Representative Experience

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.