Dan is an experienced attorney who has served in a variety of legal roles in his career, including as general counsel of a large life insurance company, as well as extensive experience in private practice. Dan's mix of clients includes insurance companies and other financial institutions, IT and consulting companies, and nonprofits. He has been working on privacy and cybersecurity issues since 1996, including development of terms and conditions and disclaimers on Fortune 500 websites in the late 1990s. He has been the chief privacy officer of several companies and law firms, and has extensive experience as in-house counsel. Dan is experienced in dealing with complex insurance regulatory issues and transactions, and substantial reorganizations of holding company systems. Throughout his career, he has negotiated thousands of contracts from simple to complex, including outsourcing. He also has substantial experience with internal investigations and employment-related issues. He is also an author of ‘The Chief Justices: The Seventeen Men at the Center Seat, Their Courts, and Their Times'

Is there such a thing as a legal framework to curtail Fake news? Fake news isn't new but technology has amplified it and to be frank, it is now beyond ridiculous but dangerous. What can be done to curtail this or what steps can be taken to not infringe on free speech but help separate facts from nonsense?

Are there any current initiatives that may be more effective than another in the US/Canada?

Towards a more proactive media policy Apart from setting up a responsible and constructive cooperation with online platforms, a policy strategy to counter online mis- and dis-information (operations) would need to include the development of a more proactive media policy. The reason is that simply advocating more control of disinformation on the side of platforms would not solve the problem of polarization and lack of quality checks of news that are shared online so what can be done?

AI is exploding now and the recent comments by Raffensperger about misinformation being a threat to democracy doesn't really give comfort. There is a need to avoid rigid solutions that would amount to censorship as command and control regulation cannot achieve meaningful results in this field but surely more can be done.

1. What is the number one thing you wish all laypeople knew, from a legal standpoint, and why?
2. What is the most common legal issue you encounter in your practice, and what is your advice for our listeners to avoid this issue? Does your practice lend itself to other legal areas?
3. Who needs a regulatory attorney, and when should they be reaching out for help?
4. What are your thoughts on the Writers' Guild strike? When do you think this will be resolved, and what do you predict will be the outcome? Will there be any winners or losers?
5. How do you think new media (NFTs, Chatbots, Metaverse, etc.) have altered the landscape of legalities re Fake news/national security?
6. What does intellectual property and legal issues around such look like in the face of AI?
7. What good book are you reading that you would recommend to our listeners?