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Clayton Northouse
Position
Clayton Northouse counsels clients on transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters relating to global data protection and consumer privacy.
Clayton helps technology, telecommunications, and healthcare companies navigate complex cybersecurity and consumer privacy issues relating to:
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- Transactional due diligence
- Incident response
- Surveillance and information sharing
- Cross-border data transfers
- Regulatory compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other US state, federal, and global requirements
- Governance policies and procedures
- State attorneys general, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and congressional investigations
He draws on extensive experience representing companies that have suffered cybersecurity attacks and consumer privacy incidents to craft defenses to litigation, congressional inquiries, and regulatory investigations.
A skilled litigator, Clayton has co-authored briefs and motions in the US Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeals, and US District Courts.
Before joining Latham, Clayton was a partner at another global law firm. He previously served as a law clerk to Judge D. Michael Fisher of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Clayton maintains an active pro bono practice and regularly advises nonprofit organizations on their privacy programs.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Characterized by an ‘unparalleled‘ depth of knowledge, the privacy and cyber practice at Latham & Watkins LLP
leverages its international reach to offer global compliance advice, including advisory support, international cybersecurity incident response, privacy litigation and regulatory investigations. The wider firm’s transactional practice is also supported by the cyber team, who offer strategic data and privacy insights during corporate transactions. Practice head Michael Rubin works out of San Francisco, and is recommended as the ‘go-to data privacy and security lawyer for technology companies‘. In Washington DC, Jennifer Archie
 ‘is simply outstanding‘: her practice spans FTC investigation defense and critical data-related crisis, including those involving nation-state attacks. Antony Kim, also in DC, focuses on public and private enforcement regarding cybersecurity, data usage and governance, and consumer protection. Serrin Turner is a key name in New York, representing high profile corporates in privacy litigation. Marissa Boynton is based in DC, and handles privacy-related investigations, computer fraud and cybercrime related incidents, and privacy issues arising in corporate transactions. Clayton Northouse, DC, has particular experience in cross-border transactional matters, also an area of strength for San Francisco based Robert Blamires, who is dual qualified across the US and England and Wales.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism