Scott S. Christie is a partner in the IP/IT Group at McCarter & English, LLP. He is a trial lawyer who is actively involved in counseling of clients and in trial work regarding all fields of intellectual property, information technology, data privacy, and licensing. Scott Christie, in the data privacy area, instructs companies on protecting personally identifiable information of customers and employees, investigates breaches of security of such information, provides guidance to clients concerning their obligations in response to such breaches of security, assists clients in satisfying these obligations, and defends companies sued for data security breaches. Mr. Christie can be reached at schristie at mccarter dot com.