Tyler G. Newby

415-875-2495
tnewby@fenwick.com
Practice Area Lead
Complex Litigation
Partner
Litigation

Tyler G.
Newby

Tyler G.
Newby

Tyler G.
Newby

Partner
Litigation
Practice Area Lead
Complex Litigation

Tyler is the chair of Fenwick's IP & Complex Litigation practice and focuses his practice on privacy and data security litigation, counseling and investigations, as well as intellectual property and commercial disputes affecting high technology and consumer-facing companies. Tyler has an active practice in defending companies in consumer class actions, state attorney general investigations and federal regulatory agency investigations arising out of privacy and data security incidents. In addition to his litigation practice, Tyler regularly advises companies large and small on reducing their litigation risk on privacy, data security and secondary liability issues. Tyler frequently counsels companies on compliance issues relating to key federal regulations such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

In 2014, Tyler was named among the top privacy attorneys in the United States under the age of 40 by Law360. Tyler is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and has received the CIPP/US certification. He previously served as a Chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section’s Privacy & Data Security Committee, and as a member of the ABA’s Cybersecurity Legal Task Force.

There are increasingly complex state laws and foreign statutes, and even small startups have global footprints now. We’re trying to anticipate what our clients’ needs will be in the coming years.”

Tyler Newby

Daily Journal, “Top Cyber Lawyers 2019”

Prior to rejoining Fenwick in 2011, Tyler was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. As a federal prosecutor, Tyler investigated and prosecuted IP and cybercrimes nationwide, and advised federal law enforcement on compliance with the Fourth Amendment, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and other statutes pertaining to electronic surveillance and the search and seizure of electronic information. While at the Department of Justice, Tyler also served as a special assistant U.S. attorney in the cyber unit of the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia. As a special assistant, Tyler prosecuted fraud, IP and computer intrusion offenses.

Tyler is an experienced trial lawyer. His courtroom experience has included serving as lead defense counsel in complex privacy and data security class actions, lead trial counsel on complex IP and fraud matters, including the first criminal jury trial concerning the use of the BitTorrent protocol to facilitate criminal copyright infringement. Tyler also has extensive experience handling ex parte and preliminary injunction procedures in trade secret, copyright and trademark matters.

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    Privacy, Data Security and E-Commerce Litigation

    • Represent cloud computing services company in multi-district consumer class action arising out of data breach of customer’s account.
    • Advise and represent consumer internet companies in state and federal wiretapping individual and consumer class actions.
    • Won dismissal of COPPA enforcement action brought by New Mexico Attorney General on behalf of two advertising technology companies.
    • Represented advertising technology company and obtained favorable resolution of privacy class action brought on behalf of children players of popular mobile app game.
    • Obtained dismissal of putative class action alleging false advertising claims associated with Intuit’s TurboTax free filing option for tax preparation services. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision, noting TurboTax's terms of service were clearly visible when users signed in on its website, and that the terms included a clause requiring disputes to be resolved through arbitration. The panel instructed the district court to compel arbitration, rejecting its alternative rationale that the users could bring a class action under a provision in the agreement that allows a court to award certain forms of equitable relief.
    • Obtained dismissal of putative class action brought against internet security software developer alleging the software had been compromised from a prior cyberattack.
    • Obtained dismissal of privacy class action against popular mobile radio streaming application.
    • Representation of mobile application developers in putative consumer class action privacy and unfair competition cases.
    • Obtained dismissal of putative class action alleging violations of California’s Karnette Rental-Purchase Act and Unfair Competition Law Act brought against Resident Home, a company that owns and operates several direct-to-consumer brands in the home furnishings space, including Nectar and DreamCloud. The plaintiffs’ petition for appeal was denied by the First District Court of Appeal.​
    • Obtained dismissal of consumer class action claim brought against business alleging violation of California’s anti-spam law.
    • Obtained dismissal at the pleading stage of putative class action brought against mobile application developer alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

      Privacy and E-Commerce Regulatory

      • Representation of companies in investigations of network security breaches and advise companies on development and implementation of privacy and security programs.
      • Negotiated resolution of COPPA enforcement action brought by New Jersey against social networking app developer.
      • Represented major mobile advertising network in FTC investigation and enforcement action concerning inferring location data from Wi-Fi access points and compliance with COPPA.
      • Advise numerous consumer-facing internet companies on development of law enforcement compliance programs and in responding to law enforcement and regulatory agency requests for consumer data.
      • Representation of mobile device application developers in California Attorney General, U.S. DOJ and FTC privacy investigations.

