Akin

The cybersecurity, privacy and data protection team at Akin stands out for its experience of emerging state privacy statutes, with notable expertise regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act. Its workload includes with counseling clients on compliance with these regulations, and supporting them through any litigation or investigations in the practice area. San Francisco-based Natasha Kohne leads the practice, assisting clients in the development of privacy and security programs to both mitigate risk and respond to cybersecurity events.  Jo-Ellyn Sakowitz Klein is the key name in Washington DC, a go-to for health information privacy matters involving HIPAA and HITECH compliance. In Irvine, Hyongsoon Kim handles consumer and data privacy class action defense, including those involving unfair business practices and false advertising laws. Michelle Reed has left the firm.