Vedder's Privacy, CyberSecurity & Media team helps companies manage risk where content, data, and public scrutiny intersect. We guide clients through complex challenges in content creation and dissemination, advertising, data collection, marketing, and digital engagement, including media and privacy litigation, class action defense, prepublication review, policy development, and regulatory compliance.
Our interdisciplinary team combines deep litigation experience, regulatory knowledge, and practical operational insight. Former journalists on our team bring firsthand newsroom experience, helping clients navigate time-sensitive editorial decisions with confidence. We provide clear, practical guidance to protect reputations, support business objectives, and anticipate risk before it escalates.
When disputes arise, our litigators are known for innovative, aggressive strategies that often result in early dismissals or favorable resolutions. We also work proactively with clients to design policies, conduct training, perform risk assessments, and manage cybersecurity incidents, coordinating with technical, forensic, and communications professionals as needed.
Our Services
- Media and entertainment litigation involving defamation, privacy, intellectual property, right of publicity, and similar common law and statutory claims
- Defense of privacy class actions and individual claims related to data collection, marketing, data sharing, and security incidents
- Compliance counseling for state, federal, and international privacy and cybersecurity laws
- Prepublication review, policy drafting, training, and risk assessments
- Cybersecurity incident response and regulatory engagement
Media and Privacy Risk Report
News, commentary and humor on media, privacy and the law. The Media and Privacy Risk Report offers practical insights on privacy, cybersecurity, and media issues to help businesses anticipate risk and protect value.

Insights & Events
Blogs
Illinois Supreme Court Places Standing Limits on Plaintiffs’ Ability to Assert Statutory Claims in Illinois State Court
December 2, 2025
Blogs
Beware Plaintiffs Threatening the First Amendment – Colorado PTFA Listing Provision Litigation Seeks to Muzzle Freedom of Speech
December 1, 2025
Blogs
TCPA Turnstile: Living in a Post-McLaughlin World (TCPA Update Vol. 21)
November 11, 2025
Blogs
Cross-State Regulatory Sweep Highlights Growing Legal Risk Around Consumer Data Opt-Outs
September 17, 2025
Blogs
Popa v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.: Ninth Circuit Clarifies Article III Standing Requirements and Strengthens Defenses to Internet Privacy and Other Consumer Claims
September 15, 2025
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Fifth Circuit Holds that Drag Show is Expressive Conduct Protected Under First Amendment
September 8, 2025
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CIPA: The “Other” California Privacy Statute You Should Be Worried About
August 26, 2025
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SCOTUS Ruling Tips the Scales in Favor of District Courts, Not the FCC, When it Comes to Interpreting TCPA
July 2, 2025
Primary Contacts

Blaine C. Kimrey
Shareholder
Chair, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Media Group
Chair, Media & Entertainment Litigation
Chicago