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Latham & Watkins LLP Offices

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067
CALIFORNIA
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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)
Latham & Watkins LLP is highly experienced acting as defense counsel for clients in class action litigation as well as regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by the SEC and FTC. The firm also supports clients with incident response matters concerning ransomware attacks. Its clientele includes tech companies, sports teams, oil & gas distributers and life sciences companies. Michael Rubin spearheads the team from San Francisco and advises on global regulatory investigations and data breach litigation. Jennifer Archie
specializes in defending clients before the FTC, DHS and state attorneys, while Antony Kim guides clients through cyberattack and data breach responses. Serrin Turner, based in New York, is highly knowledgeable in SEC enforcement actions and class action litigations. Marissa Boynton advises multinational corporations in healthcare, retail, professional services and tech. Clayton Northouse supports clients with global privacy and cybersecurity governance. Unless stated otherwise, mentioned lawyers are based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- 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
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- 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
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- 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
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense