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King & Spalding LLP

Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded

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King & Spalding LLP

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Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded - USA

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
King & Spalding is rated throughout the market for its ability to handle complex litigation arising from privacy issues, but also offer counsel on the ever-changing regulatory landscape. The team are also notably adept at advising clients on incident response and regulatory investigations by the SEC and FTC.
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Work Highlights

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  • King & Spalding LLP represented ReproSource in two putative class actions related to negligence and breach of various duties regarding patient data.

Strengths

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  • They consistently surprise us in how they are able to understand complex issues facing the business. We always get a fast response and can schedule quickly with K&S.

    Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

  • King & Spalding's team members are constantly advising on cyber-based attacks which allows them to remain on the cutting edge of technology and cyber law. 

    Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

  • King & Spalding are great and have a good team.

    Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

Notable Practitioners

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  • Phyllis Sumner
    Phyllis Sumner

    Phyllis Sumner

    Phyllis Sumner of King & Spalding serves as the firm's chief privacy officer and is a noted incident response and litigation practitioner. She advises many well-known clients across a range of sectors including leisure and finance. She also has strong experience in privacy counseling on CCPA and Schrems compliance.

    • Phyllis always gives top-notch advice and is a pleasure to work with.

      Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

    • Phyllis is top of the line, knows her stuff and is a very polished speaker. She knows her area very well.

      Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal

    • Phyllis has the ability to keep clients abreast of various developments, of which there are many in the space.

      Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded respondentGlobal
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