Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Former FTC legal advisor Janis Kestenbaum joins Perkins Coie, (Dec 4, 2014)
Law Firms Mentioned:Perkins Coie LLP
Organizations Mentioned:Duke University | Perkins Coie, LLP | Privacy & Security
Former FTC senior legal advisor Janis Kestenbaum has joined Perkins Coie’s Privacy & Security practice. She joins as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
As a senior legal advisor, Kestenbaum advised FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez on a full array of privacy and data security matters, including enforcement actions and policy issues relating to big data and predictive analytics, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, data brokers, data security, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Internet of Things, online tracking, social networking, and the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor. She also advised Chairwoman Ramirez on advertising substantiation, endorsements, and telemarketing. Kestenbaum received her undergraduate degree from Duke University, and her law degree from Harvard Law School.
“Janis is incredibly talented and has deep experience with privacy and security issues that are top of mind to the FTC and industry,” stated co-chair of the firm’s Privacy & Security practice, James R. McCullagh. “She adds significant capacity and capability to our existing privacy practice and our clients will benefit immediately from her first-hand knowledge of FTC policy and enforcement from her experience at the highest levels of the agency as well as her familiarity with state, national and international regulatory regimes.”
“I am very excited about joining Perkins Coie’s highly regarded privacy practice,” Kestenbaum said. “The group has a reputation for finding innovative approaches to consumer protection enforcement actions, such as negotiating the first ever privacy-by-design consent decree with the FTC and its recent representation of a leading mobile app developer before the FTC and state agencies. In addition, Perkins Coie is known for providing practical counsel on a daily basis to its many prominent technology clients.”
Perkins Coie is an international law firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 19 offices across the United States, China, and Taiwan. The firm provides a full range of corporate, commercial litigation, and intellectual property legal services to a variety of clients, from independent start-ups to Fortune 50 corporations.
Attorneys: Janis Kestenbaum and James R. McCullagh (Perkins Coie LLP)
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