Mullen Coughlin, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

On Tuesday, July 21, Partner and Chair of the Litigation practice Carolyn Purwin Ryan presents on the webinar, “Stranger Things: Cyber Litigation in the Upside Down,” in collaboration with the International Women’s Cyber Alliance (IWCA).

Joined by a panel of cyber insurance and privacy professionals, Carolyn leads a lively discussion on the latest cyber litigation trends, including data breach class actions and privacy claims. The panel provides practical strategies in defending these types of cases, starting from early incident response considerations, through motion practice, discovery, expert testimony, and finally to identifying damages and settlement options.

The IWCA is a global community of cybersecurity and cyber risk professionals that support women through networking, thought leadership, book clubs, and mentorship. Learn more and register to attend here.

Mullen Coughlin Partner and Chair of the Litigation practice, Carolyn Purwin Ryan, is a faculty member for this year’s ClaimsXchange Cyber Claims Academy this July 14-15 in Chicago. Carolyn is a Professor for the “Regulatory Environment – International, Federal, and State Breach & Privacy Laws” session this year.

Carolyn uses the Firm’s collective litigation and regulatory defense experience, as well as her own Breach Counsel experience, to provide a deep dive into the various U.S. state, federal, and international various laws and regulations that underpin security- and privacy-related disputes of all types.

The Cyber Claims Academy is designed for cyber claims professionals to immerse themselves in a peer-to-peer learning environment with rigorous discussion, real-world application, and executive-level thinking. Learn more here.

Mullen Coughlin welcomed three (3) attorneys to the Firm this June – Colin Scanlon as Partner and Chaiyeon Lee and Caitlyn Sarudy as Associates. Colin and Chaiyeon are based in Pennsylvania, Caitlyn in Maryland, and all will practice primarily in the Incident Response (IR) practice group.

Colin Scanlon re-joins Mullen Coughlin and will continue his practice of providing Breach Counsel legal services to clients experiencing data privacy and security incidents. He will also work closely with the Firm’s internal data collection team to provide integral reporting for the Firm’s cyber insurance carrier clients and partners. Colin received his J.D. from Widener University Commonwealth Law School and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey state courts, as well as before the U.S.D.C for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Chaiyeon Lee and Caitlyn Sarudy join the IR practice group as Associates. Their practice focuses on counseling clients on their legal and regulatory obligations, including notification and other reporting duties, stemming from data privacy and security incidents. Chaiyeon received her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania state court and before the U.S.D.C for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Caitlyn earned her J.D. from University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law with a focus in cybersecurity and crisis management and is licensed to practice in Maryland state court.