Landslide Series: Best Practices for Handling Data Privacy and Cybersecurity in M&A

Gerry is a partner in the firm’s IP, Tech & Data Group. He focuses his practice on corporate governance, intellectual property, and Internet issues, especially as they relate to privacy, information security and consumer protection. An experienced and pragmatic litigator, Gerry focuses a significant part of his practice on pre-litigation and advisory services relating to business strategy for privacy by design, data protection, intellectual property, and emerging technologies and markets, often acting as outside product counsel to leading innovators and disruptive technology companies.

Gerry is designated as a Certified Information Privacy Professional by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In recent years, he has helped many automotive, health information technology, data management, advertising and consumer technology companies with information management and protection strategy, including some of the most popular consumer products and services of the past decade.

Jennifer Archie is a preeminent cybersecurity and data privacy lawyer who advises clients ranging from emerging companies to Fortune 50 global enterprises in diverse matters including litigation, investigations, compliance, and the protection of trade secrets and confidential information.

Ms. Archie has vast experience preparing for and leading the response to complex and large-scale data breach incidents. She regularly defends clients in Federal Trade Commission and state consumer protection investigations against charges of data security and privacy violations. Ms. Archie also represents companies facing fallout from major data leakages, cyberattacks, and suspected trade secrets and intellectual property theft. Her strategic counseling experience includes advising leading cybersecurity solutions providers in connection with the release of new products, features, research, and vulnerability test results.

Prior to entering the practice of law, she served as Legislative Assistant and subsequently Press Secretary to Congressman Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) from 1983-86. Ms. Archie received her JD from Cornell Law School.