National Security Law and Business

Moderator: Prof Robert E. “Bobby” Bishop, associate professor, Duke Law School Panelists: Ms. Rachael D. Kent, Vice Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group, WilmerHale Prof Timothy Meyer, Richard Allen/Cravath Distinguished Professor in International Business Law, Duke University School of Law Ms. Jennifer S. Zucker, Co-Chair, Government Contracts Practice, Greenberg Trauig, LLP Ms. Caroline E. Brown, Partner, Crowell & Moring, member of the firm’s International Trade groups and serves on the National Security Practice steering committe

A Matter of Public Concern: Wright v. Dorsey and the Need For Speech Protections Beyond Anti-SLAPP Law

Wright v. Dorsey, a recent defamation case, demonstrates the limitations of anti-SLAPP ( Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation ) law and the need for supplemental speech protections. Joshua Wright, an antitrust law practitioner and former professor, sued Elyse Dorsey and Angela Landry for defamation. Dorsey and Landry had claimed that Wright used his position as their professor (and later employer) to pressure them into non-consensual sexual relationships; Wright acknowledged their relationships but claimed they were fully consensual, and that stating otherwise was defamatory. Anti-SLAPP law failed to protect Dorsey and Landry even though Wright\u27s lawsuit was ultimately a SLAPP. To better protect defendants against lawsuits like Wright, anti-SLAPP law should be supplemented by a but-for causation, test which considers whether the plaintiff would have suffered damages had the defendants not made the allegedly defamatory statements

The Military Uses of Artificial Intelligence

Fireside Chat: Lt Gen John N.T. “Jack” Shanahan, USAF (Ret.) former Director of the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Discussant: Prof Gary Corn, Director of the Technology, Law & Security Program and adjunct professor at American University’s Washington College of Law

Leadership Keynote

Introduction: Maj Gen Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Gen. Frank McKenzie, USMC (ret), Executive Director of the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute (former Commander, USCENTCOM; author, The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century (2024)