Latham & Watkins has announced its hire of Robert Blamires as counsel in the firm’s technology transactions practice in San Francisco, where he counsels clients on U.S., E.U,. and cross-border regulatory issues related to as data privacy, consumer protection and mobile payments. For more from Latham, see “Lax Privacy Policies, Security Measures and Vendor Oversight Lead to FTC Settlement for Mobile Phone Manufacturer” (Oct. 3, 2018).