Technology companies seek out Cooley LLP‘s cyber, data, and privacy team for its expertise in data innovations and cyber threats, and its track record in complex privacy class actions. Specializations within the team include healthcare, education, and insurance technology. Practice head Travis LeBlanc works across San Francisco and Washington DC, combining technical knowledge with global litigation experience to both support data-rich companies in their privacy needs and sit on the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. In Colorado, David Navetta advises clients on global compliance requirements along with supporting those experiencing large scale cyberattacks. Privacy litigation for individuals and high-profile technology companies is the center point of Michael Rhodes’ practice in Chicago, including disputes around innovation and emerging technology. Also in Chicago, Lei Shen is noted for her work managing consumer protection issues arising from new and developing technologies. Michael Egan, based in Washington DC, is a go-to for regulatory issues encountered by international businesses, including consumer protection matters, cross-border data flows, and e-monitoring. Tiana Demas goes between Chicago and New York, and leverages previous experience both as a federal prosecutor and in-house cybersecurity counsel to litigate for clients in complex privacy and data breach cases. In San Francisco, Randy Sabett and Matthew Brown are both key names.
Key clients
- OpenAI
- Chegg.com
- Life360, Inc.
- Dotdash Meredith
- AARP
- Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
- Sonder Holdings Inc.
- Archetype Crypto II, LLC
- Marsh McLennan
- Turo Inc.
- QTC Commercial Services d/b/a IMX Medical Management Services
Work highlights
- Representing OpenAI, a leading company in the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry, in two landmark privacy class actions, each alleging over ten causes of action, dealing with legacy statutes and common-law claims applying to generative AI technology.
- Represented Google in a suit alleging that the University of Chicago Medical Center violated patient privacy and breached its contracts with patients when it gave Google hundreds of thousands of de-identified electronic health records for medical research purposes.
- Representing Chegg in several matters, including successfully resolving a mass arbitration arising from a data breach, two putative class actions related to a data breach, and an investigation brought by the FTC concerning four data security breaches.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Travis LeBlanc