Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Privacy and cybersecurity guidance to mitigate risk and when necessary, deliver a strong defense in the courtroom.
Cybersecurity and data protection are some of the greatest challenges facing businesses today. Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity group helps clients meet these challenges head on. We take a flexible approach that emphasizes risk mitigation, collaboration with our clients, a practical business-driven perspective to solving problems and, when necessary, a strong defense in the courtroom.
We advise clients on their compliance programs and policies, risk management, and incident preparedness and response. Our litigators routinely handle complex matters, and they bring the same advocacy skills to privacy and data breach litigation. Given our experience in high-profile matters, our team is also skilled in implementing messaging and communication strategies that protect our clients’ interests.
We recognize the importance of cybersecurity and the value of data in today’s marketplace. Our team assists clients with mergers and acquisitions, securities transactions, and commercial agreements that monetize user information. We also advise clients on cybersecurity in connection with reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Our services include:
- Compliance and Risk Assessment
- Director and Officer Liability Investigations and Lawsuits
- Export Controls and CFIUS Compliance
- Incident Preparedness and Response
- Privacy and Data Breach Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions/Corporate Due Diligence
- Regulatory Compliance and Defense
- Technology and IT Commercial Agreements
Latest Updates
Litigation after the Demise of Chevron Deference
July 15, 2024 – As widely anticipated, the Supreme Court last month overruled Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.,1 which directed federal courts to defer to an administrative agency’s “reasonable” interpretation of ambiguous terms in a Congressional statute authorizing the agency to act....
Biometric Privacy Trends in the United States
The United States is seeing a surge in litigation over biometric privacy rights. Most of this litigation is happening under state law, and state attorneys general and private litigants have been bringing lawsuits in record numbers. In particular, there has been an uptick in class action litigation filed under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) (740 ILCS 14/1 et seq.).Recent Developments – U.S. Data Breach Reporting Obligations
In the past few months, the United States has strengthened requirements on businesses and banks to report or disclose data breaches.
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