Last week, Comcast’s former vice president, deputy general counsel and deputy privacy officer Daniel Pepper joined BakerHostetler as a partner and member of the firm’s privacy and data protection group.

Pepper said he moved back to private practice to help a wider array of clients that are struggling in a privacy and data protection space that is becoming more complex. Indeed, Pepper noted public and regulatory scrutiny is raising the stakes for companies and their vendors’ data privacy protocols.