Blank Rome partner Anthony Rapa will serve as a panelist at the American Bar Association Science & Technology Law Section’s 2025 Privacy and Emerging Technology National Institute, being held March 20 through 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
Anthony’s session, “Border Crisis? Avoiding Trouble in Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data,” will take place on Friday, March 21, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
ABOUT THE SESSION
In a digital world that knows no borders, businesses are mobilizing to maximize the value of what could be their most valuable asset: data (including personal data). But that data is continually crossing borders of countries that each require compliance with their own distinct data protection laws. This session will focus on two recent U.S. developments regarding data transfers: (1) the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and (2) the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed rules to implement President Biden’s executive order on preventing countries of concern from accessing U.S. bulk sensitive personal data. The DPF allows U.S. businesses to transfer the data of customers across the Atlantic without running afoul of European data protection laws such as the EU (and parallel UK) General Data Protection Regulation. The proposed restrictions on bulk sensitive personal data exports are more targeted and affect the transfer of large quantities of personal data to particular countries (and persons/entities associated with those countries) that are deemed to present a potential risk to U.S. national security.
Panelists:
- Moderator: Paul Lanois, Director, Fieldfisher; Adjunct Faculty, University of California College of the Law San Francisco; San Francisco, CA
- Deborah A. Curtis, Partner, Arnold & Porter; former CIA Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Investigations; former Deputy Chief for Export Controls and Sanctions, Justice Department National Security Division; Washington, D.C.
- Devin A. DeBacker, Chief, Foreign Investment Review Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Washington, D.C.
- Anthony Rapa, Partner and Co-Chair, International Trade Practice Group, Blank Rome LLP; Washington, D.C.
Other sessions include:
- Salt Typhoon and Other Catastrophic Cybersecurity Threats
- A World of Hurt: Legal Issues and Analysis in Current AI Applications
- Identity Crisis? Sensitive Data, Children, and De[1]Identification
- Online Tracking Technologies and the Digital Marketplace
- Keeping Track of Employees in a Digital World
- Critical and Emerging Technology Policy: Innovation from Concept to Market in a Rapidly Evolving World
- State of Confusion: How to Make Sense of Continually Emerging State Privacy Laws
- Will AI Govern Us? The Role of Regulation in Shaping the World’s Digital Future
- Perfect Storm: Legal Challenges in Emergency Preparedness
- Quantum Leap: Quantum, Transformation of Encryption, and More
CLE credit is available.
For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage.
Photo: Anthony Rapa (fourth from left) on Border Crisis panel at the American Bar Association Science & Technology Law Section’s 2025 Privacy and Emerging Technology National Institute, March 21, 2025.
