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Ian Ballon is an intellectual property and Internet litigator who is the Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group. He represents clients in copyright, DMCA, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, privacy, security, software, database and Internet- and mobile-related disputes and in the defense of data privacy, security breach, behavioral advertising, TCPA and other Internet-related class action suits. Please click here to view a list of some of his recent cases.

  1. EEA Cross-Border Transfers. The U.S. and the EU will work towards, and hopefully reach, a cross-border data transfer solution.
  2. Ransomware. More ransomware attacks and increased regulatory scrutiny of companies that pay ransom demands.
  3. Digital Advertising. Development of alternate marketing strategies, and perhaps more reliance on consumer opt-in, as privacy laws further erode traditional tracking

As the way we work, consume, travel, and interact has changed due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), so too has the way our children learn and play changed. Millions of children (and families) affected by the closures of in-person schools, day cares, athletics, summer camps, and other kids programming now rely on home computers and