Kimberly Wong focuses her practice in the areas of intellectual property, privacy, data breach and social media. Kimberly advises corporations, healthcare providers and other entities on compliance with state and federal data breach notification laws and identity theft regulations. This includes counseling with respect to responding to breaches of sensitive personal information and/or protected health information, establishing written information security programs, crafting identity theft prevention programs pursuant to the FTC’s Red Flag Rules and maintaining the security of personal health information pursuant to HIPAA and HITECH. Kimberly has also advised clients on regulatory investigations arising from data breaches, including investigations by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the U.S. Department of Education and various State Attorneys General.
Kimberly also has litigation experience representing clients in a variety of patent, trademark and copyright infringement matters, as well as actions involving unfair competition and trade secrets. She has also handled litigation matters concerning software and website development and represented consultants and software developers in complex actions involving the design and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning/Management software.
Prior to Kimberly’s legal career, she was a clinical research associate at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she studied the effectiveness of certain drugs and devices on gastrointestinal cancers. While attending law school, she was a judicial extern to the Honorable Renee M. Bumb, U.S.D.J., United States District Court, District of New Jersey. After law school, she was a judicial clerk to the Honorable Michael J. Hogan, P.J.Ch., Superior Court of New Jersey.
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2/26/2013 - International Compendium of Data Privacy Laws
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