Leading tech companies like Apple are constantly coming up with new ways to make our personal devices as secure as possible—i.e., the iPhone X, which unlocks via facial recognition.  However, there are times when these powerfully encrypted devices contain  information critical to law enforcement in their pursuit of criminal investigations—as was the case following the recent terror attacks in San Bernadino, CA. Apple refused to create a backdoor for courts to access devices containing potentially useful data, arguing that to do so would set a dangerous precedent.

Ben Rosenberg has been a driving force in white collar defense and securities litigation for over a decade. As the battle between the FBI and Apple came to a head, Rosenberg was serving as the General Counsel to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who has been at the helm of the data encryption debate. At our upcoming dinner, Mr. Rosenberg will share his experience with the DA’s cyber-related initiatives, and provide insight on the rising struggle between privacy and security in the age of technology. 

About the Speaker

Ben Rosenberg joined Dechert as a partner in 2005. He has focused his practice on white collar criminal defense and securities litigation, with a specific emphasis on defending executives and corporations in connection with governmental investigations, and proceedings of federal grand juries and offices of the United States Attorney, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Attorney General of New York, and the New York District Attorney. His clients came from the fields of investment banking, mutual fund management, private equity investing (principally hedge funds), commodities trading, and stock lending, among others. In 2013, he was ranked by The Legal 500 U.S. for his white-collar criminal defense practice, and was recognized by The International Who’s Who of Business Crime Defense Lawyers. In the same year, he was a member of the Dechert litigation team recognized as part of the Financial Times’ 2013 Top U.S. Innovative Law Firms for their “standout” work acting as lead counsel for an ad hoc group of creditors in connection with the highly contested cross-border restructuring of approximately US$1.6 billion in defaulted senior notes issued by Mexico's largest glass manufacturer.