Capezza Hill, LLP

Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

Our firm advises corporate clients to ensure that proprietary information discussed in the boardroom remains confidential.  Specifically, our firm advises corporate clients regarding cybersecurity policies and law, data breaches and theft, data retention regulations, data sharing policies, and anti-money laundering compliance.  The firm’s experience in this area is rooted in technical training and experience in computer science and system design, and legal experience as a former federal prosecutor handling computer forensics and money laundering matters, as well as the General Counsel to the New York State Police handling institutional data security and privacy matters.  This experience includes:

  • Successful co-location of a government intelligence center with a not-for-profit, which resulted in a state, federal and private information-sharing partnership concerning cyber threat intelligence and security issues. The project entailed operational and security issues, procurement and funding issues, and unique construction issues relative to state and federal security protocols.
  • Creation and implemental of e-Discovery protocols related to discovery obligations in litigation and the technical availability of archived data stored on a historical tape system.
  • Creation of cybersecurity, data retention, and data sharing policies for commercial businesses and financial institutions.
  • Assessment of anti-money laundering compliance for financial businesses.

This experience also includes publishing and speaking engagements regarding evolving governmental regulations:

  • Capezza, Thomas A., Urizar, Nancy L. “Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Strategies, and Bankruptcy Considered in the Context of Cloud Agreements.” Cloud 3.0 Drafting and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements.   American Bar Association Publishing, 2019, Chapter 8, pp. 147-161. 
  • Author: “New York State Rules Reaches Beyond the State’s Borders in Requiring Corporate Boards to Implement Cybersecurity Protections,” American Bar Association, The Business Lawyer, Vol. 73 (Winter 2017-18).

Speaker: “NYSDFS Rules on Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies,” American Bar Association Business Law Spring Meeting, Cyberspace Law Committee, Orlando, FL (2018).