Phillips Nizer has landed a former New York State regulator who spearheaded trailblazing efforts to craft rules around cybersecurity and virtual currency.
Patrick J. Burke joined the New York-area firm Jan. 15 from the state’s Department of Financial Services, where he launched its Office of Financial Innovation last year. He will lead Phillips Nizer’s data technology and cybersecurity group practice.
Burke told Bloomberg Law that he anticipates he will add to Phillips Nizer’s practice group because of the growing role cybersecurity, data privacy, cryptocurrency, and blockchain will play in companies’ transactions.
This is “a seminal moment” for these areas, Burke ...
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