Mr. Cook is head of the firm’s Data Privacy and Security team. He focuses his practice on IP litigation, internal investigations, data security and privacy counseling and litigation and export and import regulatory compliance and litigation. He served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago, serving for 14 years in the Special Prosecutions Unit of that office. He has tried 85 cases as a prosecutor and in private practice. He has been recognized as a “Leader in the Field” by Chambers USA and Global for his security and privacy practice. As an intellectual property litigator, he handles cases involving trade secrets, copyrights, patents, malvertising, privacy rights, and unfair competition before federal and state courts and the FTC. He has handled white collar criminal matters for victims and defendants concerning healthcare fraud, defense contracting fraud, mail fraud and violations of U.S. export restrictions. He conducts internal corporate investigations involving industrial espionage, employee misconduct, computer intrusions and corporate security audits. He also has experience with e-commerce, as well as advertising, database protection and domain name transfers. He also counsels clients with respect to all aspects of the payment credit card industry data security standards (PCI DSS) and related liability exposures. He counsels corporate clients regarding business continuity planning, export and import regulations, regulatory compliance with HIPAA and other federal security standards. Mr. Cook also advises clients on export and import regulations and compliance with respect to the Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations and the State Department’s International Traffic in Arms requirements. He litigates matters with respect to export and import compliance, as well as new shipper review designations.