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VALERIE SEDALLIAN

ATTORNEY AT LAW

Areas of practice : Business, computer and information technology law including advice and litigation.

BIOGRAPHY

Born Lyon June 11^th, 1966.

Admitted to Bar 1992, Paris, where she  worked as an associate in law firms engaged in general business law, before she deciding to set up her own law office and dedicate her practice to the field of computer and new information technology law, with special emphasis on the Internet.
 

Formation

Sceaux University of Law of Paris XI (Maîtrise Private Law 1989), University of Paris I (DEA Business Law 1990), Professional Center of Formation of Attorneys of the Court of Appeal of Paris (C.A.P.A. 1991).

Languages

French and English.

Author, speaker:

Author of numerous articles and books, among them :

Droit de l’Internet , éditions Net Press, 1997, ISBN 2-9510901-0-2.

26^th conference of the International Bar Association, Berlin, October 23^rd, 1996 , Media Law Committee  » Censoring the Internet : a lawyer’s deceit « , speech on :  » Controlling illegal content over the Internet : the French situation « .

Comments on the Yahoo France Case :
Remarks on the May 22, 2000 French Court’s ruling, Juriscom.net, 24 octobre 2000, Cahiers Droit de l’Informatique et des Réseaux, novembre 2000

Comments on the November 20, 20000 French Court’s Ruling, Juriscom.net, janvier 2001, Cahiers Lamy Droit de l’Informatique et des Réseaux, décembre 2000

Comments on the liability of research tools , Cahier Lamy Droit de l’informatique et des réseaux, mai 2000

Proof and electronic signature, 4th French-German seminar organized by the Association des avocats conseils d’entreprises and the deutscher anwalt verein on « Law and New technologies », April 14-15, 2000

International Congress on Information Technology Security, 4-5 June 1998, Paris, speech on : « Questions raised by key-escrow systems ».

2nd French-American Conference on Law and Artificial Intelligence, 11-12 June 1998, Nice, speech on : « The Internet and the evolution of legal practice : a lawyer’s experience ».

« Quel cadre juridique pour l’Internet « , conference Euroforum, Paris January 28th and 29^th 1997 speech on : « L’Utilisation d’Internet dans l’entreprise « .

Author of various papers and articles : Revue de la CNEJITA (Compagnie Nationale des Experts Judiciaires en Informatique et techniques Associées), Computer and Telecoms Law review, Semaine Juridique, Lamy Informatique, Juriscom.net.

Editor since 1996 of LIJ, a law Web site.

Various activities :

Member of the Editorial Board of the Computer and Telecom Law Review.

Member of the Association of Avocats Conseils d’Entreprises.

In charge of the law Committee of the French Chapter of the Internet society (ISOC)

Contributing to many working committees on Internet regulation.

Lecturer at the Center of Formation of the Court of Appeal of Paris and at Law University of Nanterre and Law University of Poitiers.

Speaker on conferences on Internet law.

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