The American Lawyer Highlights How Orrick Associates are Innovating

June.28.2019

A year into Orrick's initiative to give associates 50 hours annually to innovate, The American Lawyer reports on the results. The story describes how one associate, Nick Farnsworth, helped develop an online readiness tool for clients to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act and another, Rebecca Harlow, collaborated with our Chief Innovation Officer Wendy Curtis to lead an "innovation sprint" for a global energy company's legal department.

As Chief Talent Officer Siobhan Handley said to AmLaw, the goal of the program is to instill the mindset that innovation – and the "crazy ideas and failures" that come with innovating – should be part of our "everyday approach" to adding value for our clients.

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Nicholas Farnsworth Senior Associate, Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Boston

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Practice:

Technology & Innovation Sector
Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Technology Transactions
Automotive Technology & Mobility
Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

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Nicholas Farnsworth Senior Associate

Boston

Nick provides compliance guidance on both proposed and effective laws on a federal and state level in the U.S., including:

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM)
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and other biometric privacy laws
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC) Act
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
U.S. state breach notification laws
U.S. state privacy laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia (CCPA, CPRA, CPA, CTDPA, UCPA, VCDPA)

He also counsels clients on the impact of international laws from a U.S. perspective, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive. In addition, Nick devotes a portion of his practice to innovative client solutions and community engagement. His pro bono practice has included representing clients in immigration and innocence matters and assisting small businesses with their legal needs. To make the CCPA more accessible, Nick was a member of the team that developed Orrick’s CCPA Readiness Assessment Tool, which provides companies an opportunity to test their preparedness for compliance with the CCPA as a first step to constructing their strategic compliance roadmap.

Nick has obtained the Certified Information Privacy Professional - United States (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) and Privacy Law Specialist (PLS) designations from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Rebecca Harlow Partner, Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation

San Francisco

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Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
Government Investigations and Enforcement Actions
Class Action Defense
Intellectual Property

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Rebecca Harlow Partner

San Francisco

Rebecca’s practice includes all aspects of class action and other civil litigation in areas including privacy and data security breach litigation and arbitration and insurance litigation. She has represented multiple companies in class action litigation involving claims by consumers, employees, and institutions relating to security, privacy, and other issues. She also advises clients facing insurance coverage disputes and arbitration of contractual disputes. She has defended litigation arising out of data breaches involving claims by consumers and financial institutions and class actions bringing wiretapping and other claims against companies relating to the use of online technologies and tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay software.

Rebecca has assisted multiple clients across several industries in seeking, obtaining, and disputing the denial of insurance coverage. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she has advised clients on insurance, contracting, and other unique issues that have arisen. Recently, Rebecca served as the senior associate in a fraud trial that was tried in-person during the height of the Omicron variant and settled after a week of trial. Rebecca’s pro bono practice focuses on immigration and civil rights issues.

Prior to joining Orrick, Rebecca was a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of another international law firm. She previously served as a pro bono fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services representing low-income clients in disputes over state cash and food assistance benefits.