Technology Law Update 2026

Roger is a Special Member at the Philadelphia office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of intellectual property, data privacy compliance advice, and software and technology contracts. He helps clients secure, protect, enforce, and maintain trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and software and technology assets. His work focuses on the use and infringement of copyrighted works and trademarks online, where he helps his clients enforce their rights against elusive bad actors, while also defending against third-party claims. He counsels on advertising matters online and through social media, as well as on issues involving promotional emails and automated telephone or text message communications. With respect to licensing and other transactions involving software and cloud-based solutions, he has experience in drafting and negotiating agreements in a variety of industries. He also is experienced in counseling clients on how to comply with data privacy and protection laws, and assists clients in keeping contracts and privacy policies compliant and up to date with new regulations related to the processing of personal information. Roger is the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Trademarks and the Internet Committee, and received his J.D. from Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law.

Matthew J. Hamilton is a civil litigator and ediscovery counsel with more than 28 years of experience representing clients in complex pharmaceutical and medical products liability, data breach, antitrust, and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of federal multidistrict litigation (MDL), coordinated state court actions, class actions, and other complex matters. His practice encompasses all phases of eDiscovery, from preservation and collection to cost-effective review and production. Matt is certified in legal project management and legal lean sigma, with a singular focus on client value.

Rich Peirce focuses his practice on trademark, copyright, Internet, and e-commerce issues. These include issues related to Internet brand protection strategies, online brand disputes, content moderation and user generated content, online defamation and product disparagement disputes, search engine advertising, website linking, CAN-SPAM, copyright disputes and fair use, social media, false advertising, website policies and privacy, licensing, domain name disputes, and the FTC guidelines on the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising.
Rich is an adjunct professor of law at Temple University School of Law, where he teaches Law of Electronic Commerce and Advertising and Marketing Law.

Mr. Wilf practices technology and intellectual property as the managing partner of Wilftek LLC. The majority of his work has been in information technology, including software and hardware, cloud, ecommerce, mobile and blockchain technologies, as well as data privacy and other compliance work. He also works in the chemicals, electronics, and pharmaceuticals industries. He works with clients of all sizes (one-person startups to Fortune 500 to Global 10,000) to develop strategies for the protection of their intellectual property, including patents (not a patent agent), trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, industrial designs and mask works (semiconductor designs). He also works with charities and other non-profit entities. Mr. Wilf has taught copyright law and cyberlaw as an adjunct professor at Rutgers Law School, and was formerly the editor of a four-volume treatise, “Computer Software: Protection / Liability / Law / Forms” (Thomson Reuters). He plans and speaks at continuing legal education seminars on technology and intellectual property; including several CLE seminars going back to the 1990s. He may be reached at [email protected], and his firm may be found online at www.wilftek.com.

Lewis Sorokin is an associate attorney at Wilftek, a boutique technology and intellectual property firm in Ardmore, PA, where his practice focuses on technology contracts, intellectual property licensing, and AI governance. A frequent speaker and writer at the intersection of tech, IP, and the arts, he has presented for PBI, Drexel University, West Chester University, WXPN’s Non-CommVention, the Trenton Computer Festival, and several bar associations. He has served as an adjunct professor at Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, teaching Music Industry Contracts and Legal Issues. He is also the author of This Week in AI, a newsletter covering developments in artificial intelligence. Lewis has received honors including Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, and the ABA Intellectual Property Law Section’s Young Lawyer Fellowship. He also serves on the ABA-IPL Content Advisory Board and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association IP Section board as Vice Chair and Copyright Committee Head.

