About

Littler Mendelson’s Privacy & Data Protection Practice Group provides the experience and insight to help your business comply with privacy laws and avoid costly civil litigation and government enforcement actions.

No matter the size of your business, workplace privacy already is an issue. From background checks and cross-border transfers of information within multi-national corporations to employee “blogging,” more and more aspects of the employer-employee relationship are raising privacy concerns. Properly resolving those concerns presents an enormous challenge for employers as the web of local, state, federal, and international privacy and data protection laws and regulations becomes increasingly complex.

Littler Mendelson advises a wide range of businesses on successfully navigating this intersection of privacy law and today’s technology-driven workplace. Littler Mendelson’s privacy law experts have the experience to help your business comply with new privacy laws and avoid costly civil litigation and government enforcement actions, not to mention the bad publicity and loss of goodwill that often accompany these disputes.

ABOUT PHILIP GORDON

Mr. Gordon is the Chair of Littler Mendelson’s Privacy & Data Protection Practice Group. He has years of experience litigating privacy-based claims and counseling clients on all aspects of workplace privacy. He has provided advice to businesses of all sizes on surveillance of employees’ electronic communications, background checks, responding to security breaches, outsourcing, and compliance with HIPAA, state data protection laws, and the European Union Data Protection Directive. Mr. Gordon also has substantial experience representing employers in disputes involving misappropriation of trade secrets, claims of unfair competition, and charges of wrongful termination. Relatedly, he has developed special expertise in preparing for, and responding to, electronic discovery and leads the Firm’s Electronic Discovery Task Force.

Education

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1989

B.A., Princeton University, 1984

Activities

Colorado State Bar

Mr. Gordon sits on the Editorial Board for the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ monthly journal. He served as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law in Fall, 2004 and Fall 2005.

Publications

Mr. Gordon has lectured and published extensively on workplace privacy issues. He has recently made presentations to the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the American Corporate Counsel Association, the Colorado Bar Association, and the Mountain States Employers’ Council.  Some of his recent publications are listed below:

 Rethinking Privacy: 10 Reasons Why Your Business Should Be More Concerned about Workplace Privacy, Privacy & Security Law Report, BNA (April 2006)

Workplace Privacy in the Age of Terrorism, Executive Counsel (March/April 2006)

Responding to Security Breaches under Ohio’s and Pennsylvania’s New Notice-of-Security-Breach Statutes and Other States’ Notice Laws, Littler Mendelson ASAP (March 2006)

Evaluating the Evolving Options for Trans-Atlantic Transfers of Human Resources Data, Special Publication on International Data Transfers, BNA (2005)

DOOCES WILD: How Employers Can Survive the New Technological Poker Game of Employee Blogging, Privacy Officers Advisor (October 2005)

HR's Role in HIPAA Security Compliance, Privacy & Security Law Review Report (March 2005)

It's 11 AM Do You Know Where Your Employees Are? Effective Use of Location-Based Technologies in the Workplace, Privacy Officers Advisor (February 2005)

HR Outsourcing: Your Firm's Sensitive Data Could Be At Risk, Denver Business Journal (July 2004)

Document Retention in the Digital Age: How Long Is Long Enough?, Privacy Officers Advisor (July 2004)