Unpacking Privacy Litigation Trends

Jessica Lee chairs Loeb & Loeb’s Privacy, Security & Data Innovations practice. Jessica helps companies in the U.S. and around the world launch, market and monetize their digital products and content. She provides strategic privacy counselling to clients who are leveraging data in connection with programmatic and addressable advertising, voice technology, location-based tracking, smart devices and wearables, as well as emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition. Jessica has assisted dozens of organizations design their privacy programs and operationalize U.S. and international privacy and data security requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and, more recently, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and upcoming state privacy laws. Jessica is the Chair of the Cyber Security & Surveillance Committee of the International Bar Association and sits on the IAPP’s Publications Advisory Board. Jessica is a supporter of the arts and serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Weeksville Heritage Center and sits on the Board of Directors for the Laundromat Project and Musicians on Call.

Chris Ott is a seasoned litigator, investigator, and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) who helps clients resolve disputes around complex technologies, with a particular focus on issues involving cybersecurity, privacy, blockchain, data governance and artificial intelligence.

A decorated former federal prosecutor, Chris has won more than 30 jury trials involving complicated innovation-related disputes and has been lead lawyer on hundreds more disputes. Chris regularly handles matters ranging from: data breach response for various industries; privacy and data security litigation; and internal investigations; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) invetsigations, and privacy events. Currently, Chris is handling bet-the-company multi-district business litigation for a U.S.-licensed bank deeply involved with stablecoin technologies, multiple regulatory responses related to cryptocurrency technologies, intellectual property litigation for developers of Proof-of-Stake technologies, multiple white collar defenses in cases involving complex financial technologies, and navigating high-technology National Security matters (including Committee On Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)).

Before entering private practice, Chris spent more than 10 years at the Department of Justice in various supervisory roles, including as an Eastern District of New York (EDNY) Senior Trial Counsel focusing upon securities fraud and cybercrime, as a Supervisory Counterintelligence and Cyber Counsel in the National Security Division, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of California (SDCa).

Julie Rubash is General Counsel and Chief Privacy Counsel for Sourcepoint, the data privacy software company. Julie brings over 15 years of legal experience both at law firms and as internal counsel in the media, technology, and advertising sectors. Prior to Sourcepoint, Julie served as the VP of Legal at advertising platform Nativo. She coordinates legal efforts for Sourcepoint and ensures that the product suite innovates and expands to meet the demands created by the changing regulatory landscape.