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Nichole L. Sterling

Associate

New York
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nsterling@bakerlaw.com
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Overview

Nichole Sterling is focusing her developing practice on electronic discovery and privacy and data protection. She has significant experience managing discovery in complex litigation and regulatory investigations, and holds the CEDS' eDiscovery specialist credential. Nichole works seamlessly with case teams to ensure client needs are met.

In addition to holding a foreign language doctorate, Nichole has spent several years living and working in Europe, including a clerkship at the Court of Justice of the European Union, and is well positioned to assist clients with cross-border discovery and data protection concerns.

Select Experience

  • Works directly with in-house counsel, internal stakeholders and third-party vendors to preserve evidence following cybersecurity incidents.
  • Works with the litigation team in class actions and regulatory investigations resulting from cybersecurity incidents to manage discovery.
  • Advises on compliance with international data transfer restrictions and data localization requirements, including the utilization of cross-border transfer mechanisms, such as the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework and standard contractual clauses.
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Experience

  • Works directly with in-house counsel, internal stakeholders and third-party vendors to preserve evidence following cybersecurity incidents.
  • Works with the litigation team in class actions and regulatory investigations resulting from cybersecurity incidents to manage discovery.
  • Advises on compliance with international data transfer restrictions and data localization requirements, including the utilization of cross-border transfer mechanisms, such as the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework and standard contractual clauses.
  • Assisted in drafting and negotiating multi-party contracts in complex technology transactions.
  • Researched and wrote internal memoranda and a technical annex describing the scope, impact and legal implications of the EU's Data Retention Directive as background for the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision in Digital Rights Ireland.
  • Member of the BakerHostetler team serving as court-appointed counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, an unprecedented recovery effort involving hundreds of actions.
  • Assisted in the representation of a transnational food and beverage company; involved in discovery in several cases arising out of false claims allegations against the client.
  • Supported discovery efforts in bankruptcy litigation involving the return of payments made by a corporate estate to a global financial services firm.
  • Supported discovery efforts in litigation and regulatory investigations in connection with the representation of one of the world's leading credit rating agencies in all matters arising out of its rating of structured finance securities, including securities backed by subprime mortgages.
  • Assisted in the representation of a global financial services firm during a major bankruptcy proceeding; involved in discovery for multiple matters related to the bankruptcy.

Recognitions and Memberships

Recognitions

  • Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (CEDS): Certified E-Discovery Specialist

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
    • Section of International Law
    • Young Lawyers Division
      • TYL, Associate Editor (2017 to 2019)
  • New York City Bar Association
    • European Affairs Committee (2015 to 2018)
  • The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention
    • Working Groups 1, 6, and 11

Publications

Articles

Blog Posts

Pro Bono

  • Revised and updated a non-profit’s guide to state and federal employment rights for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
  • Represents LGBT individuals seeking asylum in the U.S.; drafts and files application materials and prepares materials to support the asylum application prior to the asylum interview. 
  • Researched zoning and fair housing regulations in two Louisiana parishes and drafted reports to assist with a larger housing research project.

Services

Emerging Issues

Prior Positions

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP: Discovery Attorney (2015 to 2016)
  • Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP: Discovery Attorney (2013 to 2015)
  • European Court of Justice, Luxembourg: Dean Acheson Legal Stagiaire, Judge Thomas Von Danwitz (2013)
  • Law Clerk for Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law (2011)

Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • New York

Education

  • J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2012; Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, Executive Production Editor; International Transactions Clinic, Student Attorney (2010 to 2012)
  • Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
  • B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, 1997, magna cum laude

Languages

  • Swedish

Blog

In The Blogs

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Data Privacy Monitor
Advocate General Opinion Supports Limiting the "Right to be Forgotten" to the EU
By Emily R. Fedeles, Laura E. Jehl, Nichole L. Sterling
January 23, 2019
On January 10, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar released an opinion recommending that Google and other search engines should not be forced to apply the EU’s “right to be forgotten” beyond the EU. The advocates general assist the judges of...
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Discovery Advocate
The CLOUD Act and the Warrant Canaries That (Sometimes) Live There
By Nichole L. Sterling
November 26, 2018
The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Pub. L. No. 115-141 (2018), or the CLOUD Act, was enacted in the U.S. on March 23, 2018, in response to difficulties U.S. law enforcement agencies (LEAs) had when attempting to gain access to...
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Data Privacy Monitor
The CLOUD Act and the Warrant Canaries That (Sometimes) Live There
By Nichole L. Sterling
November 26, 2018
The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Pub. L. No. 115-141 (2018), or the CLOUD Act, was enacted in the U.S. on March 23, 2018, in response to difficulties U.S. law enforcement agencies (LEAs) had when attempting to gain access to...
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Discovery Advocate
E-discovery, the Cloud and Blockchain – How New Practices May Require a ‘Back to School' Approach
By James A. Sherer, Nichole L. Sterling
September 14, 2018
The practice of e-discovery has always incorporated considerations of new and emerging technologies as well as related attorney competence. With the advent of cloud services and significant use by clients, e-discovery practitioners...
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Discovery Advocate
What the Working Party might be Thinking about Discovery – WP 261 Derogations to the GDPR
By James A. Sherer, Nichole L. Sterling
April 23, 2018
On Feb. 6, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party (Working Party 29) published Working Paper 261 (WP 261), which provided guidance on the provisions of Article 49 of the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This...
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