Privacy & Data Security
Winston takes a strategic approach to privacy and data security, integrating cross-practice capabilities to provide our clients with cutting-edge counseling; trade secret protection and investigations; cybersecurity incident investigations, including breach and ransomware; data-security class action litigation; and international data protection. Our Global Privacy & Data Security Practice features a core team of more than 20 privacy professionals and is bolstered by over 60 attorneys from a variety of other disciplines firmwide. Our team combines compliance counselors, transactional lawyers, former government regulators and federal prosecutors, seasoned investigators, and experienced litigators. Few firms can rival our in-depth, sophisticated, and integrated experience in this area.
Areas of Focus
Sean Wieber and his team are excellent. They know the law inside and out and they take the time to understand your business needs. They provide actionable guidance and enable the client to make informed decisions in oftentimes untenable positions.
Legal 500 US 2024
Resources
Class Action InsiderNotable
Ranked for Cyber Law
Sean Wieber Named a "Litigation Star"
Mary Katherine Kulback Named to Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation List
Winston & Strawn hosted an informative program on high-liability privacy laws, including CCPA and other state laws, BIPA, and TCPA, and provided insight into how to best negotiate contracts that implicate these laws to protect your organization. The presenters also discussed trends in negotiating limitations of liability and indemnification terms and how these provisions may play out in litigation, including in data breach class actions.
Winston & Strawn hosted an informative program on high-liability privacy laws, including CCPA and other state laws, BIPA, and TCPA, and provided insight into how to best negotiate contracts that implicate these laws to protect your organization. The presenters also discussed trends in negotiating limitations of liability and indemnification terms and how these provisions may play out in litigation, including in data breach class actions.