Presentations

Cybersecurity Threats for Law Firms

This presentation was made before the Business Law Track of the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Texas on June 13, 2019 in Austin, Texas

LinkNYC: What Sounds Like a Great Idea Can Have Some Serious Downsides

This article was published in the Summer issue of Circuits, a periodical published by the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas

Cybersecurity for Your Office: Encryption and Firewalls

This presentation was made before the Louisiana Bar Association Solo, Small Office & Tech Conference in New Orleans, LA on April 10, 2019.

AI and the Practice of Law

These are the slides to a panel discussion on AI and its affect on the practice of law. This presentation was made on April 10, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Cybersecurity for your Office: Encryption and Firewalls

Presented to the Essentials of Business Law, on March 14-15, 2019 in Dallas, Texas

The European ePrivacy Directive: The Companion to GDPR About Which You Need to Know

This short essay was written for the Journal "Circuits" that is published by the Computer & Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas

What's All the Fuss About GDPR?

Known formally as the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679,i GDPR is a European Union law concerning the protection and the privacy of individual's personal data. GDPR was drafted with the understanding that companies want personal data about individuals, and that individuals must be free to chose whether or not that data will be provided to companies and under what conditions.

General Data Protection Regulation: Keeping yourself, your customers, and your data safe in a monitized-data era

This presentation was made before a meeting of data scientists and data analysts in New York City on October 10, 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Family Law

This paper was presented at the 44th Annual Advanced Family Law Course on August 13-16 in San Antonio, Texas. The presentation was made by Ms. Lisa Angelo and Mr. Mark Unger. The AI description and discussion was authored by Ronald Chichester

Carpenter v. United States: The Supreme Court Hands Privacy Advocates a (Limited) Victory

In Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. ___ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government must get a warrant to obtain certain types of information from cell-phone providers.

Artificial Intelligence: What it is, and What it isn't

These were the slides that were created for the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Texas. This presentation was part of the Practice Management tract, and was part of a panel presentation on June 21, 2018.

A Short History of AI

This is a short essay on the history of artificial intelligence and its impact on the legal profession. This essay formed part of the materials for a panel discussion by the American Bar Association, of which Ron was a panelist.

Patents & Small Companies

This is a presentation about how smaller companies can and should address patent issues (depending upon the size of the opponent). This presentation was for the Second Annual Energy Industry Intellectual Property Law Conference on March 22, 2018.

Alternate Uses for Blockchains in Business: It's Not Always About the Money

This paper was presented to the Essentials of Business Law Conference in Houston, Texas on March 8, 2018

Blockchains and Smart Contracts: What Lawyers Need to Know

This presentation was made before the 2018 Essentials of Business Law in Houston, Texas on March 8, 2018

AI in the Field

This presentation was given at the first AI Symposium at Texas A&M School of Law on October 20, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. I was also on the panel at the end of the conference.

Installing and Using the Computer & Technology Section App

These were the slides used for the web video created by the State Bar of Texas for members. These particular set of slides concern the installation and use of the iOS and Android smartphone/tablet apps.

What to Look for in a Forensics Expert

This is a presentation about computer forensics expert witnesses, and what you should look for in one. This presentation was made on May 9, 2017 as part of a web video recording at the State Bar of Texas studios.

Encryption Made Easy

These slides were part of a web video that was made at the State Bar of Texas studios on May 9, 2017. This is about the mechanics of utilizing encryption in a law practice.

Distributed Autonomous Organizations

These are the slides from a presentation made to a joint meeting of the Houston-area chapters of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) and InfraGuard Tech SIG on January 26, 2017. This presentation addressed cryptocurrencies, blockchains, smart contracts, smart property, distributed autonomous organizations, distributed autonomous corporations and jurisdiction over them.