Balough Guest Lecturer at IU’s Entrepreneurship Center

Richard C. Balough was a guest lecturer at the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington. Mr. Balough spoke to the students on March 1, 2012, concerning protecting intellectual property rights for start-up companies.  His talk covered such issues as trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements, and […]
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Balough Discusses Geolocational Privacy at ABA Institute

The issue of whether individuals have any expectation of privacy concerning their location was explored as part of a presentation by Richard C. Balough at the American Bar Association’s Cyberspace Law Committee Institute in San Francisco. Geolocational privacy involves the ability of mobile devices to second-by-second track the physical location of individuals. The question is whether […]
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Balough Discusses Geolocation Issues at Seminar

Richard C. Balough discussed the implications of geolocation technologies on the right of privacy at a seminar sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin’s non-resident lawyers division in Chicago. Mr. Balough’s presentation on November 16, 2011, concerned the changing expectations of privacy in light of both the technology that allows undisclosed 24-hour monitoring of a person’s physical […]
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Balough Appointed Co-Chair of ABA Subcommittee on mCommerce

Richard C. Balough has been appointed co-chair of the mCommerce subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Cyberspace Law Committee. The mCommerce subcommittee is a new committee that focuses on legal issues relating to mobile apps, wireless communications regulations, and mobile privacy and security.
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IP Rights in Second Life Discussed by Balough

Protecting intellectual property rights in the virtual world of Second Life was discussed by Richard C. Balough at the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE)’s first annual Intellectual Property Law Seminar. The two-day seminar in Chicago featured presentations by experts in intellectual property law as well as a panel discussion by federal court judges, including […]
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IICLE Taps Balough to Pen Chapter on Copyrights

The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) has tapped Richard C. Balough to author one of the chapters in the 2008 revision of its book on Intellectual Property Law. This marks the second time that Mr. Balough has written a chapter on copyrights for the IICLE publication. He was the author of the chapter […]
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Balough Moderates Session on Second Amendment

A panel discussing the recent Supreme Court case on the Second Amendment at Chicago Kent Law School will be moderated by Richard C. Balough. Chicago-Kent Distinguished Professor of Law Sheldon Nahmod and Stephen Halbrook, who represented more than 300 members of Congress in the case, will discuss what happens next in the controversy of the […]
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Army Times Solicits Balough’s Views on Recording Recruiters

The Army Times has quoted Richard C. Balough as an expert on privacy issues surrounding the Army’s decision to give recruiters the option of recording conversations with potential recruits. Mr. Balough said there is no legal restriction on the recording as long as the potential recruit is made aware that he or she is being […]
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Balough Testifies Before Chicago City Council on Cyberstalking Law

Richard C. Balough testified as an expert on a proposed cyberstalking ordinance before two City of Chicago Council committees on January 8. Mr. Balough was asked to provide a legal perspective to the City’s proposed cyberstalking ordinance before the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development and Committee on Finance. The ordinance would criminalize cyberstalking […]
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IICLE Taps Balough for IP Seminar

The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) has selected Richard C. Balough to present two panel discussions at an upcoming Intellectual Property Law for Business Lawyers seminar on November 29, 2007. Mr. Balough will discuss copyrights during the morning session and will discuss hiring key employees and what to do when they leave during […]
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