McDermott Will & Emery LLP assists international corporations in investigations, defenses against enforcement, privacy litigation and data breach response. The firm’s investigations experience includes those brought by the FTC, OCR, FCC and state attorney generals. Its clientele is broad, with companies from the life science, tech, telecoms, financial services, media and automotive sectors. The team is led by Michael Morgan from Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, advising both on incident response and data monetization. Edward Zacharias, based in Boston, specializes in the healthcare sector as does the Chicago-based Daniel Gottlieb, whose clients include health IT vendors, healthcare providers, health plans, universities and life sciences firms. Joining from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in September 2024, Alexander Southwell works from New York, focusing on litigation and investigation relating to the tech sector. Scott Weinstein  left for an in-house position in April 2024.
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Auszeichnungen

Mandantenzufriedenheit

Kernmandanten

  • Charles Schwab
  • National Spine and Pain Centers
  • Southern Illinois Hospital Services
  • TD Ameritrade

Highlight-Mandate

Defended social media giant TikTok against multiple Attorney General lawsuits asserting consumer protection “teen mental health” claims related to the app’s alleged addictiveness.
Represented Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade in one of the largest data breach class action multidistrict litigations ever, following the massive MOVEIt data breach.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Praxisleitung

Michael Morgan

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Edward Zacharias; Daniel Gottlieb; David Saunders; Alexander Southwell; David Gacioch; Jiayan Chen; Ryan Higgins; Elliot Golding; Kathryn Linsky; Amy Pimentel