Brad chairs the firm’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation Team. His practice focuses on antitrust, trade regulation, and other competition matters, including antitrust litigation, counseling, and advising on competition issues with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other competitor collaborations. He also advises on the applicability of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act to transactions and prepares premerger notifications when required. Outside of his antitrust work, he handles complex commercial litigation matters for financial institution, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, and insurance clients.

Brad also maintains a robust regulatory practice where he counsels on compliance issues with federal agencies, including the FDA, FTC, and TTB; state regulatory bodies and attorneys general; and the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.

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Nancy’s practice focuses on financial service providers including banks, fintech companies and traditional and virtual currency money service businesses. Nancy advises on a wide range of topics including regulatory relations and examination management, consumer facing documents and agreements, licensing requirements on the state and federal level, Anti-Money laundering and sanction programs, the Corporate Transparency Act and state abandoned property laws.

Nancy’s representation in the digital asset space includes preparing the analysis of the entity’s role under the definitions of money transmitter, developing Anti-Money Laundering programs if so required and maintaining proper licensing. Nancy often works directly with the state regulators representing her clients.

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Mason is a Partner in the Data, Digital Assets & Technology (DDAT) Practice Group, specific to the Data Security & Privacy service team. She is also a key member of the firm’s AI and AI Governance team. With over fifteen years of experience as a lawyer and policy advocate in Washington, DC, she provides real world and actionable advice on privacy and data security matters, including legal compliance, policy and program development, and other issues at the intersection of privacy, security, and technology. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US and CIPP/E) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Mason has unique insight into the policymaking process and provides guidance that is practical, accomplishes the client’s objectives, and that can be easily implemented.

Prior to joining FBT Gibbons, Mason served as the Chief Privacy Officer to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she advised the Secretary of DHS, Deputy Secretary of DHS, heads of DHS agencies, and the National Security Council on privacy implications for national security and law enforcement initiatives. In this role, Mason developed and implemented policies and programs on the use of new and emerging technologies and personal data, including the use of artificial intelligence, commercial data, social media information, and privacy enhancing technologies in a transparent manner while enabling innovation and time sensitive operational needs, all while ensuring compliance with federal privacy law, policies, and guidance. Mason was also responsible for managing and remediating data privacy breaches and cybersecurity incidents involving personal data and oversaw DHS’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policy, program, and training.

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