Associate
Jacob
Scarr
Jacob Scarr’s practice focuses on corporate transactions and data privacy and security matters. Jacob works with companies on corporate matters including business formation, private financing, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance with a focus on private placements and state securities regulations. His data privacy and security practice involves advising clients on compliance with privacy regulations and data collection and processing practices, data processing contracts, privacy policies, and international data transfers. Jacob holds certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals in EU and U.S. privacy practices (CIPP/E, CIPP/US).
Jacob received his law degree from the University of Colorado Law School, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Geography from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Legal Assistant
EDUCATION & ADMISSIONS
JURIS DOCTOR
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF LAW, 2019
BACHELOR OF ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER, 2015
Colorado
2019
Professional Associations
International Association of Privacy Professionals
International Association of Privacy Professionals – Young Privacy Professional Volunteer (Colorado) | 2020
Presentations
IAPP Denver KnowledgeNet:
Data Privacy and Security: Practical Considerations for M&A Transactions
Jacob’s Blog
Do’s and Don’ts: Operating Agreements
Limited liability companies have many appealing qualities. Not least among them is flexibility regarding how governance, economic returns, allocations of profits and losses, and distributions can be structured. Subject to certain well-established rules,...
Cyber Incidents Are On The Rise. Is Your Business Ready?
Businesses of every size are increasingly the targets of cybersecurity breaches, ransomware attacks and other online scams. It is no longer just big companies or obvious targets that draw the attention of cyber criminals. Recently, the City of Lafayette suffered a...
Let’s Talk: #Garminoutage
The Garmin outage continues to rattle users around the world as they surpass 24-hours of “server maintenance.” Here’s what we know: “We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin Connect, and as a result, the Garmin Connect website and mobile app are...
In the News
Nichols Named Top Environmental Lawyer by 5280 Magazine
Hitting stands around Colorado is the latest issue of 5280 Magazine. Included in this issue is the announcement of 5280's ninth annual Denver's Top Lawyers list. To compile this list, the team at 5280 invites lawyers to vote for their peers. Once the votes are in,...
BHGR Welcomes Geoff Klingsporn
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP is pleased to welcome Geoff Klingsporn to the team. Geoff Klingsporn joined the firm this month, returning to private practice after many years of representing Denver and its officers and employees in the Civil Litigation Section of...
BHGR x Community Food Share
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti has been a long-time partner of the Community Food Share - Food Bank of Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Our partnership has been displayed in a few different ways - donations, golf tournaments, and so on - over the years, but today,...
Firm Happenings
Partner Peter Nichols Talks Super Ditch Project at the Colorado Law Conference on Natural Resources
The University of Colorado Boulder hosted the 42nd Annual Colorado Law Conference on Natural Resources on June 16th and 17th. The Colorado River was the focus of this year's conference given the dramatic decline in the levels of Lakes Powell and Mead. Low Water At...
CA CLIENT ALERT: The Supreme Court Holds That Individual Claims Brought Under California’s Private Attorneys General Act Can Be Compelled to Arbitration
California employers scored a victory with the Supreme Court’s June 15, 2022 decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, Case No. 20-1573, which finds that individual claims brought under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) can be compelled...
Kathleen Alt Talks Remote Work and the Challenges Companies Might Already Be Experiencing
In an article published in the Daily Camera today, Monday, April 25, partner Kathleen Alt offers some updates on the complexities of remote work, particularly, out-of-state remote workers. Check out the article here*. Writer: Paula Aven Gladych Contributors: Kathleen...