Hunter B. Schenck provides legal services to businesses and individuals in the areas of litigation and real estate. Her practice largely focuses on landlord/tenant matters including leases, evictions, ejectments, and accompanying issues. She also focuses on collections, mechanics liens, and helping home improvement contractors. In 2024, Hunter was unanimously elected to Shareholder in recognition and honor of her legal practice. Hunter has participated in multiple trials in both a solo and co-counsel capacity. She tried a week-long federal jury trial that resulted in a verdict of almost $1 million for the client. Hunter enjoys the opportunity to enter the courtroom and wants to help her clients obtain their ideal outcome for each case. Hunter was selected as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for her fourth consecutive year in 2024. She was elected to the Board of the York County Bar Association in 2023 and has continued as a member of the Membership, CLE, and Law Day Committees. She is also a member of the Herbert Cohen Inns of Court. She received the York County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Award in 2021. In 2020, Hunter was the Chair of the Young Lawyers Section. Hunter serves as the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Zone 3 Co-Chair and is also a member of the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee and Technology Committee. Hunter was a member of the 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 Bar Stools Cast, a parody musical that serves as a fundraiser for the York County Bar Foundation and the Belmont Theatre. She is Second Vice Regent of the Colonel James Smith – Yorktown Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Hunter joined the Board of The Grotto in 2022. Hunter is a Life Member of the Penn State Alumni Association and is a founding member of the Penn State York Women’s Philanthropic Network. She joined the Penn State Law Alumni Society Board in 2020. She completed her Juris Doctorate from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law in 2014, where she was a member of the American Association for Justice Trial Advocacy Team, Moot Court Board (Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot), Trial Advocacy Board, and Phi Delta Phi John Reed Inn (Notarius).

Jennifer Ellis is an attorney licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and the principal of Jennifer Ellis, JD, LLC, a law practice management and technology consulting firm. Her legal practice focuses on ethics, and her consulting work assists lawyers and legal organizations with technology selection, implementation, and risk management, including cybersecurity and the practical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice.
Jennifer has extensive experience in legal education and professional development and has worked closely with bar associations and continuing legal education providers on the development and presentation of programs for lawyers at all stages of practice. She regularly speaks and writes on legal ethics, law practice management, and emerging technology issues, with an emphasis on helping lawyers evaluate new tools realistically and responsibly. Her work emphasizes clarity, accuracy, and ethical judgment, particularly where law and technology intersect. Find Jennifer online at jlellis.net.

Chair and Managing Member of CODISCOVR, Nicole Marie Gill works with attorneys and clients firmwide to develop efficient and effective discovery management strategies tailored to the case at hand. Leveraging advanced technologies and analytics, she manages complex and high-profile eDiscovery projects and routinely navigates data and privacy protection laws across many jurisdictions, both domestic and foreign.
Nicole Gill participates in 26(f) conferences; negotiates agreements and stipulations establishing parties’ obligations with respect to preserving, searching, and producing electronically stored information (ESI); directs use of artificial intelligence (AI) in discovery; and negotiates technology assisted review (TAR) and predictive coding protocols. She also advises on collection methodology, search and retrieval methodology, FRE 502(d) orders, and production specifications and develops internal and external discovery guidelines addressing each phase of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). Additionally, Nicole is involved in discovery-related motion practice, including the drafting of affidavits in support of cost-shifting. She also implements quality control procedures to mitigate risk and counsels both clients and colleagues on issues related to eDiscovery, information governance, and data management.
Nicole has written the ABA’s book on eDiscovery – Best Practices for E-Discovery: A Practical Handbook – which has been featured in eDiscovery Today. She is also a regular columnist for Thomson Reuters, where she addresses and navigates novel eDiscovery issues. She is a member of the Sedona Conference and is currently part of the WG6 Drafting Committee focused on exploring data privacy issues related to the exportation of data from the People’s Republic of China. The leading think tank on eDiscovery law and practice, the Sedona Conference’s commentaries are regularly cited by judges and significantly influence the development of rules of evidence and civil procedure for federal and state courts. Nicole has written articles appearing in numerous legal publications, including The Legal Intelligencer, Bloomberg Law, andThe Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly. She has spoken on numerous eDiscovery-related panels at the country’s most reputable conferences, including Georgetown Law’s Advanced eDiscovery Institute, the International Legal Technology Association’s EVOLVE conference, the Construction Super Conference, the Sedona Conference, the Master’s Conference, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Annual Conference, and Law.com’s Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference. Nicole is also a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of Women in eDiscovery and is on the firm’s Women’s Initiative Executive Committee.