2020 CCPA Final Regulations: Approved Modifications and Extensions of Employee and Business-to-Business Exemptions

Mr. Burstein provides legal advice on privacy, information security, and marketing laws and best practices, including compliance with federal and state laws throughout the U.S. As regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) bring significant changes to the legal landscape, he helps clients evolve their business practices to manage risk. In addition to counselling clients on the privacy and security issues that come up in the course of day-to-day business, Mr. Burstein also advises clients on legislative and regulatory developments affecting cutting-edge technologies such as drones and connected vehicles.

Mr. Friel is a thought leader in digital media, IP, data privacy and protection, and consumer protection law, with over three decades of relevant experience to address the intersection of law and technology. Having served as a GC for several years in the late 1990s before returning to private practice, Mr. Friel has the necessary expertise to advise clients on making practical and informed business decisions, and help companies and entrepreneurs navigate the complex opportunities created by disruptive technology. With his in-house and private practice experience, he assists clients with creating data inventories, and information governance and data privacy and security programs; developing and implementing policies and procedures for providing consumer data privacy transparency, choice and access; drafting and negotiating privacy and data security provisions for commercial contracts; evaluating privacy impact assessments; addressing data privacy and security issues in merger and acquisitions transactions; structuring personal data transfer arrangements (including cross-border, intracompany, sales and licenses, and disclosures that are exempt from, and/or comply with, certain legal restrictions); drafting and revising external and internal privacy and data security policies and procedures; and addressing complex intellectual property and consumer protection issues related to digital media, advertising and commerce, such as in connection with the development and deployment of artificial intelligence, tailored and targeted advertising practices, and digital transformation and data commercialization strategies. Mr. Friel is a sought-after speaker and is affiliated with UCLA as an assistant professor in a multidisciplinary project at the Graduate School of TV, Film and Digital Media, and is an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount School of Law.

Mr.  Manek's global practice focuses on data analytics, cyber, data privacy, e-discovery, and digital forensics. He specializes in providing expert consulting services to organizations involved in large, complex, data-intensive regulatory change management projects.