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Mr Timothy Blank

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+1 617 728 7154 timothy.blank@dechert.com

Work Department

Complex Commercial Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Timothy C. Blank was the managing partner of Dechert’s Boston office for 14 years. He is a litigation partner on the trial team and represents financial services, software, pharmaceutical, technology and biotechnology companies in complex federal and state court litigation, including consumer and securities class actions and patent, copyright, trade secret, non-compete, and contract cases.  

Mr. Blank is also the former co-chair of Dechert’s privacy & cybersecurity practice, and he advises financial services firms, including asset managers, administrators, transfer agents, custodians and advisors, on all aspects of data privacy, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance. He works closely with clients in all industry sectors to design appropriate privacy policies and written information security programs. He advises on data breach responses, breach investigation, breach mitigation and breach reporting.  He has also represented companies in government investigations into large scale data breaches, and handled litigations involving significant theft or loss of personal information. Mr. Blank also works closely with financial services firms to navigate the risks involved with acquiring and using big data sets in their investment strategies.

Memberships

  • Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program
  • Computer Litigation Section, American Bar Association

Education

  • Duke University, B.A., 1980, cum laude
  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1986, magna cum laude, editor of the Boston University Law Review

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)

The experienced Brenda Sharton, co-chair of Dechert LLP‘s global privacy and cybersecurity practice from the Boston office, handles high profile data breaches, not limited to ransomware attacks and business email interruptions brought about by a range of threat actors, including nation states, organized crime groups and insiders. Sharton also defends clients against government investigations and enforcement actions brought by global and US regulators, namely the FTC, SEC and OCR for HIPAA breaches. Also working from Boston, trial litigator Timothy Blank advises technology, biotechnology and investment firms on privacy risks in relation to US state and global regulations, drafting security programs, class action defenses, responding to data breaches and FTC investigations. Los Angeles-based Kevin Cahill advises on complex and nuanced issues related to the scope of the CCPA’s GLBA carve-out and its impact on personal information collected from investors across various channels. Charlotte-stationed associate Hilary Bonaccorsi is a key contact for financial institutions and registered investment advisors on the SEC’s privacy regulations. Bonaccorsi also focuses on developing compliance programs related to the development and purchase of alternative data sets and web scrapping risks. Former co-chair Karen Neuman has retired.

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