Brendon M. Tavelli is an Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department and a member of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security Group, resident in the Washington, D.C. office.
With a special emphasis on state laws requiring notification in the event of data security breaches, Brendon regularly counsels clients on federal and state privacy and data security obligations. He advises clients regarding legal restrictions on information-sharing and data retention, and has worked with clients to develop internal and public-facing policies addressing legal requirements and best practices for protection of customer and employee information. Brendon frequently writes on recent developments in federal and state privacy laws, and is a regular contributor to the firm’s Privacy Law Blog and the Practising Law Institute treatise Proskauer on Privacy (2006).
Brendon also has experience representing clients in commercial and business litigation matters in federal and state courts in Virginia and elsewhere. Representative matters include:
- Successfully defended Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc. against negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims in a putative class action arising from the theft of a laptop computer that contained personal information
- Helped formulate the arguments leading to an early settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act