TECHNOLOGY LAW

Internet Law

Lawyers at Esworthy, Stevens & Garner have negotiated and constructed deals of every nature to assist clients in this period of Internet society in which we currently live and counseled clients on how to best protect their digital assets.

Areas of Service – Internet Law

• E-commerce law (at its inception)
• Domain name disputes
• Domain leases and transfers
• All aspects of traditional intellectual property law
• Internet advertising and related legal issues

Cybersecurity

Lawyers at Esworthy, Stevens & Garner have been involved at the highest levels of national implementation of policy and suggested best practices in this arena for almost two decades.  Through Mr. Esworthy's role as Co-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) - Criminal Justice Section's Cyber Crime Committee and his active role as an appointed member of the ABA Cybersecurity Task Force as well as his work with the Maryland State Bar Association's Cybersecurity Task Force and his vast experience and national network, we advise clients on data breaches, security protocols, and regulatory compliance, and may also handle litigation or investigations related to cybercrimes.

Areas of Service – Cybersecurity

• Data Breach Response
• Cybersecurity compliance and planning
  
• Incident response planning for businesses
• Cybercrime defense and victim advocay
• Cybersecurity litigation
• Cyberbullying litigation

Privacy Law

We have a wide range of knowledge and experience in all privacy areas – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB), Child Online Protection Act (COPA), State Data Protection Statutes, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), and related statutory and regulatory provisions.

We have negotiated, reviewed or structured hundreds of online services, from traditional software licensing to SaaS, to more current social networking sites. We have assisted clients in analysis of risk in privacy contexts, data breach and breach notification, forensic document protection, and similar obstacle course style issues clients regularly face.

Areas of Service – Privacy Law

• Regularly negotiate and draft Business Associate Agreements, both from the BA and the Covered Entity perspective (we are counsel to numerous covered entities as well as BA’s)
• Draft privacy policies for Websites, from static marketing sites to full blown social networking sites
• We have negotiated and drafted numerous service agreements that include highly sensitive information, such as bank account, EFT, ACH and other GLB type data
• We regularly advise clients on encryption issues to comply with Data Protection statutes
• We advise clients in the area of Cyber Security

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