Internet Safety, Security & Privacy

Through its work for companies like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Microsoft, Orrick has emerged as a preeminent law firm for Internet Safety, Security & Privacy.

Our interdisciplinary team—cutting across multiple practice areas and global jurisdictions—counsels companies to manage their risk and enforce their rights regarding online security, piracy, and counterfeiting threats, and brand abuse across a range of areas.

Our work in this space generally falls into two categories, Defensive Counseling and Risk Management, and Enforcement and Proactive Measures.

Defensive Counseling and Risk Management

Defensive counseling and Risk Management focuses on issues at the core of Internet business, such as helping clients with:

• Regulatory compliance
• Customer and employee protection
• Brand policing
• Risk profile analysis
• Evaluating online revenue models

Defensive Counseling and Risk Management Case Studies

Enforcement and Proactive Measures

Our lawyers, investigators, computer forensics professionals and Internet security specialists are experienced in identifying, locating and prosecuting cases against defendants involved in a variety of Internet abuses.

The team has brought enforcement actions against:

• Cybersquatting/typosquatting
• Trade secret misappropriation/corporate espionage
• Copyright and trademark infringement
• Online advertising fraud
• Financial fraud
• Spam
• Phishing
• Malware
• Other technical abuses

Enforcement and Proactive Measures Case Studies