Privacy & Cybersecurity

Weil’s Privacy & Cybersecurity practice leverages the experience of its practitioners in the United States and Europe to provide comprehensive counseling on the full spectrum of privacy and cybersecurity matters. We have extensive experience advising on compliance and risk management, assessing risk in transactions, performing due diligence, assisting in product development, guiding cybersecurity efforts, responding to data security incidents, and defending bet-the-company litigation.

Notable Representations, Key Contacts

We have an uncompromising commitment to providing practical and actionable guidance. We partner with our clients to develop holistic and tailored strategies to mitigate and address business and legal risks in connection with the privacy and cybersecurity aspects of the full range of corporate transactions (in close partnership with Weil’s Private Equity, M&A and Private Funds practices, and Litigation practice), defending government investigations and other privacy-related proceedings, counseling with respect to compliance with a broad array of jurisdiction- and sector-specific privacy and data security laws, and coordinating urgent first-responder assistance in the event of a breach.

Weil lawyers routinely work with clients in the following areas:

Internal investigations and assessments; Restructuring-related privacy representation; EU General Data Protection Regulation; Privacy-related marketing laws (TCPA/CAN-SPAM); Privacy considerations for data sets and AI; Privacy considerations in e-Discovery; Government investigations; California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act; Draft and negotiate corporate transactional documents; Conduct due diligence; Advise on global privacy compliance matters; Existing and emerging state privacy laws; Children's privacy considerations (COPPA/ FERPA / GDPR / CCPA); Data breach response; Biometrics and facial recognition; Privacy-related litigation (including class actions)

Recognizing that a privacy- or cyber-related development can expand to encompass a number of other significant legal issues, our practitioners work closely with attorneys in our White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations, Securities Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Restructuring and Employment practices, among others, to address all aspects of privacy-related risks.

Key Contacts

Randi W. Singer

Partner

New York, Silicon Valley

+1 (212) 310-8152
randi.singer@weil.com

Olivia J. Greer

Partner

New York

+1 (212) 310-8815
olivia.greer@weil.com

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Key Contacts

Media Inquiries
Weil Public Relations

public.relations@weil.com

Christopher Rieck

Director, Communications

+1 (212) 310-6710

Speaking Engagements, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements

Speaking Engagements

The Web Tracking Litigation Tsunami-Trends, Tactics and Tales from the Trenches Speaker(s): David R. Singh
August 30, 2023 — ABA’s Class Actions & Derivative Suits Program – Weil Complex Commercial Litigation partner David Singh participated in a webinar panel discussing trends in the wave of privacy class action litigation arising out of the use of internet tracking tools, titled “The Web Tracking Litigation Tsunami-Trends, Tactics and Tales from the Trenches,” as part ABA’s Class Actions & Derivative Suits CLE Program.
Privacy Hot Topics for 2023 Speaker(s): Barry Fishley, Randi W. Singer, Olivia J. Greer and Briony Pollard
February 23, 2023 — Barry Fishley, Head of Weil’s London Technology & IP Transactions practice, Randi Singer, Head of Weil’s Privacy & Cybersecurity practice, Technology & IP Transactions partner Olivia Greer, and Technology & IP Transactions counsel Briony Pollard delivered a Weil webinar entitled “Privacy Hot Topics for 2023.” They discussed artificial intelligence, U.S. privacy litigation trends, the UK and EU Enforcement landscape, international personal data transfers, U.S. regulatory enforcement, U.S. state laws, and deal trends.