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Provided by Denise Backhouse
Class Action; eDiscovery; International Employment Law; Litigation and Trials; Privacy and Data Security.
Reinforcing the firm's commitment to providing its clients with leading-edge solutions in the rapidly developing area of eDiscovery, Denise provides focused guidance and expertise on information governance and electronic discovery matters to Littler's lawyers and their clients.
Backhouse is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E). She is a frequent lecturer on eDiscovery and data protection issues, including on such topics as developing trends, cross-border discovery, data protection and privacy, and privilege and ethics in eDiscovery.
Additionally, Backhouse is a founding director of the Cardozo Data Law Initiative (CDLI), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University and serves on the Steering Committee of the American Bar Association Cross-Border Discovery Institute and the Working Group Series Leadership Council of The Sedona Conference®.
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), International Corporate Practice, Practicing Law Institute, Chapter Co-Author, March 2022
Cyber Evidence, Corporate Criminal Defense: Compliance, Investigation, and Trial Strategies, Aspen Publishers, Chapter Author, 2012 and 2013
Social Media and Employment, Labour & Employment, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research Ltd., Contributing Author, 2011, 2012 and 2013
American Law Institute; International Data Law Association - Founding Member, Board of Directors; American Bar Association Annual Cross-Border Institute: The Interplay Between Global Discovery, Privacy and Data Security, 2023; American Bar Association Annual Cross-Border Institute: The Interplay Between Global Discovery, Privacy and Data Security, 2017-2023
Columbia University School of Law
J.D., Harland Fiske Stone Scholar
University of Melbourne, Commonwealth of Australia
M.A., honors
University of Melbourne, Commonwealth of Australia
B.A., honors
Provided by Chambers
Denise Backhouse is noted for her expertise in international information governance laws and their implications for a company's data management. She is also frequently engaged to assist major clients with complex litigation.
Provided by Chambers
"Denise has deep expertise in cross-border data issues and provides exceptional and responsive client service."
"Denise has a broad skill set and is strong in data privacy."
"Denise has deep expertise in cross-border data issues and provides exceptional and responsive client service."
"Denise has a broad skill set and is strong in data privacy."
