The privacy, cybersecurity and data strategy team at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP supports clients in a range of digital innovation, cyber risk, and data breach legal and policy issues, including those involving generative AI. DC-based co-chair Laura Jehl is particularly experienced in AI and emerging technologies matters, combining business and legal expertise. Also in DC, co-chair Daniel Alvarez is noted for his work with innovative data uses along with crisis management experience. Ben Hur handles data privacy litigation from the firm’s base in San Francisco, litigating both federally and on a state level for technology companies of all sizes. Susan Rohol joined the team in September 2023, bringing in house privacy expertise to her work across the Los Angeles and New York offices.
Key clients
- IPG/Acxiom
- Match.com
- Digital Dollar Project
- TikTok
- Aon PLC
- Ulta Beauty Inc.
- Google LLC
- Skidata
- Comcast Corporation
- Cetera Financial Group, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital
Work highlights
- Advising the Digital Dollar Project on the privacy and cybersecurity implications of the potential development and deployment of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (“CBDC”), including consideration of various technological privacy safeguards and system architecture.
- Regularly asked to advise TikTok on a variety of privacy, social media, and content moderation matters.
- Representing Google in five lawsuits filed by State Attorneys General for Arizona, Texas, Washington, Indiana and the District of Columbia, alleging Google used deceptive and unfair practices to obtain users’ location data.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Daniel Alvarez, Laura Jehl