HCBA Lawyer Magazine No. 33, Issue 2 | Page 52

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Military & Veterans Affairs Committee Chairs : ­Robert­Barton­ – Rumberger­Kirk­ & ­Janae­Thomas­ – Quinteros , ­Prieto , ­Wood­and­Boyer , ­P . A .

The advent of cyberspace has brought with it novel and complex legal practices . global , networked information technologies facilitate and accelerate most productive human activities . Likewise , they enable methods to damage people ’ s finances , reputations , and emotions in ways unforeseen before those forattorneysinthemilitary andnationalsecurity communities , thedevelopment ofoffensivecyberspace operationspresentsperhaps themostexcitingofthese legalpractices .

technologies ’ creation . Law cannot hope to keep pace with these rapid changes to enhance the admirable aspects of cyberspace while diminishing the undesirable , but the effort is essential , and for legal professionals , exciting .
For attorneys in the military and national security communities , the development of offensive cyberspace operations presents perhaps the most exciting of these legal practices . Unlike torts , contracts , property , and so many fields , there are not decades , much less centuries , of guiding legal
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