Alex Reese

Partner at Farella Braun + Martel


Alex Reese is a partner at the law firm Farella Braun + Martel, specializing in representing individuals and companies of all sizes on technology-related disputes. He has counseled more than a dozen data analytics companies regarding the scope of anti-scraping laws and is frequently adverse to large technology platforms in negotiating his clients’ rights to use and analyze data. He also regularly represents startups, company founders, venture capital firms, and other privately held companies on a wide range of matters.

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Web Scraping, AI, and Evolving Legal Landscapes

For many years HiQlabs v. Linkedin legal battle was the case that the whole scraping community closely followed. As this case has already ended, the panel will discuss what are the next cases that our industry should keep its eyes on and why. Also, since in 2022 and 2023, a tremendous AI boom happened, we will touch upon some legal issues and questions that arise when AI and web scraping come into question.

From this panel discussion, you’ll learn:

  • Next legal cases that could impact the web scraping industry;

  • High-level points about best legal practices in web scraping;

  • The key legal challenges of web scraping for AI-related purposes.