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Vedder's Privacy, CyberSecurity &amp; Media team helps companies manage risk where content, data, and public scrutiny intersect. We guide clients through complex challenges in content creation and dissemination, advertising, data collection, marketing, and digital engagement, including media and privacy litigation, class action defense, prepublication review, policy development, and regulatory compliance.

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<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Our interdisciplinary team combines deep litigation experience, regulatory knowledge, and practical operational insight. Former journalists on our team bring firsthand newsroom experience, helping clients navigate time-sensitive editorial decisions with confidence. We provide clear, practical guidance to protect reputations, support business objectives, and anticipate risk before it escalates.

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When disputes arise, our litigators are known for innovative, aggressive strategies that often result in early dismissals or favorable resolutions. We also work proactively with clients to design policies, conduct training, perform risk assessments, and manage cybersecurity incidents, coordinating with technical, forensic, and communications professionals as needed.

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Media and entertainment litigation involving defamation, privacy, intellectual property, right of publicity, and similar common law and statutory claims

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Defense of privacy class actions and individual claims related to data collection, marketing, data sharing, and security incidents

Compliance counseling for state, federal, and international privacy and cybersecurity laws

Prepublication review, policy drafting, training, and risk assessments

Cybersecurity incident response and regulatory engagement

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News, commentary and humor on media, privacy and the law. The Media and Privacy Risk Report offers practical insights on privacy, cybersecurity, and media issues to help businesses anticipate risk and protect value.

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Lyndsey M. Wajert to Moderate at the 36th Annual KUCE Media and the Law Seminar

Lyndsey Wajert, Blaine Kimrey and Bryan Clark Author Article for Law 360 on “Why 7th Circ. Libel Ruling is Crucial for the Media”

Jeanah Park Selected for Law Bulletin Media’s 4th Annual Top Women in the Law: Women Leaning In Awards

Twelve Vedder Price Practice Areas and 46 Attorneys Distinguished in <i>The Legal 500 United States</i> in 2023

Bryan Clark Quoted in Reynolds Journalism Institute Article on Legal Risks and Challenges of AI Tools

Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers USA in 2024

Vedder Price Expands Consumer Financial Services Capabilities

Vedder Price Privacy, Media & Cybersecurity Practice Group Produces a Comprehensive Update to the Actual Malice Practice Guide

Vedder Price Recognized in Chambers USA in 2025

A Glimmer of Hope? Court Vacates $228 Million Judgement From First BIPA Jury Trial

Back to the BIPA Norm—Illinois Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider Cothron Decision

Illinois Supreme Court Places Standing Limits on Plaintiffs’ Ability to Assert Statutory Claims in Illinois State Court

Beware Plaintiffs Threatening the First Amendment – Colorado PTFA Listing Provision Litigation Seeks to Muzzle Freedom of Speech

TCPA Turnstile: Living in a Post-McLaughlin World (TCPA Update Vol. 21)

Cross-State Regulatory Sweep Highlights Growing Legal Risk Around Consumer Data Opt-Outs

Popa v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.: Ninth Circuit Clarifies Article III Standing Requirements and Strengthens Defenses to Internet Privacy and Other Consumer Claims

Fifth Circuit Holds that Drag Show is Expressive Conduct Protected Under First Amendment

CIPA: The “Other” California Privacy Statute You Should Be Worried About

SCOTUS Ruling Tips the Scales in Favor of District Courts, Not the FCC, When it Comes to Interpreting TCPA

New Jersey SLAPPs Back: New Jersey Court of Appeals Eradicates Anti-SLAPP Loophole

Is California cooling to privacy law run amok?

Opening Door to Universal Jurisdiction in Internet Cases, En Banc Ninth Circuit Finds Specific Personal Jurisdiction Over Shopify

TCPA Turnstile: TCPA Litigation Continues to Spring to Life in 2025 (TCPA Update Vol. 20)

An Offer You Can’t Refuse: The FTC’s New “Click-to-Cancel” Rule

Illinois Supreme Court: Increased Risk of Harm Arising from a Data Breach Is Insufficient to Confer Standing

TCPA Turnstile: Four Scariest Developments (and a Potential Ray of Light Amid the Fright) (TCPA Update Vol. 19)

E-Tailer Beware: The Seventh Circuit Clarifies the Framework for Enforceability of Digital E-Commerce Agreements

NetChoice Succeeds in Striking Down Utah Social Media Law Under First Amendment

Texas Attorney General Challenges General Motors’s Collection and Sale of Driving Data

BIPA Bellwether: Governor signs BIPA reform bill

Texas and Meta Settle Biometric Data Litigation for $1.4 Billion

FTC Finalizes Broader Changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule

BIPA Bellwether: General Assembly provides relief from “per scan” damages

SEC Joins Chorus of Regulators Requiring Data Breach Notifications

Breach Response: Is 72 hours the new 30 days?

