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Christina Higgins

Christina Higgins is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office and a member of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group. Christina advises leading businesses on a wide array of cyber security and data privacy compliance issues across various industries, including technology services, big pharma, professional sports, and financial services. Her practice also includes providing strategic advice on internal investigations and cyber security incident response, ranging from advance persistent threats to theft or misuse of internal information.

Christina’s practice also focuses on regulatory matters and government investigations, where she presents clients in FTC and State AG investigations involving allegations of unfair or deceptive privacy, data security, and marketing practices.

Earlier this month, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released its oversight plan for the 119th Congress. Among other topics, the plan addresses priorities designed to ensure that technology and communications regulations keep pace with innovation, investment, and economic growth. The priorities described include:

  • Updating Communications Regulations. The Committee plans to assess whether outdated,
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On June 6, the Texas Attorney General published a news release announcing that the Attorney General has opened an investigation into several car manufacturers.  The news release states that the investigation was opened “after widespread reporting that [car manufacturers] have secretly been collecting mass amounts of data about drivers directly from their vehicles and then

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