Cyber Law

Technology and the internet have revolutionized the world and ushered in a whole new host of risks and liabilities. Below are some of the kinds of issues handled by attorneys here at WilliamsMcCarthy:

• Data security and online privacy issues
• Allegations of non-ADA compliant websites
• Domain name disputes and cyber squatting
• Wire fraud and phishing
• Ransomware and cyber extortion
• Software licensing audits and violations
• Demands under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 17 USC § 1202)
• Cable or satellite companies’ claims under the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (47 USC § 521, et seq.) and Chapter 119 of the U.S. criminal code, titled “Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Inception of Oral Communications” (18 USC § 2511)
• Allegations of unlawful downloading of copyrighted movies online by use of BitTorrent technology, or other peer-to-peer file sharing technology