        Intellectual Property Litigation

        • Representation of major B2B internet company in direct and secondary liability trademark infringement litigation.
        • Representation of major video game publisher in copyright and computer fraud litigation concerning theft and distribution of pre-release version of game.
        • Representation of computer device and component manufacturer in trademark infringement litigation over use of its house brand.
        • Representation of mobile game publisher in trade secret litigation over hiring of software engineers.

        Securities Regulatory and White Collar

        • Representation of Fortune 100 company in internal investigation and related SEC and DOJ investigations into allegations of bribery and kick-back allegations.
        • Representation of former public company officer in SEC Sarbanes-Oxley investigation and criminal prosecution.
        • Internal investigation on behalf of audit committee into allegations of accounting and procurement improprieties.
        • Representation of individuals in DOJ and SEC fraud and insider trading investigations and litigation.

        Privacy, Data Security and E-Commerce Litigation

        • Represent cloud computing services company in multi-district consumer class action arising out of data breach of customer’s account.
        • Advise and represent consumer internet companies in state and federal wiretapping individual and consumer class actions.
        • Won dismissal of COPPA enforcement action brought by New Mexico Attorney General on behalf of two advertising technology companies.
        • Represented advertising technology company and obtained favorable resolution of privacy class action brought on behalf of children players of popular mobile app game.
        • Obtained dismissal of putative class action alleging false advertising claims associated with Intuit’s TurboTax free filing option for tax preparation services. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision, noting TurboTax's terms of service were clearly visible when users signed in on its website, and that the terms included a clause requiring disputes to be resolved through arbitration. The panel instructed the district court to compel arbitration, rejecting its alternative rationale that the users could bring a class action under a provision in the agreement that allows a court to award certain forms of equitable relief.
        • Obtained dismissal of putative class action brought against internet security software developer alleging the software had been compromised from a prior cyberattack.
        • Obtained dismissal of privacy class action against popular mobile radio streaming application.
        • Representation of mobile application developers in putative consumer class action privacy and unfair competition cases.
        • Obtained dismissal of putative class action alleging violations of California’s Karnette Rental-Purchase Act and Unfair Competition Law Act brought against Resident Home, a company that owns and operates several direct-to-consumer brands in the home furnishings space, including Nectar and DreamCloud. The plaintiffs’ petition for appeal was denied by the First District Court of Appeal.​
        • Obtained dismissal of consumer class action claim brought against business alleging violation of California’s anti-spam law.
        • Obtained dismissal at the pleading stage of putative class action brought against mobile application developer alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

          Privacy and E-Commerce Regulatory

          • Representation of companies in investigations of network security breaches and advise companies on development and implementation of privacy and security programs.
          • Negotiated resolution of COPPA enforcement action brought by New Jersey against social networking app developer.
          • Represented major mobile advertising network in FTC investigation and enforcement action concerning inferring location data from Wi-Fi access points and compliance with COPPA.
          • Advise numerous consumer-facing internet companies on development of law enforcement compliance programs and in responding to law enforcement and regulatory agency requests for consumer data.
          • Representation of mobile device application developers in California Attorney General, U.S. DOJ and FTC privacy investigations.

            Intellectual Property Litigation

            • Representation of major B2B internet company in direct and secondary liability trademark infringement litigation.
            • Representation of major video game publisher in copyright and computer fraud litigation concerning theft and distribution of pre-release version of game.
            • Representation of computer device and component manufacturer in trademark infringement litigation over use of its house brand.
            • Representation of mobile game publisher in trade secret litigation over hiring of software engineers.

            Securities Regulatory and White Collar

            • Representation of Fortune 100 company in internal investigation and related SEC and DOJ investigations into allegations of bribery and kick-back allegations.
            • Representation of former public company officer in SEC Sarbanes-Oxley investigation and criminal prosecution.
            • Internal investigation on behalf of audit committee into allegations of accounting and procurement improprieties.
            • Representation of individuals in DOJ and SEC fraud and insider trading investigations and litigation.

            Recognition Recognition Recognition

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            Recognition
            Chambers Global

            2023

            Ranked in Privacy & Data Security - USA

            Chambers USA

            2024

            Privacy & Data Security - Nationwide

            The Legal 500

            2018 - 2023

            Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including data privacy and data protection)

            Lawdragon

            2024

            Recognized for Complex & IP Litigation in its 500 Leading Litigators in America guide

            • Recognized by U.S. News - Best Lawyers for Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2019 - 2021)
            • Named among the top cybersecurity lawyers in California by Daily Journal (2019)

            Recognition
            Chambers Global

            2023

            Ranked in Privacy & Data Security - USA

            Chambers USA

            2024

            Privacy & Data Security - Nationwide

            The Legal 500

            2018 - 2023

            Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including data privacy and data protection)

            Lawdragon

            2024

            Recognized for Complex & IP Litigation in its 500 Leading Litigators in America guide