December 06, 2012
Cooley LLP partner Michael Rhodes has aptly applied traditional legal principles to new technologies to help Facebook Inc. defeat objections to a pair of cutting-edge class action settlements over its data use practices and to prevent class certification in a suit over Google Inc.'s AdWords program, earning him a place among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
December 05, 2012
Ropes & Gray LLP's Douglas Meal helped Sony Corp. win a dismissal order in multidistrict litigation over massive cyberattacks and bagged court approval of Heartland Payment Systems Inc.'s settlement of consumer data breach claims in 2012, landing him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
December 04, 2012
Loeb & Loeb LLP partner Michael Mallow's outstanding track record defending against consumer protection class actions, including a novel Telephone Consumer Protection Act win last year at the West Virginia Supreme Court, has earned him a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.
December 03, 2012
Venable LLP partner Stuart P. Ingis' continuing efforts on behalf of the online advertising industry to fine-tune industry standards related to the collection of Internet data for targeted ads earned him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
November 30, 2012
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Ashlie Beringer has showcased the benefits of new technological advances to help clients including Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Flurry Inc. escape ground-breaking consumer class actions and resolve regulatory probes over their data collection and use practices, earning her a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
November 30, 2012
Over the next several weeks, Law360 will profile the winners of this year's MVP awards honoring attorneys whose achievements in major litigation or transactions have set a new standard for accomplishment in corporate law.
December 13, 2011
Cooley LLP partner Mike Rhodes has a record of demolishing lawsuits that accuse Facebook Inc. of stepping on users' privacy rights — one that keeps the social media giant coming back and earns him a spot among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
December 12, 2011
It's a common dilemma: A company suffers a data breach, and one of its customers launches a class action. Reed Smith LLP partner Mark S. Melodia helped one client find an uncommon solution, staving off traditional credit monitoring and saving it cash — the sort of inventive thinking that landed him a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.
December 09, 2011
Mounting an aggressive defense to behavioral advertising and online tracking claims, Eric Bosset of Covington & Burling LLP has helped Cable One Inc., Microsoft Corp., AOL Inc. and other major corporations quickly escape potentially costly litigation, earning him a place among Law360's Privacy MVPs.
December 08, 2011
Jennifer C. Archie, leader of Latham & Watkins LLP's data protection and privacy practice, is known for advising companies on every corner of the data protection landscape, whether it's writing privacy policies or responding to a global data breach, earning her a spot on Law360's list of Privacy MVPs.