the CPOP and by invitation only. |
Patent and Trade Secret Protection in China: Recent Developments and Emerging Trends
Tue.
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Location: Zoom B-CLE Recording | Youtube Recording | Resource(s) | Speaker Bio(s) and Contact Info | Summary In a May 2026 Berkeley Center for Law and Technology (BCLT) webinar, leading Chinese IP practitioner Binxin Li and Berkeley Law lecturer Dr. Yuan Hao examined China’s rapidly evolving patent and trade secret environment, concluding that escalating damages awards, a more patent-friendly post-filing data standard, and unresolved questions around AI-assisted inventorship signal a decisive shift from follower to innovator in Chinese IP practice. |
Brazil Patent Landscape
Tue.
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Location: B-CLE 0.50 General CLE Credits Offered Download the interview/transcript and slides here! Brazil’s IP and patent litigation scene is no longer something companies can afford to overlook — and this session will show you exactly why. Join Rob Rodrigues of RNA Law, a Stanford Law LLM and lead editor of the Stanford Technology Law Review, as he delivers an insider’s guide to patent enforcement, preliminary injunctions, and the evolving IP ecosystem in Brazil, presented through UC Berkeley’s Center for Law & Technology. With decades of experience practicing on both sides of the Pacific, Rob breaks down the key strategic differences between litigating in Brazil and the U.S. — from the absence of discovery and jury trials to the outsized role of court-appointed technical experts. Whether you’re just starting to engage with the Brazilian market or looking to sharpen your existing strategy, this is the session that will change how you think about global IP. |
29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium
April 16-17,
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Location: Chevron Auditorium, International House, UC Berkeley B-CLE Recordings (CLE: FREE) | Youtube Recordings | Summaries | Agenda | Resources | Speaker Bio(s) & Contact Info If you are needing the password for the Resources page, please email bclt@law.berkeley.edu. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Copyright Act of 1976, the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School are sponsoring a joint bi-coastal symposium: “Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act.” The Berkeley event, which took place on April 16-17, 2026, examined the origins of the 1976 Act, its key reforms and features–including federalization, authors’ rights, subject matter, and enforcement provisions–as well the challenges that the regime has encountered as a result of technological change. |
Cox v. Sony Music: Refining Secondary (C) Liability Rules
Tue.
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Location: B-CLE 0.50 General CLE Credits Offered Don’t miss this compelling expert webcast from the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, featuring renowned copyright scholar Prof. Pam Samuelson of BCLT, UC Berkeley School of Law. In one of the most consequential copyright decisions in years, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Fourth Circuit’s ruling in Cox v. Sony Music — and the implications are massive for secondary liability law. Professor Samuelson unpacks what the Court actually decided, why it matters, and how it will reshape the landscape of contributory infringement going forward. Whether you’re new to copyright law or a seasoned practitioner, this is one discussion you can’t afford to miss. |
2026 David E. Nelson Memorial Lecture
Wednesday
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Location: UC Berkeley School of Law B-CLE Recording (CLE: Free) | Youtube Recording | Summary | Resource(s) | Agenda Download the transcript and slides here! Business schools celebrate firms that innovate hard, scale fast, and dominate markets. Law schools are trained to distrust dominance—treating exceptional profits as a problem to be controlled, capped, or redistributed. The digital economy puts this clash in the spotlight: investors reward tech platforms for gatekeeping power, while policymakers regulate that same power as anticompetitive. This seminar maps the ideas behind the rift and explores what competition and innovation policy might look like if business and law schools cross-pollinated more seriously. |
Internet & Computer Law Year in Review
Wed
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Session 2: Data Privacy, AI and Cybersecurity Breach Law, Class Action Litigation & Mitigation 1.25 General CLE Credits Offered This program is part two of a two-part series, “Internet & Computer Law Year in Review.” Dive into the rapidly evolving world of digital law with Ian Ballon (Greenberg Traurig), a true pioneer who helped form the modern internet and computer law thought process. This program offers a unique look into the high-stakes intersection of technology, litigation, and privacy, providing a “litigator’s perspective” on how the legal framework is being reshaped by AI. This session also provides an essential roadmap for any law student eager to navigate the complexities of modern tech law and explore careers in Internet Law, E-commerce, and AI litigation. |
Internet & Computer Law Year in Review
Tues
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Session 1: Overarching 1.50 General CLE Credits Offered This program is one of a two-part series, “Internet & Computer Law Year in Review.” The internet continues to reshape how businesses operate, communicate, and innovate—bringing new legal challenges along with it. Join Ian Ballon (Greenberg Traurig) for an engaging discussion on the rapidly evolving field of internet law and the key legal issues shaping the digital economy. This program explores emerging developments in areas such as artificial intelligence, online platforms, cybersecurity, and digital content regulation. Participants will gain practical insights into how courts, regulators, and companies are navigating complex questions around technology and the law. |
11th Annual Berkeley Law Sports & Entertainment Conference
Mar 12, 2026
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Location: The Faculty Club, Heyns Room, UC Berkeley The conference is hosted by the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. This marquee event brings together leading executives, industry professionals, attorneys, athletes, talent, and students to discuss the leading topics in sports, entertainment, law, business, and culture. |
5th ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law
Mar 3-5, 2026 |
Location: Clark Kerr, UC Berkeley The ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law is the flagship conference for the emerging field of computer science and law. It brings together a community—scholars, practicing lawyers, and computing professionals—who are fluent both in computational thinking and its rigorous mathematical formalisms and in legal scholarship and thought with its equally rigorous yet human-centric set of principles, methodologies, and goals. |
Authors Alliance Workshop
Berkeley Fellowship Program Research Seminar: Artificial Intelligence, Innovation, and the Future of the Patent System
Tuesday
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Location: Goldberg Room, UC Berkeley Law | Zoom: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/98445252324 | Password: 317824 BFP fellows, Nikolaus Thumm and Gabriel Glänte, will be presenting their preliminary findings and receiving feedback on the IP consequences of AI as both an invention and an inventor. |
The Talent Tug-of-War: Lessons from the Trenches on Trade Secrets and Employment Mobility Disputes (BCLT x Skadden)
Jan 27, 2026 |
Location: Room 100, UC Berkeley Law Building 0.75 General CLE Credit Available In today’s fast-moving and fiercely competitive business landscape, companies are in a constant battle to protect their trade secrets and confidential information. This panel of distinguished lawyers unpacks important areas in this exciting practice. |
Who is Going to Pay for Psychedelic Therapies?
Wednesday
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Location: Zoom 1.00 General CLE Credit Available This panel will explore how psychedelic advocates, drug developers, private insurers, government programs, and individual patients will share the financial burden, and what models might work best to create equitable access for these therapies. Attendees will gain insight into the financial levers and regulatory changes required to make psychedelic medicine accessible for everyone. |
The Impact of Prosecution Length on Patent Litigation Outcomes
Tuesday
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Location: Zoom 1.25 General CLE Credit Available This panel will explore findings from a recent comprehensive study that examined correlations between the thoroughness of examination by the USPTO and subsequent patent litigation outcomes. Analyzing over 89,000 patents litigated since March 2000, the study assessed how the number of rejections a patent receives affects its likelihood of invalidity, infringement, and unenforceability in court. The surprising results from this research may offer strategies for patent owners to refine their prosecution and litigation practices. |