Amy Crafts

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Amy Crafts is an associate in the Litigation Department, and focuses on commercial litigation, including intellectual property, anti-trust, government investigations and corporate governance. She represents a wide variety of clients, ranging from public and private companies to government entities and individuals, in all phases of litigation, including pre-litigation strategy and negotiation, state and federal trials and appeals, arbitrations and mediations.

Amy is a member of the Boston office’s hiring committee and represents the Boston office on the Firm’s women’s affinity group. Amy is also a member of the Firm’s pro bono committee and received the Firm’s Golden Gavel award in 2008. Her pro bono efforts are focused on urban youth and victims of domestic violence. She is a board member of the Youth Advocacy Foundation and serves as pro bono counsel for YouthBuild Boston. In addition, Amy spearheaded and facilitates the Firm’s successful 209A Initiative in collaboration with the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, for which she has been recognized by the Firm and the Middlesex District Attorney. In addition, Amy serves on the Event Committee for the Victims' Rights Law Center.Amy is a member of LeadBoston’s class of 2009, and graduated from Williams College and the University of Connecticut School of Law. During law school, Amy was a legal intern at the General Electric Company, was the Commentary Editor for the Connecticut Law Review, and was a moot court teaching assistant.

Amy is admitted to practice in New York (2004) and Massachusetts (2006), the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and Massachusetts District Court. Prior to joining Proskauer in 2005, Amy was a litigation associate at Hunton & Williams in New York.

Amy was selected as a “Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star” in 2009.


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Out-of-State Exempt Organizations May be Affected by New Massachusetts Data Security Regulations

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Amy Crafts

Massachusetts's new data security regulations, effective March 1, 2010, currently set forth the country’s most stringent requirements for protecting data. Extending beyond what is required by other states, Massachusetts specifies that, for example, covered entities, including exempt organizations, must implement a written information security program and must encrypt personal information that will be transmitted over the Internet, or that is kept on laptops and other portable devices.  Out-of-state exempt organizations working with Massachusetts residents should determine whether they have to comply with these new regulations. 

Massachusetts regulators and enforcement agencies would likely make the following three arguments that certain out-of-state exempt organizations, like in-state exempt organizations, must comply with the new regulations.

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