Big Law Hands Full as Clients Adjust to EU Data Privacy Reg

Data privacy attorneys have their hands full helping clients adjust to a sweeping European Union data protection regulation six months after it took effect.

Firms are hiring to accommodate the additional work and grappling with provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, which include expanded definitions of personal data, “the right to be forgotten” and new data breach notification rules.

At Jones Day, business has been so strong that the firm hired two new GDPR attorneys in Brussels and several more data protection lawyers in the U.S. to meet the broader demand for services that the regulation has created ...