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Ms Miriam Wugmeister
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Work Department
Privacy + Data Security
Position
Global Co-chair
Career
Few lawyers in the world have Miriam Wugmeister’s breadth and understanding of privacy and data security laws, obligations, and practices. Co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s market-leading Global Privacy and Data Security Group and ranked among the top in the profession by all major directories, Ms. Wugmeister is regularly called upon by some of the world’s largest and most complex multinational organizations to confront their most difficult U.S. and international privacy challenges, and develops cutting-edge solutions for clients that marry legal compliance with business realities.
Having helped hundreds of clients respond to data security incidents, Ms. Wugmeister has worked on several of the most noteworthy and largest data security incidents over the past few years. She has been praised as “a hugely enthusiastic individual who clearly loves what she does” by her clients to Legal 500, which recently named Morrison & Foerster as the 2015 Cyber Crime Firm of the Year. Ms. Wugmeister also works with dozens of companies to develop comprehensive customized incident response plans, training staff, conducting extensive table top exercises, and addressing key issues with Boards of Directors and executive management.
Ms. Wugmeister advises organizations on the planning and execution of complex global compliance efforts, assists in the negotiation of strategic deals, and defends regulatory and litigation matters relating to privacy and data security in the U.S. and internationally. She regularly provides advice on data security breach issues; the global collection, use, sharing of employee, customer, vendor, and consumer personal information; ediscovery and monitoring conflicts; social media issues; and cloud computing deals, as well as on developing data security policies and procedures and cybersecurity preparedness and response plans. She also advises clients on cutting-edge consumer privacy issues surrounding emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), telematics, and big data.
As leader of the Global Privacy Alliance (GPA), Ms. Wugmeister encourages the rational development of privacy laws around the world and monitors privacy practices, laws, and regulations globally. On behalf of the GPA’s members, she takes an active role in anticipating upcoming privacy legislation and educating regulators on the commercial implications of proposed regulations. Ms. Wugmeister developed the firm’s Privacy Library and the MoFoNotes subscription database so that organizations can keep apprised of privacy and data security compliance requirements in jurisdictions around the world. She is also co-editor of Global Employee Privacy and Data Security Law, Second Edition (BNA Books, 2011).
Education
Brandeis University (B.S.)
Boston University School of Law (J.D.)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
(Hall of Fame)Morrison Foerster‘s privacy and data security offer ‘does not merely practice law but understand the spectrum of challenges and solutions in a cyber data incident‘. The team is recommended for its global reach, counseling clients on international privacy compliance requirements alongside particular skill handling cross-border transfers of data. Practice head Miriam Wugmeister, based in New York, ‘brings a calm confidence to any crisis‘. Cybersecurity incidents are a key area of Wugmeister’s practice, bolstered by AI and data ethics expertise. In Boston, Julie O’Neill works at the intersection of privacy and consumer protection law, creating compliance programs and advising on the privacy aspects of large M&A deals. The implications of US state data privacy laws and their compliance requirements are an area of expertise for Kristen Mathews
in New York, who has experience with clients in the media, retail, technology, and philanthropic sectors. Also in New York, Marian Waldmann Agarwal stands out for her business and in-house experience, making her a go-to for clients seeking to establish and build their privacy programs. In California, San Francisco-based litigator Tiffany Cheung offers notable expertise regarding biometric information security, while Purvi Patel, in Los Angeles, is experienced in cases involving businesses’ collection of personally identifiable information; both are skilled in class action litigation in the practice area. Alex Iftimie departed the practice in July 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Hall of Fame United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Government > State attorneys general
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)