Cindy Cohn is an

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civil liberties

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specializing in Internet law. She represented

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and the

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in ''

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''.

Education

She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa and the London School of Economics and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Michigan.

Law Career

In 1997 Cohn was recognized by ''

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'' as one of the "Lawyers of the Year" for her work. After serving for 15 years as legal director and general counsel for the

, she became its executive director in 2015. In addition to Bernstein, some of Cohn's significant cases include '' Hepting v. AT&T'' (class action against AT&T for collaborating with the National Security Agency program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications), In re Sony BMG Tech. litigation (class action against

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for placing dangerous

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(DRM) on customers' computers), ''

OPG v. Diebold ''Online Policy Group v. Diebold, Inc.'', 337 F. Supp. 2d 1195 (N.D. Cal. 2004), was a lawsuit involving an archive of Diebold's (now Premier Election Solutions) internal company e-mails and Diebold's contested copyright claims over them. The Elect ...

'' ( Diebold was held liable for sending out unfounded cease and desist notices to internet service providers (ISPs) in an effort to stop public discussion of the flaws in its electronic voting machines), and ''

DVD CCA v. Bunner ''DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. v. Bunner'' was a lawsuit that was filed by the DVD Copy Control Association ("DVD CCA") in California, accusing Andrew Bunner and several others of misappropriation of trade secrets under California's implemen ...

'' (representing Andrew Bunner against the DVD Copy Control Association defending his right to republish a computer program that he found republished elsewhere on the Internet).

Awards and honors

In 2006 Cohn was named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the ''

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''. In November 2018, she was featured among "America's Top 50 Women In Tech" by '' Forbes''. Cohn also serves on the board of directors of the nonprofits

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and the Verified Voting Foundation.

References

External links

Cindy Cohn's Bio on EFF Site

Human Rights Advocates Home Page
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