The data security and in-house backgrounds of team members in the global privacy and security practice at Seyfarth Shaw LLP are leveraged to help clients proactively put in place incident prevention structures and build compliance programs. In Chicago, team co-head Scott Carlson boasts experience as a software engineer and advises clients on matters including compliance, incident response, and policy development. Co-head John Tomaszewski, based in Houston, has a specialism in cross-border information security matters. Bart Lazar is noted for longstanding experience in the sector, working out of Chicago with matters including reviewing the data collection practices of clients. Also in Chicago, Jason Priebe focuses on information governance and privacy compliance matters.
Key clients
- ITechLaw Association
- Kforce, Inc.
- Various employee benefit and retirement plan clients (MOVEit Breach Event Response)
Work highlights
- Advised ITechLaw Association on analysis and recommendations around the EU draft Artificial Intelligence Act’s language and approaches for submission to the EU governing organs (e.g. the Council of Europe and the European Parliament) responsible for negotiating the provisions of the act.
- Advised Kforce on the enhancement and deployment of their internal data privacy compliance program.
- Advised multiple employee benefit and retirement plan clients with respect to the MOVEit breach event response, which was widely reported to be the biggest hack and breach incident of 2023.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Scott Carlson, John Tomaszewski