Jon Neiditz is a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Atlanta office and founder and co-leader of the Firm's rapidly growing Information Management Practice. Jon is known nationally for developing and implementing cost-effective information governance and management programs that effectively address the risks, costs and opportunities associated with electronic information -- including in communications, collaboration and networking technologies; cloud computing and e-records management -- and as a trusted advisor on data management issues.

Jon's practice is global and spans all areas of operations, relationships, transactions and disputes, focusing particularly on:

• Privacy and Information Security
• Records and Document Management
• E-Discovery and Litigation Readiness
• Electronic Transactions
• Vendor Management

Jon has also led in community service. He has chaired community nonprofits, and to help provide much-needed services in the current economy, he now serves as Vice Chair of the Georgia Free Clinic Network. He regularly assists with strategic planning for new and established public and private ventures. As a lawyer, consultant and community leader, Jon focuses on practical, cost-effective solutions to complex problems and on establishing innovative relationships of trust and transparency. 

His representative experience includes:

• Global privacy and information security counsel to some of the largest companies in the US;
• Assisting in mitigation of thousands of information security breaches in a manner that has contributed to assuring that no lawsuits have ever been filed in connection with any such breaches;
• Preparing comprehensive records and document management and e-discovery readiness programs, including policies, procedures, schedules, guidelines, and training modules, and often including technology assessment, for many hundreds of insurance and financial services companies, technology companies, healthcare organizations, retailers, manufacturers, government agencies and academic institutions;
• Regularly developing and assisting in implementation of comprehensive information management programs, “e-policies” and privacy, information security and identity theft red flags programs;
• Preparing electronic communications policies, computer use policies, and employee monitoring policies for hundreds of clients;
• Developing and assisting in implementation and assessment of compliance programs for governmental and private information requirements, including requirements in all US and non-US jurisdictions, for many hundreds of organizations;
• Regularly developing programs for management of information throughout the supply chain and across alliances, and drafting information management outsourcing and procurement RFPs and contracts;
• Advising many organizations on creation and maintenance of enforceable electronic transactions and admissible electronic documents;
• Advising companies on existing records and document inventories and electronic information stores, making recommendations and offering solution sets regarding creation, maintenance, preservation, classification, metadata, search and destruction;
• Serving as general counsel to many health organizations and as counsel, consultant, and director to many human services organizations; and
• Designing, drafting, negotiating and implementing state-level health insurance reform and workers' compensation reform laws and rules. 

He is a sought-after presenter on current and future issues in information management. Some of his recent presentations include:

