The cybersecurity woes of companies like Target and Sony in 2014 have meant a busy start to 2015 for law firm data-privacy and security practices.
Law firms have been preparing for several years to assist clients with data security needs, with several touting practices in a space that blends traditional legal experience in the corporate and litigation arenas with technical acumen.
Scott Christie, a partner in Newark, N.J.-based McCarter & English’s cybersecurity and data privacy practice, said, “The lawyer who’s coordinating [cybersecurity work] needs to walk the walk and talk the talk….It’s vital for an attorney who professes to do cybersecurity work to have not only the legal background, but the technical background.”