Te lawyers at McCarter & English, LLP use a team approach to issues and a wealth of knowledge and experience to solve every problem. William J. Heller, Scott S. Christie, and William A. Zucker are partners in the IP/IT Group at McCarter & English, LLP. All three are trial lawyers who are actively involved in counseling of clients and in trial work regarding all fields of intellectual property, information technology, data privacy, and licensing. John M. McKelway, Jr., is a partner in the Labor and Employment Group at McCarter & English, LLP and also a trial lawyer. Mr. McKelway is heavily involved in counseling clients on and litigating matters relating to data protection and privacy regarding employees, executives, and employment contracts. William J. Heller is Chair of the IP/IT Group and is instrumental in the negotiation of technology and life sciences agreements. He regularly advises clients in corporate-wide IP protection programs. Scott S. 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. William A. Zucker is a longtime senior consultant for Cutter Consortium on intellectual property and technology issues that include outsourcing, data security, and privacy. He has written the International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution's rules for fast-track technology arbitrations and mediations. He is also coauthor of a chapter on intellectual property issues in the Computer Security Handbook, 5th edition.

Mssrs. Zucker, Heller, Christie, and McKelway can be reached at wzucker@mccarter.com, wheller@mccarter.com, schristie@mccarter.com, and jmckelway@mccarter.com, respectively.