Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection

Pullman & Comley’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection practice brings together attorneys with backgrounds and experience in intellectual property, complex civil litigation, and criminal defense and prosecution who understand the legal issues faced by all who participate in the world of technology. The expansive growth, international reach and relative ease of use and misuse of technology has left individuals and businesses vulnerable to wide-ranging legal challenges and crimes involving interference with intellectual property rights, privacy rights, data storage, theft and corruption, network intrusion and abuse, computer fraud and abuse, access security, cyber defamation, and a host of other cyber crimes, torts and related matters associated with conducting business and exchanging information over the Internet. These issues present many challenges to individuals and businesses in our critical infrastructure sectors, including telecommunications, transportation, electric power, banking and finance, gas and oil storage and delivery, water supply, emergency services and government operations.

We have the experience to conduct investigations and counsel clients on these matters and the skill sets to identify, monitor and address related legal challenges early on. Our relationships with local, state and federal law enforcement officials and public/private partnerships dedicated to protecting critical infrastructure and technology have proven valuable in representing individuals and businesses in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure matters. We are dedicated to expanding this practice in step with the developing world of the Internet, allowing us to respond to any of our clients’ needs in this area.

Our experience includes:

Knowledge of the unique provisions and restrictions of the Federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Stored Communications Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as their state law corollaries
Understanding of federal and state privacy rights and regulations, as well as the privacy laws of other countries
Counseling clients with respect to securing critical infrastructure and assimilating homeland security requirements established by the Homeland Security Act, USA PATRIOT Act, SAFETY Act and other relevant laws, regulations and procedures
Establishing best practices regarding the protection of intellectual property from counterfeiting and other misuse
Protecting clients' trademarks, domain names and other rights through ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Disputes Resolution Policy
Counseling business clients with respect to employee misconduct concerning misuse of technology and trade secrets
Developing and advising clients concerning document retention policies, employee handbooks and network access policies
Securing injunctions in order to shut down websites improperly infringing upon clients’ copyright- and trademark-protected works