Cyber and Data Litigation
Allen & Overy’s expert team handles a wide range of litigation relating to cyber and data security, with particular experience in cross-border cases.
Working with our first rate regulatory specialists, we handle reporting, enforcement and prosecution, including cases involving cyber and data security breaches.
Our global team includes consultant David Smith, former Deputy Information Commissioner at the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
A&O’s clients in this area include national and international businesses, ranging from telecommunications companies to the world’s largest financial institutions. Our work covers diverse issues including:
- representing clients in follow-on litigation related to data breaches
- advising on options for criminal and civil actions against hackers
- financial crime risks in relation to the payment of ransoms (including money laundering, terrorism financing and economic sanctions)
- use of injunctions
- liaison with regulators
- employee theft
- class actions
- data misuse by third parties
- anti-terrorism issues
- denial-of-service and distributed denial-of-service attacks
- third-party disclosure applications
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Publications: 06 March 2024
Shifting Strategies in U.S. Intellectual Property Disputes: Lessons from 2023
For Taiwanese corporates developing critical technologies in the face of shifting global supply chains, the need to protect intellectual property assets has never been more pressing. The biggest…
Publications: 05 March 2024
Changes in the global patent litigation landscape: The impact of the UPC
The global patent landscape shifted very significantly in June last year, with the opening of the long-awaited European Unified Patent Court (the UPC). This single, one-stop judicial framework…
Blog Post: 25 November 2023
Council and Parliament agree on political advertising regulation
The Council presidency and European Parliament announced their political agreement on a draft regulation addressing transparency and targeting of political advertising (the Regulation) on 7 November…
Publications: 28 June 2022
Lost your bitcoin private key? Bitcoin developers are not required to grant you access
Buyers of bitcoin beware: if you lose your online banking password or PIN the solution is to contact your bank and ask for a new one. However, if you lose the private key to your bitcoin, the High…
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Working with them is delightful. They are highly professional, deliver immaculate client service and have a deep knowledge of data protection technicalities.
Chambers Global 2019, Data Protection
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