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Jennifer Archie
Partner, Latham & Watkins, Washington D.C.
Jennifer Archie leads the industry in crisis management and response, regulatory investigations, and overall compliance within the data privacy, cybersecurity, and consumer protection sector. She represents clients across the full spectrum of enforcement and advisory matters implicating cybersecurity, data privacy, and consumer protection issues.
Drawing on her 35-year career at Latham, Jennifer guides a broad range of clients — from emerging companies to global enterprises across all market sectors — on matters involving: Computer fraud and cybercrime; Privacy and data security compliance; Compliance program design and management; Advertising and marketing practices; Consumer fraud
Jennifer is highly experienced, and recognized, in defending clients in Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state privacy, security and consumer protection investigations and leading the response to large-scale data breach incidents.
Working in close coordination with Latham colleagues in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, she regularly advises global enterprises on complex cross-border compliance and data transfer challenges, compliance with US privacy and data security requirements, and leads assessments of internal privacy or security management programs, under FTC, HIPAA, NIST, financial regulatory, and governmental or private standards.
She also represents companies facing fallout from major cyberattacks, data leakage or theft, and suspected trade secrets and intellectual property theft.
An industry trailblazer, Jennifer has been engaged significantly in the computer crime and cybersecurity field since 1999, when she became lead outside counsel for America Online for all matters pertaining to the security of the world’s then-largest email system. She investigated, filed, and prosecuted dozens of civil lawsuits against more than 100 individual spammers/phishers and those who aided and abetted, resulting in the collection of millions of dollars in damages, permanent injunctions, novel and favorable legal precedents, and new state and federal laws on which she advised and that she personally drafted.
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Gail Crawford
Partner, Latham & Watkins, London
Gail Crawford, Global Co-Chair of Latham's Privacy & Cyber Practice and former Global Chair of the firm’s Data & Technology Transactions Practice, helps clients navigate complex data privacy and security matters, as well as to license, develop, and exploit artificial intelligence and other disruptive technology.
She advises many of the world’s leading global technology companies on multifaceted and precedent-defining data privacy and security matters. Her work encompasses advising on data privacy and, increasingly, artificial intelligence compliance programs, product counseling, as well as responding to data breaches and regulatory inquiries, advising on optimal organizational structures, and supporting large, strategic alliances and M&A transactions. She also helps clients navigate a myriad of issues in technology law, including commercial contracts, collaborations, and intellectual property.
Gail draws on her experience handling some of the most complicated and sensitive data privacy and technology related matters in the global market to provide pragmatic and commercially driven counsel. She brings a deep understanding of the innate value of data and artificial intelligence and the complex, ever-changing global regulatory framework to help clients achieve their business objectives.
Gail regularly writes and speaks on topics related to data privacy and disruptive technology, and serves as an editor of the Latham & Watkins Global Privacy & Security Compliance Law Blog.
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Calum Docherty
Associate, Latham & Watkins, London
Calum Docherty advises market-leading clients on complex technology and data issues, with a particular focus on data protection and information law, artificial intelligence, and digital regulation
He regularly counsels clients on multijurisdictional data protection, e-privacy, and cybersecurity matters, including product design, data transfers, online advertising, data breaches, and security incidents, and data protection disputes, primarily under UK/EU, US, and Middle East regimes.
Calum also provides strategic advice on global data regulatory requirements relating to the development and deployment of AI, digital services, online safety, and cybersecurity, including the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and UK Online Safety Act (OSA).
He has significant expertise in helping clients implement business strategies that involve large-scale data use, and takes a commercial approach to crafting strategic global compliance programs. Calum also has considerable expertise in M&A and capital markets transactions, assisting deal teams by advising on privacy, cyber, AI, and other data-related matters.
Calum is dual-qualified in England & Wales and California and is regularly ranked in Chambers UK and listed in The Legal 500 for data protection.
Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Docherty spent two years working on Google’s public affairs team in Mountain View, California, and Singapore.
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Clayton Northouse
Partner, Latham & Watkins , Washington D.C.
Clayton Northouse counsels clients on transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters relating to global data protection and consumer privacy.
Clayton helps technology, telecommunications, and healthcare companies navigate complex cybersecurity and consumer privacy issues relating to: Transactional due diligence; Incident response; Surveillance and information sharing; Cross-border data transfers; Regulatory compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other US state, federal, and global requirements; Governance policies and procedures; State attorneys general, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and congressional investigations
He draws on extensive experience representing companies that have suffered cybersecurity attacks and consumer privacy incidents to craft defenses to litigation, congressional inquiries, and regulatory investigations.
A skilled litigator, Clayton has co-authored briefs and motions in the US Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeals, and US District Courts.
Before joining Latham, Clayton was a partner at another global law firm. He previously served as a law clerk to Judge D. Michael Fisher of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Clayton maintains an active pro bono practice and regularly advises nonprofit organizations on their privacy programs.
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Hayley Pizzey
Counsel, Latham & Watkins, London
Hayley Pizzey advises clients on a wide range of multi-jurisdictional litigation and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on commercial litigation, contentious data protection matters, and regulatory investigations. Specifically, she helps clients navigate:
- Irish Data Protection Commission inquiries
- GDPR compliance
- Alleged data breaches and regulatory notifications
- Regulatory inquiries and sanctions, and related litigation
She brings particular experience in claims in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Competition Appeal Tribunal, as well as matters involving the Competition and Markets Authority, the European Commission, the Irish Data Protection Commission, and other data protection authorities around the world.
Hayley maintains an active pro bono practice and primarily represents the Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau and Malaria No More UK.
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Stewart Dresner
Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business
Stewart graduated from the University of Lancaster in Politics and Marketing. In 1975 Stewart initiated research on Open Government at the UK Consumers’ Association. He then made an independent trip to the USA and Canada, meeting consumer advocates, politicians and journalists researching Freedom of Information (FoI) and privacy legislation. He had articles published in The Geographical Magazine, in 1977 on the use of the FoI Act by the Navajo Tribe of Arizona, and The Times in 1978 on the use of the FoI Act to improve car safety. In May 1980, the Outer Circle Policy Unit published his Open Government: Lessons from America. His career included consumer research and working for The Economist as a business journalist where he wrote occasionally on privacy laws and honed his skills as an investigator and writer.
He launched the Privacy Laws & Business Newsletter in February 1987. In October 1988 he organised PL&B’s first international conference. Stewart co-founded and chaired the UK’s Data Protection Forum, and has spoken at conferences around the world. He lives and works in Pinner, has a beautiful wife, who wrote this, and 3 adult sons.