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Is OpenClaw a Legal Liability Nightmare? Some Attorney Perspectives
Closing Keynote

Tech Theater 1

Starts: May 6, 2026 4:00 pm
Ends: 5:00 pm
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Is OpenClaw a Legal Liability Nightmare? Some Attorney Perspectives

OpenClaw (formerly known as ClawdBot and MoltBot) is an open-source, self-hosted AI agent framework that runs directly on a user’s workstation, virtual machine, or container. It acts as an autonomous personal assistant, capable of interacting with local files, running shell commands, browsing the web, and integrating with various applications such as Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, and Gmail.

While designed for productivity, its rapid rise in popularity in early 2026 was accompanied by severe security warnings, with researchers labeling it an “absolute nightmare” or “disaster” for cybersecurity.  Not surprisingly, those cybersecurity risks translate into legal ones. In this presentation, we’ll analyze them and determine what legal counsel can do to help you mitigate them.

Speakers

Scott Giordano

Partner & Co-Founder, The CISO Law Firm

Scott M. Giordano is an attorney with more than 25 years of legal, technology, and risk management consulting experience. An IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy and AI Governance Professional (AIGP), a Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP), and a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Scott is a partner at The CISO Law Firm, a firm dedicated to representing CISOs and other cybersecurity team leaders. Prior to starting his firm, he served as General Counsel of Spirion LLC, a privacy technology firm. There Scott also served as the company’s subject matter expert on multinational data protection and its intersection with technology, export compliance, internal investigations, information governance, and risk management. Prior to joining Spirion, he served as Director, Data Protection, for Robert Half Legal and established the global privacy program for Esterline Technologies Corporation in Bellevue, WA. During his career, Scott has held senior positions at several legal technology firms and is listed as co-inventor on Intelligent Searching of Electronically Stored Information, patent no. 13/842,910. In addition, he taught the first law school course anywhere on electronic evidence and e-discovery. Scott is a member of the bar in Washington state, California, and the District of Columbia.

John Barker, Esq.

Co-Founder & Partner, The CISO Law Firm

John Barker, Esq., Co-Founder & Partner at The CISO Law Firm, is a cybersecurity and AI attorney and global innovation and compliance expert with 20+ years of global AI-enabled innovation in professional decision support (accounting, healthcare, legal, regulatory & tax) in North America, Europe & Asia Pacific. He maintains knowledge of best practices in compliance and privacy via continuing legal education and certifications from the Compliance Certification Board (CCB®): CCEP®, CHC®, CHRC® & CHPC®. He advises Boards, C-Suites, and senior product team leadership about compliant and ethical AI-enabled innovation. He has spoken at ISC2, InfoSec World, and will be speaking at RSAC 2025. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.