David Rice

Representative Experience

• Privacy, Data Security, and Incident Response Plus

  • Handled GDPR vendor data processing agreement implementation for a Fortune 1000 company, for one of the largest video game companies, among other large entities.

  • Assisted numerous clients with international, federal, and state regulatory compliance involving data, marketing and sales strategies, privacy policies, and privacy impact assessments.

  • Advised numerous clients on data security incidents, including with issues related to forensic investigators, reporting obligations, and notifications to consumers, regulators, and data protection authorities under the GDPR.

  • Prepared CCPA compliance plans with emphasis on third-party and vendor management.

  • Represented global internet company in implementing responses to Edward Snowden leaks regarding government monitoring of internet traffic.

  • Advised state port authority on its information security & incident response program, including compliance with homeland security requirements.

  • Assisted a global manufacturing and marketing company on a data breach that included social security numbers and other sensitive employee data.

  • Represented nonprofit in response to hacking of a human resources database that resulted in fraudulent tax returns, including preparing consumer notices and developing press strategy.

  • Represented a client in connection with a fraudulent wire transfer, including working with the U.S. Secret Service.

  • Assisted national franchise manage a data breach caused by an IT software vendor, including compliance with state law data breach reporting obligations.

  • Represented multiple nonprofit entities whose data was compromised by ransomware attack on a third-party vendor (a company known as having the largest international donor database).

  • Performed a data security audit for an educational institution, which uncovered data processing irregularities, and advised the institution on best practices and compliance.

  • Trained legal and IT staff at major utilities and a government transportation entity regarding data security.

  • Advised a regional bank on compliance with Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s (FFIEC) data security standards and on preparation for regulatory audits.

• Technology Transactions, Cloud Computing, Networking, Data Centers, and Database Transactions Plus

  • Advised one of the largest global internet companies on domestic and international internet backbone issues, data centers, content delivery networks, almost all of which had data security implications. Advised in-house legal, engineers, and other corporate channels.

  • Negotiated hundreds of complex vendor contracts involving technology issues, including agreements involving cloud and SaaS, data centers, networking, content streaming, colocation, dark fiber, IP transit, communications services and equipment, wireless networks, equipment leases, device trials, spectrum leases, cell tower leases, among others.

  • Negotiated the sale of a major data center for a Fortune 500 company.

  • Managed a team of ten attorneys and a paralegal in handling technology transactions.

  • Advised online clients regarding social networking issues, content moderation on social media sites, retail sales, terms and conditions, privacy policies, and mobile marketing.

• Intellectual Property Plus

  • Negotiated a wide range of intellectual property related contracts, including software development agreements, end user licensing agreements, and trademark licensing agreements.

  • Assisted clients with Digital Millennium Copyright Act issues, including takedown notices and interaction with internet service providers and law enforcement.