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Event Recap: Data Protection Hits the Board Room

October 19, 2007

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Womble Carlyle addressed the Research Triangle Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) on October 17, 2007, to present the program, "Data Protection Hits the Board Room – Hard", at the firm's Research Triangle Park office. Privacy lawyers, Mike Hubbard and former in-house counsel, and Ted Claypoole reinforced that protecting sensitive data is not just for banks anymore – nearly every business is vulnerable. The world of data privacy and security has changed significantly over the past several years. This program aimed to help keep in-house counsel ahead of those developments.

The speakers covered key topics including: legal drivers of privacy and information security, in-house counsel's role in developing the company’s data security plan, grabbing the board’s attention, interacting with stakeholders throughout the company, conducting a privacy and data security risk assessment, and preparing for and responding to a data incident.

Womble Carlyle's Privacy and Data Protection Team is a multidisciplinary team of more than 20 lawyers who regularly represent clients, speak at conferences and publish on the topic of privacy and data protection.

About Womble Carlyle
A full-service business law firm, Womble Carlyle ranks among the leading firms in the country and is a top law firm for companies doing business in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic states. The firm is a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award, making Womble Carlyle the first law firm ever to receive the highest honor given to a business organization in recognition of its support of the Fund and its 45 member educational institutions.

Founded in 1876, Womble Carlyle operates in six states and the District of Columbia with nearly 550 attorneys in eleven offices located in Atlanta, GA; Greenville, SC; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, NC; Washington, DC; Tysons Corner, VA; Wilmington, DE; and Baltimore, MD. Womble Carlyle is located in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally.