Digital Assets and Data Management

“We are a convergence practice, addressing enterprise risks, disputes, compliance and opportunities through the life cycle of data, technology, advertising and innovation, including brand strategies and monetization.”

— Ted Kobus, DADM Practice Group chair

BakerHostetler formed the Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group (DADM Group) to mirror how our clients do business. Leveraging data and technology is a priority for most entities. Our clients are collecting data and then utilizing advanced technology to transform their products and services. Doing this creates enterprise risk. Our practice group works with clients through the life cycle of data – privacy, security, marketing and advertising, transactions, and emerging technology – within an organization.

We serve some of the largest names in retail, healthcare, hospitality, education and financial services. We also work on small and midsized matters, and these are often the matters that expose us to new trends and risks. Our technologists analyze key data from our matters to help us identify trends, develop insights and build custom tools to enable digital transformation efforts. The depth and breadth of our group’s experience are unmatched and position us to advise clients on all aspects of managing data and digital assets.

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Advertising, Marketing and Digital Media: Navigating key issues such as data privacy, social media marketing, gaming, sales practices, claim substantiation and much more.
Digital and Innovative Markets: This team is designed to seamlessly integrate traditional financial markets and the rapidly evolving digital markets by providing cohesive, forward-thinking legal and strategic advice on the digital, capital and commodities and derivatives markets.
Digital Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity: Managing risk, developing strategies and implementing solutions across all service areas, as well as advising on responses to data security incidents of all kinds.
Digital Transformation and Data Economy: By focusing on capitalizing on innovations that maximize IP, data, and technology, this team advises on optimal strategies to accelerate business growth, pivot into new service lines, or fundamentally revamp business models.
Emerging Technology: A multifaceted approach to handling data analytics, the emerging use of artificial intelligence and Web3 technology, supported by tech-savvy attorneys and technologists and the firm’s IncuBaker team.
Healthcare Privacy and Compliance: Ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations and laws, and leveraging emerging technology, managing data and structuring operations so that data can be handled in a way that is compliant.
Privacy Governance and Technology Transactions: Operating at the intersection of innovation and information, and managing digital asset strategies with rigorous attention to contracts, policies, training and regulations such as the CCPA and CPRA, and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Privacy and Digital Risk Class Action and Litigation: This team unites a group of attorneys who defend hundreds of these matters each year. The team has won several appeals and has defeated class certification seven times.