• "Evolving Cyber-Exposures for Data Managers," ISOTECH (November, 2009)
• "The Case for Electronic Conversation," ARMA International Annual Conference and Legal Information Technology Conference (October, 2009)
• "Regulatory Changes and Challenges: A Global Perspective," National Business Group on Health Annual Conference (October, 2009)
• "Influencing Electronic Communications to Reduce Cost and Risk," 21st Annual General Counsel Conference (June, 2009)
• “Reducing Uninsured Motorists - On-Line Verification,” ACORD/LOMA Insurance Systems Forum (May 2009)
• "The Case for Recordless Messaging," Forrester's IT Forum 2009" (May 2009)
• "Constructing Legal Strategy for the New Economy: Alternative Servicing and Billing for New Value Propositions," Fulton County Daily Report (April, 2009)
• “Managing a Data Breach—A Five-Step Survival Plan,” RIMS 2009 (April 2009)
• “The Business Impact of the Current Legal Environment,” 21st Annual Card Forum & Expo (April 2009)
• “Legal, data, and technology changes in 2008: Data management may have been the only growth industry,” ISOTECH (November 2008)
• "Effectively Managing eDiscovery in a Globalized Marketplace," Fulton County Daily Report (October 2008)
• “State Public Notification Requirements: Making Sense of Conflicting Priorities in the Event of a Breach – While Minimizing Costs and Risks,” American Conference Institute’s 2nd Annual Advance Forum on Cyber Risk Insurance (September 2008)
• “Time for Big League Play: Creative Solutions for Information Management,” Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough and Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter (July 2008)
• “Document Retention and Destruction: Practical Strategies for Developing a Compliant Data Management Program,” American Conference Institute (June 2008)
• “Managing Compliance Mandates through Paperless Technologies for Broker-Dealers,” Financial Services Institute (June 2008)
• “Managing Compliance Mandates through Paperless Technologies for Financial Advisors,” Financial Services Institute (June 2008)
• Litigation Readiness Workshop,” Thomson West (March 2008)
• “Professionalism in E-Discovery,” Institute of Continuing Legal Education (January 2008)
• “A Privacy Law Primer: What Every Attorney, Compliance and Security Officer Should Know,” Lorman Education Services National Teleconference (November 2007)
• “How to Use E-Discovery to Change Your Records and Document Management Programs,” PCI 2007 Information Technology Conference (October 2007)
• “Maintaining Control of E-Signatures, Electronic Records and Documents,” Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP Electronic Signatures & Records Summit (September 2007)
• “Regulations and Standards Affecting Cyber Risk Coverage and Claims: What’s on the Horizon?” & “Third Party Vendors and Suppliers: Limiting Liability for Third Party Acts or Omissions,” American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on Cyber Risk Insurance (September 2007)
• “Recent Case Law Impacting Operations,” Corporate E-Discovery Forum, Washington, D.C. (June 2007)
• “E-Discovery and the Role of the Corporate Secretary,” The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Inc. Southeastern Chapter Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, SC (May 2007)
• “How You Can Handle E-Discovery,” IHRIM 2007 Conference and Technology Exposition, Houston, TX (May 2007)
• “An Insider’s Perspective on Best Practices in E-Discovery,” Mealey’s Corporate E-Discovery Conference, Atlanta, GA (April 2007)
• “Privacy Under Siege,” Wells Fargo Cyber-Security Webinar (March 2007)
• “What Insurance Carriers Need to Know About Data Privacy,” IVANSXChange 2007, Tampa, FL (March 2007)
• “How You Can Handle E-Discovery,” LOMA Emerging Technology Conference, San Antonio, TX (February 2007)

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He has authored or been featured in numerous publications and articles, including:

• "Caught in the Middle Between Federal and State Breach Notification Requirements," American Health Lawyers Association HIT News, December, 2009
• “Finra, SEC rules constrain advisers in blogosphere,” InvestmentNews, September 1, 2008
• “Protecting Children: Texas is First State to Enforce COPPA,” The SciTech Lawyer, American Bar Association, Volume 5, Number 1, Summer 2008
• “Rethinking Your Employee Monitoring Policies After the 9th Circuit’s Quon Decision, Bloomberg Law Reports: Privacy and Information, Vol. 1, No. 5, September 2008
• “United States: From E-Discovery to E-Admissibility?” Mondaq Litigation and Arbitration, June 8, 2007
• “E-Discovery Challenges and Message Archiving Solutions,” MicroSoft Online Services, June 1, 2008
• “Workers’ compensation: Understand rules for disclosures,” Health Information Compliance Insider, June 2008
• “Transamerica Financial Advisers rolls out paperless system,” InvestmentNews, May 27, 2008
• “Case Law on Electronic Signatures and the Enforceability of Electronic Transactions,” InfoLaw Notes, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, May 15, 2008
• “E-Discovery: A Way To Paperless Organization,” Insurance Networking News, April 11, 2008
• “Repercussions of E- Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” ISO Review, February 2008
• “The Dynamic Duo: IT and Legal Working Together to Beat the Bad Guys,” Bank Systems and Technology, January 2008
• “E-Discovery Falls Hardest on Insurance Industry,” Business Insurance, May 2007
• “New E-Proxy System Packs Rewards & Risks,” Business Insurance, May 2007
• “Federal E-Discovery Rules Challenge Insurers,” National Underwriter, May 2007
• “What the E-Discovery Amendments To The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Mean to You,” The Data Administration Newsletter – TDAN.com, February 1, 2007
• “The Age of E-Discovery,” Insurance Networking News, January 2007
• “Meeting the Challenges of Electronic Documents,” Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, October 2006
• Jon A. Neiditz examines the privacy conundrum presented by the collision between worklife, private life, and the Internet, Practicing Law Institute All-Star Briefing, June 16, 2006
• “Minimizing litigations and investigations by managing e-records,” Insurance Journal, May 22, 2006
• “A Risk-Based Approach to Email Management,” AIRROC Matters Newsletter, February 2006
• “New Challenges for Employers in Document and Messaging Management,” IHRIM Link, February 2006

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