William J. Cook

Representative Experience:

Corporate counseling regarding business continuity planning, export and import regulations, regulatory compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA and other federal security standards
Counseling regarding all aspects of payment, credit card industry standards (including PCI, CISP, SDP, DSOP, DISC, and AIS), and related liability exposures
Internal corporate investigations involving industrial espionage, computer intrusions and corporate security audits
Electronic discovery
Competitive intelligence issues surrounding corporate efforts to monitor their competitive environment and the resulting liability issues
Intellectual property litigation including trade secrets, copyrights, patents, privacy rights, industrial espionage and unfair competition
E-commerce issues including privacy, advertising, copyrights, trademarks, database protection, domain name transfers and IP protection

Publications And Presentations:

Over 500 presentations on online law and liability.
Presenter, President's National Security and Telecommunications Committee, "Internet Liability and Future Issues," Washington, DC, November 2007.
Presenter, Executive Forum of the International Computer Emergency Response Teams, "Internet Liability Issues," Boston, November 2007.
Presenter, Northwestern University, "Internet Law and Liability Circa 2007, October 2007.
Presenter, International Association of Privacy Professionals, "Internet Privacy and Liability," New York, June 2007.
Presenter, Marsh Health Care Liability Conference, "Scope of HIPAA and Internet Liability," Geneva, IL, June 2007.
Presenter, Remington Security Roundtable, "Internet Security Standards and Enforcement," Rosemont, IL, May 2007.
Presenter, Petroleum Industry Attorneys, "Payment Card Industry Security Standards," Washington, D.C., April 2007.
Presenter, PCI Expert Forum, "Legal Aspects of the Payment Card Industry Standards," San Francisco, CA, March 2007.
Presenter, National Science Foundation Cybersecurity Summit, "Data Security Liability," Washington, DC, February 2007.
Presenter, CLE Cyber Law Forum, "Online Fraud," , San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2006.
Keynote Presenter, Information Security Decisions Conference, Chicago, Il, 2006.
CSO Magazine, “The Long Arm of the Law,” September 2004.
CSO Magazine, “Dangerous Waters: Denial of Service Attacks,” August 2004.
CSO Magazine, “Shadow Sites: Corporate FTP Sites,” July 2004.
CSO Magazine, “Open Secrets,” June 2004.
CSO Magazine, “A Foreseeable Future,” May 2004.
Optimize Magazine, “Protecting Private Information, The Compliance Case for User-Friendly Cryptography,” May 2004.
Presenter, Information Week Media Network Compliance Conference, “Closing Keynote: Over the Regulatory Horizon,” May 2004.
Presenter, Forbes CFO Forum, “Staying Out of the Headlines: Tracking Potential Risk,” May 2004.
Interview, Chicago Lawyer, “Firms See Growth in Computer Security Practice Groups,” May 2004.
Presenter, Accenture, “Critical Information Protection and Internet Liability,” April 2004.
Presenter, PricewaterhouseCoopers General Counsel Forum, “Cyber Threats: They are Real and You May Be Liable,” April 2004.
Public Radio’s - “Marketplace Morning Report,” April 2004.
Electronic Banking Law and Commerce Report, “The Legal Mandate In Information Protection,” April 2004.
Presenter, Information Week Spring 2004, “Making Compliance Pay Off,” March 2004.
CSO Magazine, “Who Is Liable?” March 2004.
CIO Magazine, “Courts Make Users Liable for Security Glitches, February 2004.
Presenter, AITP Dinner, “Internet Liability and the Law,” February 2004.
Speaker, Federal Communication Commission Technology Advisory Council on National Research Council book, “Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Law,” January 2004.

Professional Associations:

Expert witness on Internet and computer law before U.S. House Judiciary Committee and Federal Communications Commission.

President of Infragard – Chicago (F.B.I. computer crime unit community reach out program) and founding member of U.S. Secret Service Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force.

Member National Science Foundation’s Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Law Committee (2001-2003).

Member Illinois Commission on Electronic Commerce and Crime (July 1996).

American Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

Adjunct professor Internet and Web Law, University of Illinois Law School.

Guest lectured on Information Security Law and Liability at Harvard, Yale, Purdue, the University of Illinois, and the University of Salzburg.

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1975

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1975

U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1998

Personal Information:

Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Justice Department, Chicago, Illinois 1975 to 1991

Chief Computer Crime Task Force, Regional Coordinator of Counter-Espionage and Counter-Terrorist investigations

Justice Department Representative to Regional FEMA Office

U.S. Army Infantry, 1968-1970, Airborne & Ranger Qualified, Infantry Platoon Leader, 25th Infantry Division, Republic of South Vietnam 1969-1970, Combat Infantry Badge, three Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, two Army Commendation Medals and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry

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