Connie-- Excellent analysis and Congratulations!!! Jim Highsmith

>Steve et al.,
>
>I must disagree with good friend Lee. In my experience, most managers and
>students at least view technology law more narrowly so I would vote for
>Cyberlaw and would love to be part of your section.
>
>By the way, I'm happy to report that I just accepted an offer from Harvard
>Business School to join the faculty effective July 1, 2000 (assuming the
>University governing board agrees) as an Associate Professor of Business
>Administration. This is a tenure-track appointment, and I'll be in the
>Entrepreneurial Management group. I declined their invitation to be a
>non-tenure-track Professor of Management Practice in light of my less than
>ideal experience at Stanford as a Senior Lecturer.
>
>By the way, for people struggling to persuade their deans of the relevance
>of legal stuff, I have found the HBS faculty most eager to give their MBA
>students the legal stuff they need to start their dot-com companies. At the
>risk of a total lack of modesty, traditional non-lawyer business school
>profs definitely seem to "get it" when you can package the law in a
>transactional approach they can understand. For example, in my
>Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law I start with an entrepreneur's
>decision to leave the curtrent employer then go on to choice of business
>entity, structuring the deal among the founders, raising money, forming a
>board, negotiating key contracts, hiring and dealing with employees,
>protecting the intellectual property, and finally taking the company
>public. As unacademic as it sounds, in many way it is a packaging and
>marketing challenge that we as an Academy face.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Connie Bagley
>
>
>
>
>At 01:21 PM 04/12/2000 , you wrote:
>  >Steve:
>  >
>  >Thanks for taking the intitiative in trying to establish a special ALSB
>  >section for those of us interested in Internet issues.  We have been
>  >chatting about doing this for years, but until recently never felt we
>  >had the critical mass to accomplish our objectives.
>  >
>  >In our previous discussions, we have considered whether the section
>  >should be "Cyberlaw" or "Technology Law."  I would suggest that we take
>  >the latter course and form a section on Technology Law.  This approach
>  >is somewhat more flexible and inclusive in terms of the interests of the
>  >membership, in my opinion.  An important aspect of Technology Law
>  >obviously concerns Cyberlaw issues, but the Technology Law designation
>  >is somewhat broader, allowing for discussion and study of other topics,
>  >such as biotechnology, computer programs, trade secrets, video games,
>  >etc.  With the pace of change in the technology fields, the importance
>  >of cyberlaw may be eclipsed by something new -- still technology, but
>  >involving novel issues beyond the digital questions.
>  >
>  >Obviously, sign me up for the effort, and count on me for support.
>  >
>  >Lee Burgunder
>
>
>
>Constance E. Bagley
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