Stephen Black
Email: stephen.black@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 834-1604
Professor Black focuses on cyberlaw, entrepreneurship, and tax issues (including international and IP taxation).
Before he began teaching, Professor Black was a principal shareholder in a tax boutique, where he was involved in domestic and international tax planning. He is a frequent speaker in the U.S. and abroad on topics involving the intersection of cyberlaw, intellectual property, business, and taxation.
Professor Black received a B.S. from Brigham Young University, a J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark Law School, and an LL.M in Taxation from the University of Washington. He was named a Visiting Scholar at the National University of Singapore, Division of Engineering & Technology Management, and has been involved with the boards of several professional and nonprofit organizations.
He began coding at age 12, works with students on entrepreneurship technology, loves the bass and tenor ukulele, and is drawn to all things involving wind and water (including kiting and sailing).
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Education
- B.S., Brigham Young University
- J.D., Brigham Young University
- LL.M., University of Washington
Courses
- Income Taxation
- Technology Transfer Taxation
- Transactional Practice (experiential simulation)
- Energy Law
Recent Publications
Who Owns Your Data? 54 Indiana Law Review 305 (2021).
CyberDamages, 36 Santa Clara High Tech. L.J. 1 (2020).
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Recent Presentations
Latest Hacking News Podcast #241: Cyber Law with Steve Black, Professor of Law (March 18, 2019) https://latesthackingnews.com/2019/03/18/latest-hacking-news-podcast-241/
Cyberlaw and Liability, Texas Tech University Office of the CIO Security Meeting (December 13, 2018).
Cyberlaw: Year in Review, Tech Day (October 25, 2018).
Cybersecurity and the Law, Texas Tech University – Costa Rica (May 16 and 17, 2018).
Cyberlaw: Year in Review, ShmooCon (January 20, 2018).
School of Law
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Address
Texas Tech University School of Law, 3311 18th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79409-0004 -
Phone
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Email
law@ttu.edu