Cyber/Data/Privacy

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Why Cooley

50+ lawyers globally counseling on privacy, cybersecurity and data protection matters
Holistic approach to compliance and security, built to preserve and protect enterprise value
Market leading privacy and data breach litigation

cyber

24x7 incident response team
Advised on dozens of security incidents in 2018
Brokered contracts with a variety of forensic, cybersecurity, crisis communication and related companies for urgent incident response situations
Team includes former Commissioner for the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency
Defended eBay and LinkedIn data breach class actions

data

GDPR, governance, outsourcing, licensing and more
Global creation, use and commercialization strategies
Retention, security and destruction programs

privacy

Privacy Group of the Year by Law360 and The Recorder
50+ class actions in recent years for clients including Google, Facebook, Instagram, Sony, Tesla

Legal 500: Cyber Law (including data protection and privacy)
Legal 500: Risk Advisory – Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
Chambers: Privacy & Data Security
Chambers: Privacy & Data Security Team of the Year shortlist (2015, 2017, 2018)
Law360: Privacy Practice Group of the Year (2011, 2013 – 2017, 2020)
The Recorder: Privacy Litigation Department of the Year (2015, 2017)
American Lawyer: Litigation Department of the Year Honorable Mention
Law360: Litigation Powerhouse
Michael Rhodes: Seven-Time Law360 MVP (December 2017)

24x7 Incident Response

In the event of a suspected data incident, members of Cooley's data incident and breach response team can be reached at

incident.response@cooley.com

+1 844 476 1248

+44 (0) 20 7556 4567

Privacy MVP

Michael Rhodes named an MVP in the “Cybersecurity & Privacy” category for seven consecutive years, the first and only US lawyer to be honored with seven-time Law360 MVP status

Companies with users in the tens of millions to hundreds of millions, including Facebook, Google and LinkedIn, have called on Cooley to handle suits brought under decades old privacy laws which carry statutory damages of hundreds and thousands of dollars per violation. – The Recorder