On October 26, 2015, Jenner & Block announced that privacy lawyer Nancy C. Libin, former Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer at the U.S. Department of Justice, is joining the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.  As principal privacy adviser to the deputy attorney general, she focused on such issues as electronic surveillance, cloud computing, location privacy, data breach, cybersecurity and international data protection.  She was extensively involved in bilateral and multilateral negotiations with foreign governments regarding data protection agreements that govern and facilitate cross-border information flows.  Her practice encompasses law and policy with a focus on consumer protection and privacy, as well as national security and cybersecurity issues.  Libin is a member of the firm’s growing privacy and information governance practice and also joins the communications, Internet and technology practice.