Lauren Weiss

Lauren Weiss is an associate in the Governmental Practice in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. She is also a member of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Team.

Areas of Practice

Lauren’s practice focuses on government contracts litigation, investigations, and counseling matters including the following areas: 

• Cybersecurity counseling;
• Internal Investigations;
• Regulatory compliance;
• Bid protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office;
• Civil False Claims Act litigation defense;
• Transactional due diligence

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Lauren worked on federal and state homeland security issues at the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Communications Commission, and the National Governors Association.

Articles

Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog Posts

• "CFPB Issues Proposed Rulemaking on Data Access and Portability," November 11, 2022

Government Contracts & Investigations Blog Posts

• "Biden Administration Releases Highly Anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy," March 9, 2023

• "The Gap Widens Between COFC and GAO on Late is Late Rule," October 26, 2022

• "Federal Government Outlines New Security and Attestation Requirements for Software," September 28, 2022

• "DOJ Announces Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative To Enforce Contractor Cybersecurity Compliance," October 28, 2021

Privacy & Cybersecurity: Eye on Privacy Blog

• "Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Five- Further Adoption of FedRAMP & StateRAMP," January 25, 2023

• "Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Four – Cybersecurity Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Updates," January 24, 2023
• "Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Three – Secure Software Development Attestation Requirements," January 23, 2023
• "Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part Two – NIST SP 800-171, Revision 3," January 19, 2023
• "Do Business With the Federal Government? Here’s a 2022 Cybersecurity Recap: Part One – CMMC Developments," January 18, 2023

• "CFPB Starts Year Seeking Comments on Proposals to Give Consumers Enhanced Control of Financial Data," January 9, 2023

• "White House Aims for Spring 2023 Rollout of Internet of Things Labeling Program," October 28, 2022

• "CISA Seeking Input on Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure," September 26, 2022

• "NIST Releases New Guidance on Software Security and Cybersecurity Consumer Labeling Programs," March 14, 2022
• "NIST Seeks Comments on Cybersecurity Framework Refresh," March 10, 2022

Memberships

Member, Junior League of Washington