Lauren Weiss

Lauren Weiss is an associate in the Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group 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

Government Contracts & Investigations Blog Posts

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

Privacy & Cybersecurity: Eye on Privacy Blog

• "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