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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInOrrick hires duo from PwC in London cybersecurity swoop – The Global Legal Post
Orrick has boosted its London cybersecurity capability with the hire of Keily Blair and James Lloyd from Big Four accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as partners. Blair, who headed up PwC’s contentious data protection practice, has experience gained at fellow US law firm Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) as well as magic circle law firm Allen & Overy, where […]
Avi Gesser Joins Debevoise as Partner in the Cybersecurity and White Collar Groups | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Avi Gesser has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Group and the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. via Avi Gesser Joins Debevoise as Partner in the Cybersecurity and White Collar Groups | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
INSIGHT: Four Steps Law Firms Should Take to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks
Law firms are in an especially interesting place vis-à-vis cybersecurity—many are expanding cybersecurity practices to help clients, but at the same time they themselves are attractive targets for cyber criminals. Many law firms are building and expanding practice areas around cybersecurity as clients look for legal counsel on breach preparedness and response, regulatory requirements, and […]
Top Privacy Partner Joins McDermott As Cyber Practice Head (1)
McDermott Will & Emery has hired the co-chair of BakerHostetler’s blockchain technologies and digital currencies team as its global head of privacy and cybersecurity practice in Washington. An experienced privacy and cybersecurity attorney, Laura Jehl has spent the past three decades handling complex data security incidents and led investigations both in-house and in private practice. […]
Ex-Obama Official Lisa Monaco Joins O’Melveny as Data Security and Privacy Co-Chair | National Law Journal
Lisa Monaco, a veteran official of Washington’s highest levels, is joining O’Melveny & Myers as partner and co-chair of the firm’s data security and privacy group. via Ex-Obama Official Lisa Monaco Joins O’Melveny as Data Security and Privacy Co-Chair | National Law Journal.
MoFo Nabs Head of Proskauer’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group
Morrison & Foerster has hired the head of Proskauer’s privacy & cybersecurity group to join its growing privacy and data security practice. Kristen Mathews, a veteran of cybersecurity law, has joined MoFo as a partner in its New York office. Her move is the latest in a string of recent lateral hires in that office— […]
Baker & Hostetler Steps In for Marriott in Data Breach Class Actions | Law.com
On Tuesday, Baker & Hostetler’s Daniel Warren, a partner in Cleveland, filed a court appearance to represent Marriott before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which is hearing arguments on Jan. 31 in Miami over whether to coordinate the cases spurred by the event. Lawyers have filed about 50 class actions since the breach, which compromised […]
Polsinelli Adds 4-Lawyer Data Breach Team as Hiring Spree Rolls On | The American Lawyer
Polsinelli has hired a pair of new leaders for its privacy and cybersecurity practice as part of a four-lawyer group coming aboard from Vedder Price. The leaders of the group, Bruce Radke and Michael Waters, are based in Chicago, where the firm has also hired Vedder Price associate Martin McElligott. Litigator John Cleary, another Vedder […]
Orrick Welcomes Aboard 10th Partner Specializing in Cybersecurity Work | The Recorder
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Jennifer Martin to boost its cybersecurity, privacy and data innovation team in Silicon Valley. Martin officially joined Orrick on Monday as the 10th partner in a 17-lawyer group at the firm dedicated to cybersecurity, privacy and data protection matters…. via Orrick Welcomes Aboard 10th Partner Specializing in Cybersecurity Work […]
Perkins Coie Adds Former National Security and Cybercrimes Chief to Chicago White Collar Practice | Perkins Coie
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Christopher K. Veatch has joined the firm’s White Collar & Investigations practice group as a partner in the Chicago office. Chris joins the firm from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he was most recently Chief of the National Security & Cybercrimes Section at the U.S. Attorney’s […]
Jackson Lewis Teams Up With Data Breach Management Firm | Bloomberg BNA
If your computer gets hacked, you’d probably call a cybersecurity expert rather than a lawyer. However, a June 20 agreement between Merchants Information Solutions and law firm Jackson Lewis ensures that legal advice will be part of Merchants’ response when data breaches strike its customers. Under the arrangement, subscribers to Merchants’ SmartIDentity for Business Program […]
In Corporate Cyber-risk Planning, Legal Takes the Helm | Law.com
Among the most valuable lessons the session hopes to instill in its attendees is that “legal is going to have to take the lead role in going through a response,” Rizzolo said. “It’s really the legal department that’s going to have to marshal the troops.” Though coordinating and leading an incident response plan may seem […]
Morrison & Foerster Nabs DOJ Security Expert John Carlin – Law Blog – WSJ
Morrison & Foerster LLP is the latest winner in the government-departure sweepstakes, hiring John Carlin, the top national security lawyer at the Justice Department, to be a partner at the firm. via Morrison & Foerster Nabs DOJ Security Expert John Carlin – Law Blog – WSJ
Top Homeland Security Official Joins Goodwin Procter’s Cyber Practice – Law Blog – WSJ
Karen Neuman, the former chief privacy officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has returned to the private sector as a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP. Ms. Neuman joins the firm in Washington D.C., where she will be the only former government official in the privacy and cybersecurity group. She will be counseling companies on […]
What Attorneys Can Learn from History’s Largest Data Breach | Professional Liability Advocate
The MF data breach represents a sea change in the management of client data by law firms. The bar for safeguarding client data has risen. All attorneys must now consider the potential pitfalls of maintaining “historical” data on their servers, the implementation of notifications when files are accessed and protocols for issuing client disclosures when […]