| Biography:
Tanya Forsheit is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of Proskauer’s Los Angeles office, and a member of Proskauer’s Privacy and Data Security Practice Group. Tanya has extensive experience handling complex commercial and appellate litigation for corporate and individual clients before federal and state courts at all levels. Tanya also counsels clients on privacy and data security obligations.
Privacy and Data Security/Information Management
Tanya works with clients to develop internal and public-facing policies addressing legal requirements and best practices for protection of customer and employee information. Tanya regularly advises clients regarding legal restrictions on information-sharing and data retention, and provides guidance regarding state laws requiring notification in the event of data security breaches.
Tanya is certified as an information privacy professional by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and frequently writes on recent developments in federal and state privacy laws. She is a co-author of a chapter on State Privacy Laws in the Practising Law Institute treatise Proskauer on Privacy (2006), and is the lead editor and a frequent contributor to the Proskauer Privacy Law Blog, available at www. proskaueronprivacy.com, selected in 2008 for inclusion in the Library Of Congress historic collection of Internet materials. Tanya also authored a chapter on venue in Proskauer on International Litigation and Arbitration: Managing, Resolving, and Avoiding Cross-Border Business or Regulatory Disputes, available at www.proskauerguide.com.
Commercial and IP Litigation
Tanya’s litigation experience includes defense of a wide variety of commercial disputes including breach of contract, business tort, trademark infringement, fraud, employment, and antitrust claims, as well as the prosecution of claims for cybersquatting, trademark and copyright infringement, unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secrets.
In June 2008, Tanya obtained summary judgment on behalf of online entertainment company GoPets Ltd. in a trademark infringement and cybersquatting case, resulting in an award of statutory damages and transfer of www.gopets.com and 18 other domain names to GoPets. In January 2008, Tanya successfully moved for a preliminary injunction in the same matter, shutting down the squatter's web site and requiring it to post disclaimers.
Tanya was part of the Los Angeles-based Proskauer teams that successfully petitioned the United States Supreme Court to grant certiorari in two matters involving questions of first impression, and obtained a landmark decision in Johnson v. California, 125 S. Ct. 1141 (2005), resulting in a historic settlement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation calling for the desegregation of California’s prison system.
In 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, Tanya was named a Southern California Super Lawyer - Rising Star by Law & Politics.
Tanya is a member of the Bar of the State of California, and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Fourth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California. Tanya is an Officer and Board Member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, and is a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, the Litigation and Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Sections of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the E-Privacy Law Committee of the Section of Science & Technology Law of the ABA.
Tanya is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was a Senior Editor of the Journal of International Economic Law. Tanya graduated, cum laude, from Duke University.
Publications:
State Privacy Laws (with Scott Cooper, Navid Soleymani, and Clifford Davidson) in Christopher Wolf, Proskauer on Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age (Practising Law Institute 2006)
Selecting U.S. Venue in Proskauer on International Litigation and Arbitration: Managing, Resolving, and Avoiding Cross-Border Business or Regulatory Disputes, available at http://www.proskauerguide.com/litigation/2/I
Employee Privacy is no LOL Matter, Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 27, 2008
Lead editor, Proskauer Privacy Law Blog, available at www.proskaueronprivacy.com
International Emissions Trading: Equity Issues in the Search for Market-Based Solutions to Global Environmental Degradation, 18 U. Pa. J. Int’l Econ. L. 689 (1997)
Selected Client Alerts
SEC Seeks to Better Protect Investors' Privacy
Feds Put Companies on Notice: Be Ready to Detect and Respond to Red Flags of Identity Theft
When Reckless Means Willful - High Court Issues Landmark Decision under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Senate Passes New Federal Legislation Criminalizing "Pretexting" On The Heels Of Hewlett-Packard Civil Settlement
California Supreme Court Rules That All Parties Must Consent Before Out-of-State Companies Doing Business in California Record Telephone Conversations
Selected Speaking Engagements:
April 23, 2007: LexisNexis and Variety Present Digital Rights Management Conference: DRM: Privacy Implications
June 26, 2007: Practising Law Institute Eighth Annual Institute on Privacy and Security Law: Pathways to Compliance in a Global Regulatory Maze
April 10, 2008: Hildebrandt Law Firm General Counsel Roundtable: Blogs and Other Types of New Internet Media: Risk Considerations for Law Firms
May 6, 2008: Business 21: E-Privacy: How You Can Legally Monitor E-mail, IM, Blogs and Internet Activity
June 3, 2008: Law Seminars International: eHavioral, Peer-to-Peer and New Media Marketing: Current regulatory, legal, technological and business developments; Privacy in Advertising: Data security: Breach of security; data breach notification laws; enforcement priorities and mechanisms; FTC and state enforcement of data security
June 16, 2008: International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Practical Privacy Series: Data Breach (Prevention, Detection, Operations and Litigation); Litigation: Private suits and regulatory investigations - Practical Tips
June 23, 2008: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): Privacy and Technology in Today's Workplace
October 7, 2008: Law Seminars International: eHavioral, Peer-to-Peer and New Media Marketing: : Current regulatory, legal, technological and business developments; Privacy in Advertising: Data security: Breach of security; data breach notification laws; enforcement priorities and mechanisms; FTC and state enforcement of data security
October 24, 2008: Practising Law Institute: Outsourcing and Offshoring: Protecting Critical Business Functions; Privacy, Data Security and Outsourcing
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