U.S. Law Firms Must Prepare For GDPR, Panel Warns

U.S. law firms that deal with EU citizens must get ready to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or will risk incurring potentially huge penalties, speakers told members of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers Feb. 3.

The EU Parliament enacted the “broad and wide-ranging” GDPR three years ago to reconcile and consolidate the privacy laws of all EU member states, said panelist Susan E. Gunter, a partner at Dutton Brock LLP in Toronto. Before its adoption, she said, privacy regulation in the EU differed depending on the country. That will change effective May 25, when GDPR ...