Leveraging Digital Transformation, Innovation & Tech Law Summit 2020
The Innovation and Tech Law Network (ITELAN) is delighted to present you the second edition of her annual Innovation and Tech Law Summit. The Summit last year had over 150 attendees including lawyers, start up companies, tech enthusiasts and regulators. The summit was sponsored by the Lagos State Government (Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation), Uber, AELEX, Startup Lagos, DOA Law, TEMPLARS, ESQ, Pavestones etc. Innovation and Tech Law Summit
Mariam Momodu: Africa’s Legal Millennial
Mariam, a corporate legal practitioner with expertise in international trade law, foreign investment law, anti-corruption and regulation. Mariam is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Toronto where she analyses intra-African trade through the construct of “bottom-up economic integration” facilitated by non-state actors. Mariam is our African legal millennial for this edition.
Before You Sign That Record Deal- Nonso Anyasi
There is no gainsaying that an average African takes pride in being able to perform tasks without external help. The “do-it-yourself” (DIY) mentality. DIY behaviour is often exhibitedwhen one is trying to save costs that would have otherwise beenspent on hiring professionals and experts.
Tisungane Brian Makato: Africa’s Legal Millennial
Tisungane is a Malawian legal practitioner who was called to the Malawian Bar in March 2011. An LLB (Honours) graduate from the University of Malawi; Tisu, as he is popularly known among his family, friends and colleagues, was a British Chevening Scholar at the world-renowned Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee in Scotland, where he graduated with an LLM in Energy Law and Policy with a distinction. He holds the honour of being one of the very few Malawians to graduate with an LLM from the prestigious Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the USA
THIS City Smells The Same by Ezekiel Archibong
Ezekiel Archibong has provided us with a masterful and delicately delivered story bordering on the rigours faced by a young lad pursuing his mandatory year of service while looking to also win at love; at the same time navigating the attendant problems of living on the mainland and working on the island of Lagos state, Nigeria.
The Jurisdiction of Courts in Addressing China’s Liability for the Covid-19 Pandemic under International Law- Augustine Ushie
The recent upsurge of the COVID-19 pandemic and the gross escalation of death toll arising from it has raised certain issues regarding China’s culpability or liability under international law. Countries such as the United States of America and Italy have clamoured to instigate lawsuits against the People’s Republic of China. Likewise, intellectuals, scholars and social commentators have being engaged in heated debates concerning ways in which to seek reprisal against China.
Femi Gbede, Esq: Africa’s Legal Millennial
Millennials across Africa are tremendously impacting the global community. The spirit of excellence is one attribute Femi Gbede, the millennial for this edition possesses. Femi cut his legal teeth at Olaniwun Ajayi LP, a law firm in Lagos, Nigeria, where he garnered significant experience on corporate/transactional law practice and dispute resolution. He has been admitted to the Nigerian and New York bar, currently Femi practices law in the United States. He is an executive officer of the Nigerian Lawyers Association in New York.
Privacy Policy, Data Protection, and Inter-Jurisdictional Enforcement of Data rights; Meeting the Realities of the New Normal (Part 2). By Stanley O. Omotor and Alphayo Ongeri Wycliffe
Generally, the right to privacy has attained a universal status, and countries have enacted various laws to regulate the collection and use of personal data, popular amongst which is the European General Data Protection Regulation 2018. In this part (“part 2”) of this Article series, we will undertake a comparative analysis of the rights of data subjects under the Nigerian and Kenyan legal systems. In part 3 of these Article series, consideration will be on the inter-jurisdiction enforcement of these data rights.
Artificial Intelligence: A Battle for Copyright and Autonomy By Ezekiel OluwasalvageArchibong
AI has had a relatively short life, but it has already produced a significant amount of scholarship and commentary on the subject. From self-driving vehicles and autonomous drones to virtual doctors and automated personal assistants, AI is increasingly the key to significant innovations across almost all segments of society, manifesting itself in vastly different applications and is expected to fundamentally disrupt the way that people live, work and interact with each other.
Profiling the Largest Bar in Africa: The Nigerian Bar Association by Mercy Agbo, Esq
The Structure of the Nigerian Bar Association:
With over 120,000 lawyers on its roll, 125 active branches across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, it is organised into three practise Sections, four Fora, and two Institutes, all supported by one National Secretariat. Its National Secretariat is managed from Abuja. Its organizational Structure comprises a National Executive Committee, a National Officers/ Management Board, Sections, forums, committees, Working Groups and a National Secretariat.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is constituted by the NBA constitution, 2015 (As Amended) which provides for the management, membership, leadership and sections of the NBA. Within that structure, National Executive Committee (NEC) as at July 2019, approved an Organogram, which applies to the NBA matter stating that the NBA president is the head of the administration (day to day) of the NBA.