Delay Lifted in CCPA Regulations Enforcement

Illinois Supreme Court: Collection of Biometric Data for Health Care Treatment, Payment, or Operations Is Exempt from BIPA

President Biden Issues Far-Reaching Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

AI Versus Westlaw Copyright Bellwether Hurtles Toward Jury as Summary Judgment Largely Denied

A Rise in DSARs: Why Can Data Subject Access Requests Be Such a Burden?

SEVENTH CIRCUIT FOLLOWS ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT AND FINDS BIPA CLAIMS TIMELY  

SEC Proposes New Requirements to Address Conflicts of Interest in the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Similar Technologies

SEC Proposes Amendments to the Internet Adviser Exemption

Regulatory Scrutiny of “Off-Channel” Communications Continues: 11 Wall Street Firms Agree to Pay the SEC $289 Million in Civil Money Penalties for Recordkeeping Violations

Cybersecurity Sheriffs Continue to Multiply and Crack Down – New SEC Rule Amps Up Public Company Pressure

BIPA Bellweather: Back to the BIPA Norm—Illinois Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider Cothron Decision

CCPA Relief at Risk:  California Attorney General Announces New Investigative Sweep

Artificial Intelligencer: New York City Law Tackles AI Bias in Employment

BIPA Bellweather: A Glimmer of Hope? Court Vacates $228 Million Judgement From First BIPA Jury Trial

TCPA Turnstile: Scoping out the TCPA – 2023 Midyear Update (TCPA Case Update Vol. 18)

A Welcome Delay in CCPA Regulations Enforcement

The EU’s “AI Act” Advances

SEC: Practice What You Preach on Privacy

Blaine Kimrey to Discuss Libel and Privacy at ABA Forum on Communications Law

Long-Delayed Wave of CCPA Regulations Starts Crashing to Corporate Shores

Recent Decision Provides Roadmap to Compel Arbitration of Claims Asserted by Minors

Get it in Writing? Fifth Circuit Says No Need on TCPA Matters

Bryan Clark to Share Insights on AI, Defamation and the First Amendment

Blaine Kimrey and Bryan Clark to Speak at MLRC Media Law Conference 2025

BIPA Bellwether: Seventh Circuit Finds Damages Limitation Retroactive

Anti-SLAPP Update: Federal Judges Increasingly Agree That Fee-Shifting Applies in Federal Court

Anti-SLAPP Update: More Support and Nuance for Applying Anti-SLAPP Fee-Shifting in Federal Courts

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Anti-SLAPP Update: More Support and Nuance for Applying Anti-SLAPP Fee-Shifting in Federal Courts

Anti-SLAPP Update: Federal Judges Increasingly Agree That Fee-Shifting Applies in Federal Court

BIPA Bellwether: Seventh Circuit Finds Damages Limitation Retroactive

Bryan Clark to Share Insights on AI, Defamation and the First Amendment

Get it in Writing? Fifth Circuit Says No Need on TCPA Matters

Recent Decision Provides Roadmap to Compel Arbitration of Claims Asserted by Minors

Long-Delayed Wave of CCPA Regulations Starts Crashing to Corporate Shores

Blaine Kimrey to Discuss Libel and Privacy at ABA Forum on Communications Law

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Anti-SLAPP Update: More Support and Nuance for Applying Anti-SLAPP Fee-Shifting in Federal Courts

Anti-SLAPP Update: Federal Judges Increasingly Agree That Fee-Shifting Applies in Federal Court

BIPA Bellwether: Seventh Circuit Finds Damages Limitation Retroactive

Bryan Clark to Share Insights on AI, Defamation and the First Amendment

Get it in Writing? Fifth Circuit Says No Need on TCPA Matters

Recent Decision Provides Roadmap to Compel Arbitration of Claims Asserted by Minors

Long-Delayed Wave of CCPA Regulations Starts Crashing to Corporate Shores

Blaine Kimrey to Discuss Libel and Privacy at ABA Forum on Communications Law

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