Internet, privacy law, data security, and intellectual property attorney.
Internet, privacy law, data security, and intellectual property attorney.
Collaborated with high profile clients to set client expectations and execute both non-litigation and litigation strategies for complex cases including online defamation, domain name disputes, and copyright and trademark issues. Counseled several clients on various John Doe Suits including anonymous cyber-smear campaigns, online bullying, and anonymous text message harassment.
Provided legal counsel and representation for start-ups, privately-held businesses, and non-profits on corporate structure and online legal strategy with an emphasis on defensive cyber security initiatives and implementation, social media compliance and implementation, corporate governance, intellectual property due diligence (e.g. copyright protection and defense and trademark filings, prosecution, licensing agreements, and ICANN domain name disputes.
Focus includes: corporate formation and governance, transactional IP and IP portfolio valuation, development, & protection, E-commerce regulation, terms of use, privacy policies, domain disputes, developer licensing agreements & EULA’s, cyber squatting, online defamation and cyber-bullying, trade libel, data breach, & data privacy.
• Pioneered go-to-market social media best practices and website compliance strategies for attorneys, politicians, and financial professionals under various regulatory agencies including: Americans with Disability Act web accessibility, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, FINRA, and the Federal Trade Commission. Presented numerous seminars to clients and professional organizations on the legal and ethical issues surrounding social media.
• Consulted with a local police department on information security including how to preserve, obtain, analyze electronic evidence, draft appropriate subpoenas and law enforcement requests to comply with US and foreign laws.
• Designed and lead cyber-security audit and governance programs focused on raising awareness of organizational risk across a variety of highly-regulated professionals to identify areas potentially vulnerable to privacy violations, ethics violations, cyber intrusion, cyber identity issues, and intellectual property rights
