The ‘incredibly experienced’ team at Morrison Foerster supports clients in a range of privacy litigation, including over data breaches, data security, HIPAA, FCPA, TCPA, COPPA and ECPA. The firm is also well-versed in multistate attorney general investigations and FTC investigations. It advises clients in data security incidents in the public and private sectors, and it supports clients in AI-related privacy issues. Miriam Wugmeister oversees the team, supports companies with incident response plans and execution of global compliance strategies. Marian Waldmann Agarwal supports clients with privacy and data protection laws in across the globe. Purvi Patel, in Los Angeles, is an expert advisor to retail and e-commerce companies. San Francisco-based Tiffany Cheung supports clients in class actions suits concerning privacy law, including over AI and wiretapping. Based in Washington DC, Melissa Crespo is well-versed in healthcare privacy, with expertise in the HIPAA framework. All mentioned lawyers are based in New York unless stated otherwise. Kaylee Cox Bankston and Boris Segalis joined the firm from Goodwin in March 2024. Kristen Matthews exited in September 2024.
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‘The MoFo team is incredibly experienced and led by industry veteran Miriam Wugmeister. This team has handled some of the largest data breaches in history and has the depth and bench to handle any type of cybersecurity issue.’
‘Kaylee Bankston is a young partner with deep, hands-on experience solving complex data security issues. Kaylee has led many investigations as an associate and partner and understands the life cycle of an incident.'
- 'Linda Clark leverages her many years of in-house expertise in providing actionable advice.'
- 'Miriam Wugmeister is very well known in the industry and is thought of as one of the best cyber lawyers. Miriam has led the legal response on some of the largest data breaches in history and her experience is unparalleled.’
Key clients
- Aqua Capital
- Adidas
- Alpine Investors
- Amazon
- American Bankers Association
- Bumble Trading
- California Attorney General’s Office
- Capital One
- Marriott International
- OpenAI
Work highlights
Leading the defense of Oracle in a putative class action asserting wiretapping, invasion of privacy, and other claims under California, Florida, and federal laws.
Advising OpenAI, the AI research lab that developed ChatGPT and DALL-E, on privacy and cyber compliance matters.
Representing defendant IQVIA, a data analytics healthcare company, in two putative TCPA class actions.
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Boris Segalis
Practice head
Miriam Wugmeister
Other key lawyers
Purvi Patel; Marian Waldmann Agarwal; Tiffany Cheung; Melissa Crespo; Kaylee Cox Bankston; Boris Segalis