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The prospect of enhanced data privacy regulation at the federal level, coupled with extensive media coverage of recent high-profile cyber-attacks and security breaches, have led many organizations in both the public and private sectors to focus increased attention on cybersecurity. The heightened concern is justified: the consequences of failing to appropriately mitigate cyber vulnerabilities can be devastating.
Cybersecurity threats continue to expand and change with increasingly sophisticated attackers (and in some cases, nation states) targeting financial and healthcare systems, industrial control systems and other parts of critical infrastructure. The rules directed to protecting customer or employee data, however, are complex and vary by industry as well as by jurisdiction. To further complicate matters, companies that do business online or outside of the U.S. are governed by still more rules and regulations, and Congress and state legislatures continue to debate additional requirements for data use and security.
We work with our clients regarding the privacy of their data to make sure they’re aware of, and in compliance with, the extensive and changing federal, state and foreign privacy and data use and security requirements. For example, we prepare and revise Internet, user and customer privacy policies; counsel clients regarding industry-specific privacy requirements; and assist clients addressing customer and other privacy complaints or data breaches. We advise clients regarding company policies and procedures for compliance with state data breach and notice laws. We draft terms-of-use agreements and other warnings and contracts to protect and limit the use of data made available to customers and users. We also prepare data licensing agreements and other licenses and contracts relating to data use.
We understand the challenges in assessing and identifying cybersecurity risks, and can help clients develop strategies to address them. Our attorneys have long advised clients on legal issues related to privacy protection, the prevention and mitigation of data breaches, and general enterprise security. The members of our Washington, D.C.-based office are especially well-positioned to help organizations understand and influence legislative and regulatory developments in this emerging area. We have advised on and litigated traditional privacy claims such as claims to false light, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, and the right of publicity. We have also litigated data hacking and misuse cases.
Blog Posts
Supreme Court Will Again Consider Agency Authority in a TCPA Case
Fifteen Attorneys General Ask Congress Not to Replace State Privacy Laws With Federal Law
BIPA Update: Illinois Is One Step Closer to Amending How Damages Accrue under BIPA!
BIPA Update: Another Amendment Attempt for Illinois Privacy Law
California AG Announces Second Settlement Under the California Consumer Privacy Act
California Chamber Seeks State Supreme Court Review of Privacy Act Enforcement
NY Department of Financial Services Updates Regulations on Cybersecurity
FTC Issues Final Rule on New Breach Notice Requirement for Non-Bank Financial Institutions
CPPA’s Deputy Director of Enforcement Promises Vigorous Action by Expanded Enforcement Staff
SEC releases long-awaited proposal to revise Regulation S-P
Publications
BIPA UPDATE: Illinois Adopts Reform Limiting Potential Claims (and Damages) in Litigation
BIPA Update: Illinois Senate’s BIPA Amendment Passes the House
Silbergeld, Elalami Cover What You Need to Know About Biometric Data Violations for Daily Journal
Illinois Supreme Court holds that a five-year statute of limitations will apply to all BIPA Claims
Illinois Supreme Court ruling curtails prominent BIPA defense
How to guarantee bad performance from your vendors
New laws may give fiduciaries power to access digital assets
Summary and implications of proposed 'Counteracting Russian Hostilities Act of 2017'
TCLE
The Value of Cyber and Privacy Diligence
Safeguarding the Data and Your Compliance Program – USED and GLBA
DOJ Cyber Fraud Initiative - Cyber Faces the FCA Hammer
Why Illinois Privacy and Cyber Developments Matter Nationwide
10 Ways To Avoid Cyber & Privacy Lawsuits
Complying with the Revised FTC Safeguards Rule: Lessons from the New York Experience
The Revised FTC Safeguards Rule - What It Means and Why It Is More Important Than You Might Think
California Privacy: CCPA and Beyond
Returning to Work During COVID-19: Employment and Privacy Law Considerations
CMMC and 800-171 in Government Contracting and Higher Education
Election Day Impacts for Cyber and Privacy
Protecting the Ever-Increasing Endpoints in Higher Education
In the Cyber Cross-hairs: Protecting High-Profile Targets
CCPA for Financial Institutions
Using GDPR to Prepare for CCPA, and Vice-Versa
Colleges Held for Ransom: Responding to a Ransomware Attack
Dealing with Vendors and Data Security
You Don’t Know What You’re Missing: Motivating Performance Through Service Level Agreements
News
Tonya Oliver Rose Discusses Healthcare's Cybersecurity and Staffing Challenges
Tonya Oliver Rose Discusses When to Tap Legal Counsel
Luke Sosnicki Shares Insights on Legal Challenges to Website Tracking Tools
Luke Sosnicki on CPPA Policy Around Artificial Intelligence
Evan Goldfarb Named a 2023 Women, Influence and Power in Law Award Winner
Luke Sosnicki on New California Agency Enforcement Priorities
Shreve Speaks to National Law Journal on Transatlantic Data Privacy Protection
Jim Shreve talks cybersecurity and higher education with University Business
Jennifer Visintine named a 2019 Missouri Up & Coming lawyer
DCP wins important copyright case
Jim Shreve joins Thompson Coburn as cybersecurity chair
Scottrade wins dismissal of data breach class action in the 8th Circuit
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