The privacy and cybersecurity practice group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is a go-to for high-profile brands and retailers, advising on the development of compliance policies along with preparation for and response to data security incidents. Liisa Thomas, based in Chicago, co-heads the practice and brings global experience to international data concerns and digital advertising matters; co-head Craig Cardon works out of Century City and has particular intellectual property expertise. In California, Del Mar-based Wynter Deagle designs and implements privacy and cybersecurity compliance programs, while Moorari Shah in Los Angeles advises on federal consumer protection laws and regulations and Rachel Hudson in San Francisco, leads the firm’s retail, fashion and beauty team with notable reference to the collection and use of data in these industries. For disputes based work, privacy litigation specialist Kari Rollins is noted in New York while Century City’s Jay Ramsey heads the firm’s consumer class action defense team.
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Key clients
- Insight Global LLC and Monument Consulting LLC
- Hot Topic, Inc.
- Deckers Outdoor Corporation
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
- Kontoor Brands, Inc.
- ABN AMRO Clearing USA
- Digital Realty Trust
- Shutterfly
- SciPlay
- Triumph Brands / TBK Bank
- Threshold Brands
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
- NextGen Healthcare, Inc.
- Chive Media Group, Inc.
- Ralph Lauren Corporation
Work highlights
- Advised Insight Global and Monument Consulting (a subsidiary of Insight Global) on the redesign of their privacy programs to comply with U.S. and foreign law.
- Advisd Hot Topic on all aspects of the incident response following automated credential stuffing attacks, including directing forensic investigators, liaising with insurance counsel, determining whether the facts of the incident give rise to a duty to notify, overseeing notification to consumers and regulatory bodies, assisting with communications to management, and responding to media inquiries.
- Acting as outside privacy counsel to Deckers Outdoor Corporation, including to several of its brands such as UGG, HOKA One One, Teva, and others.
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Craig Cardon, Liisa Thomas