Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Law Conference

About the Event

The Annual Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Digital Law Conference is where we unpacked the latest trends, legal updates, and challenges shaping the future of digital governance, privacy laws, AI solutions, and cybersecurity. This year’s agenda brought together leading experts from various sectors to discuss pressing issues, including international cybercrime, evolving privacy regulations, and AI contracting complexities.

Agenda

12:00pm – 12:45pm

Navigating Digital Governance

Caitlin Fennessy, Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer, IAPP, will share observations about the evolution of digital governance within organizations. She will be joined by Peter Lefkowitz, Principal, Amity Digital Risk, LLC, for an in-depth discussion about the practical aspects of digital governance, focusing on how professionals are navigating the intersections of privacy, AI governance, and cybersecurity law to create a more cohesive approach to digital responsibility.

  • Caitlin Fennessy, Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer, IAPP
  • Peter Lefkowitz, Principal, Amity Digital Risk, LLC

1:00pm – 1:50pm

International Cybercrime: What to be alert for in 2025

This panel of current and former prosecutors, agents, and law firm counsel will discuss the types of international cybercrime on the rise as we head into 2025, including hack-to-trade conspiracies, crypto fraud, nation state attacks, and North Korean employment scams designed to fund its weapons program.

  • Seth Kosto, Chief, Securities, Financial, and Cyber Fraud Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts
  • Peter Manning, Managing Director, Naxo
  • Adam J. Bookbinder, Co-Chair Government Enforcement & Compliance, Choate Hall & Stewart
  • Linn F. Freedman, Partner, Chair Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, Robinson + Cole

2:00pm – 2:50pm

Big Data is Watching (Are You?): Hot Topics and Trends in Privacy

By January 1, 2026, comprehensive privacy laws will have gone into effect in at least 19 states. Not to be left behind, federal and state regulators have conducted enforcement actions against companies ranging from tech to healthcare. The panel will discuss the latest privacy law developments, including new age-appropriate design codes intended to protect children online, developments in comprehensive legislation, and regulatory approaches to enforcement nationwide.

  • Nick Farnsworth, Senior Associate, Orrick (Moderator)
  • Rachel Marmor, Partner, Data Strategy, Privacy, and Security, Holland & Knight LLP
  • Jared Klebanoff, Assistant General Counsel, Privacy at Marqeta

3:00pm – 3:50pm

Contracting for AI Solutions Against an Evolving Regulatory and Compliance Landscape

Legal and compliance experts will explore the expanding use of AI-enabled technologies and the evolving landscape of regulations applicable to those technologies. The conversation will focus on how these changes are shaping more nuanced contractual negotiations between AI providers and users, as well as the development of comprehensive AI governance frameworks and more robust compliance programs.

  • Kisha Wilson, Associate, Holland & Knight (Moderator)
  • Beatrice Botti, Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer, DoubleVerify
  • Kyle Glover, Partner, Pierce Atwood
  • Eric Mueller, Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer & Head of North America, D2 Legal Technology

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Regulatory Roundup: New England Regulators Discuss the Latest in Data Protection

New England is at the forefront of privacy legislation, with new comprehensive privacy laws set to go into effect in New Hampshire and Rhode Island on January 1, 2025 and 2026 respectively, adding to an existing body of laws and regulations used to protect consumer privacy. In this panel, New England regulators from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island responsible for implementation and enforcement will discuss what their offices are doing to prepare and what businesses should be thinking about now.

  • Kevin Angle, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight LLP
  • Stephen Provazza, Unit Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit at Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
  • Brandon Garod, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau, New Hampshire Attorney General
  • Jared Rinehimer, Assistant Attorney General, Chief, Privacy and Responsible Technology Division, Massachusetts Attorney General

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Reception

Speakers

Kevin Angle
Kevin Angle
Holland & Knight LLP
Adam J. Bookbinder
Adam J. Bookbinder
Choate Hall & Stewart
Beatrice Botti
Beatrice Botti
DoubleVerify
Nick Farnsworth
Nick Farnsworth
Orrick
Caitlin Fennessy
Caitlin Fennessy
IAPP
Linn F. Freedman
Linn F. Freedman
Robinson + Cole
Brandon Garod
Brandon Garod
New Hampshire Attorney General
Kyle Glover
Kyle Glover
Pierce Atwood
Jared Klebanoff
Jared Klebanoff
Marqeta
Seth Kosto
Seth Kosto
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts
Peter Lefkowitz
Peter Lefkowitz
Amity Digital Risk, LLC
Peter Manning
Peter Manning
Naxo
Rachel Marmor
Rachel Marmor
Holland & Knight LLP
Eric Mueller
Eric Mueller
D2 Legal Technology
Stephen Provazza
Stephen Provazza
Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
Jared Rinehimer
Jared Rinehimer
Massachusetts Attorney General
Kisha Wilson
Kisha Wilson
Holland & Knight

Steering Committee

Committee Chair
Kevin Angle

Holland & Knight

Adam Bookbinder
Choate Hall & Stewart

Beatrice Botti
Double Verify

Linn F. Freedman
Robinson+Cole

Vivek J. Rao
Pierce Atwood

Sponsorships

For questions on sponsoring this conference, contact Emily Foster at efoster@bostonbar.org.