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Ryan Garcia
Legal Director
Dell Inc., and Adjunct Professor for Law and Social Media at University of Texas School of Law. He currently provides legal guidance on social media legal issues including FTC endorsement guidelines, rights of publicity, marketing, employment and intellectual property. His current practice focuses on social media, he’s always “looking for a better, simpler way to communicate a legal or technology issue. In the end, I’m just a much easier to understand instruction manual.” Mr. Garcia frequently blogs about social media legal issues at SoMeLaw.wordpress.com. His book, Social Media Law in a Nutshell, is due to be released in June 2017. He has given keynotes and chaired dozens of social media legal conferences around the country. He has also been invited to speak on social media legal topics for the National Conference of State Legislatures, American Bar Association committees, and the Game Developers Conference.