Practice Expertise

  • Business Litigation
  • Class Action, Multidistrict Litigation
  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Antitrust and Consumer Protection

Areas of Practice

  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Antitrust and Consumer Protection
  • Business Litigation
  • Class Action, Multidistrict Litigation
  • California’s Proposition 65
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Competition and Consumer Protection
  • Cyber Investigations and Privacy Litigation
  • Cybersecurity Incidents
  • Discovery and E-Discovery
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Litigation
  • National Security
  • Patent Litigation
  • Retail
  • Retail and Consumer Products Litigation
  • View More

Profile

Jason’s practice focuses on class action defense and other complex commercial litigation in the data breach, financial services and consumer contexts.

Jason has represented clients at trial and on appeal in all manner of business disputes. He has litigated multiple highly publicized data breach class actions, financial services class actions and consumer class actions for a broad spectrum of Fortune 500 companies.

Jason is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and all Districts in California. He also serves as an editor of the firm’s Retail Industry Blog, to which he regularly contributes.

Relevant Experience

  • Litigation counsel to one of the largest retailers in the world in data breach class action asserting claims under newly-enacted California Consumer Privacy Act; obtained early dismissal of lawsuit that earned a place among the Daily Journal’s “Top Defense Verdicts of 2021 in California.”  
  • Litigation counsel to largest social media company in the world in connection with multiple platform enforcement matters.
  • Litigation counsel to web services provider in parallel federal and state class actions involving largest reported data breaches in history.
  • Litigation counsel to major sports and fitness apparel manufacturer in class action involving widely reported data breach allegedly impacting 100 million-plus accounts.
  • Litigation counsel to luxury hotel chain in class action involving data breach of online booking system.
  • Litigation counsel to largest retail credit union in multiple class actions across the country relating to overdraft fees, alleged TILA and TCPA violations, and debt cancellation programs.
  • Litigation counsel to one of the world’s largest appliance manufacturers in class actions ranging from allegedly defective ovens to allegedly defective washing machines.
  • Litigation counsel to Fortune 500 home improvement retailer in multiple class actions across the country involving a broad range of matters—from privacy class actions to wage-and-hour class actions.
  • Trial counsel to defendant real estate developer in $91 million lawsuit filed by NBA franchise owner. Trial ended in complete defense verdict.
  • Trial counsel to plaintiff actor in royalty/earnings dispute. Obtained beneficial settlement for client after second day of trial.
  • Trial counsel to defendant museum in action alleging discrimination claims. Trial ended in zero recovery for plaintiff.
  • Trial counsel to defendant broker-dealer in action brought by former client. Secured a complete victory on all claims.

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education
BS, New York University, 1996

Areas of Practice

  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Antitrust and Consumer Protection
  • Business Litigation
  • Class Action, Multidistrict Litigation
  • California’s Proposition 65
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Competition and Consumer Protection
  • Cyber Investigations and Privacy Litigation
  • Cybersecurity Incidents
  • Discovery and E-Discovery
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Litigation
  • National Security
  • Patent Litigation
  • Retail
  • Retail and Consumer Products Litigation

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Trial counsel to defendant real estate developer in $91 million lawsuit filed by NBA franchise owner who claimed fraud in connection with real estate venture. Trial ended in complete defense verdict.
  • Trial counsel to plaintiff actor in royalty/earnings dispute. Obtained beneficial settlement for client after second day of trial.
  • Trial counsel to defendant museum in action brought by State Labor Commissioner alleging discrimination claims. Trial ended in hung jury and zero recovery for Commissioner.
  • Trial counsel to defendant broker-dealer in action brought by former client alleging a variety of claims. After two-week arbitration, secured a complete victory on all claims, as well as an order requiring claimant to pay the client's costs.
  • Litigation counsel to defendant corporate officers in shareholder lawsuit involving breach of fiduciary duty claims. Claims dismissed at pleading stage.
  • Litigation counsel to plaintiff airline in antitrust action involving predatory pricing allegations. Obtained favorable settlement for client after defeating motion to dismiss.
  • Litigation counsel to former Chief Financial Officer of multinational semiconductor company in securities fraud class action.
  • Litigation counsel to home mortgage lender in consumer class action lawsuit involving alleged violations of TILA in connection with Payment Option ARM mortgages.
  • Litigation counsel to premium finance company in consumer class action lawsuit.


Professional Associations
  • Member, California State Bar
  • Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers


Articles

Additional Articles
  • Arbitration Agreements and Class Action Waivers—Practical Steps in an Uncertain Landscape, U.S. Law Week, 80 U.S.L.W. 1649
  • Special Litigation Committees That Have Lost on Motion to Terminate the Derivative Litigation Might Still Prevail, Securities Regulation & Law
  • The California Consumer Privacy Act is HERE: Are You Litigation Ready?, Cybersecurity Law & Strategy

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