BakerHostetler‘s digital assets and data management team handles a range of privacy concerns, counselling clients in the healthcare, hospitality and ecommerce sectors in their compliance responsibilities alongside supporting them through ransomware attacks and any class action litigation which follows. Team head Theodore J. Kobus III, based in New York, leverages extensive experience in the practice area to handle regulatory defense for high profile clients with a focus on healthcare clients. Cincinatti-based Craig Hoffman is sought after for his expertise regarding payment card security incidents; in Houston, Lynn Sessions handles both cybersecurity incident response and the regulatory investigations arising from these incidents. Casie Collignon leads the Denver-based team, and is particularly recommended for privacy class action defense; Denver colleague Paul Karlsgodt heads the national privacy and data risk class action and litigation team.  The Los Angeles team is headed by Jennifer Mitchell, whose compliance experience supports clients in highly regulated sectors involving sensitive personal information.

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Key clients

  • MedStar
  • Rush
  • The Orvis Company
  • University of California Regents
  • Buzzfeed
  • Marriott International
  • The Vanguard Group
  • Bayview Asset Management, LLC
  • Compass USA
  • Focus Brands LLC
  • Qurate Retail Group
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • The Cleveland Clinic
  • Duke Medicine
  • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • Scripps Health
  • CHRISTUS Health
  • Children’s National Medical Center
  • Kemper Corporation
  • Progressive Corporation
  • EdFinancial

Work highlights

  • Defending healthcare entities in web tracking Facebook litigation where Plaintiffs allege that the websites of those health care entities are sharing patient information with Facebook Google Analytics and other advertising technology companies.
  • Advised more than 50 public companies on efforts to comply with the new Form 8-K material incident disclosure and Form 10-K Item 1C cybersecurity risk management disclosure obligations from the SEC.
  • Defended MedStar against plaintiffs’ class certification motion, where plaintiffs sought damages and injunctive relief on behalf of a would-be class of patients who used the public MedStar website and its patient portal.

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Theodore J. Kobus III