allison@mitre.arpa (Burgess Allison) (02/13/86)
I've thought all along it was real good idea to do these introductions,
but then I took forever to do my own. Enclosed herewith please find ...
My name is Burgess Allison. I'm an attorney; I practiced for a couple
of years in Delaware, but after about 10 years of decidedly non-standard
job offers sending me through a strange and bizarre career path (not
unlike Adventure's maze of twisty passages all different), I am now a
member of the technical staff at MITRE (Washington, D.C.).
I'm the author of a column called "Technology Update," which is published
eight times a year by the American Bar Association's Section on Law
Practice. The column is mostly news and events on the technologies that
are used in the legal community, but I also get to do some rather heavy-
footed stomping around with rumors, idle speculation, and reflections
on the internacine strife that is found in such rampant abundance these
days in the DP marketplace. It's a lot of fun.
Most of the work I'm doing these days is in OA, PCs, LANs, laser printers
and interconnectivity; but occasionally they call me in when they've got
a question on the legal implications of using a specific technology in
a specific setting. My interests cover all aspects of technologies'
application in legal issues, and of the law's application in technology
issues.
Please keep up the interaction on INFO-LAW. I think that the questions
and answers, both from experts and neophytes, are useful for all of us
to hear.
Burgess <m15126%mwvm@mitre.ARPA>Webster.PA@xerox.com (02/13/86)
I also have procrastinated on introducing myself. My name is Tom Webster, and I am employed by Xerox as a patent counsel at its Palo Alto Reasearch Center (PARC). Tom