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Winston takes a strategic approach to privacy and data security, integrating cross-practice capabilities to provide our clients with cutting-edge counseling; trade secret protection and investigations; cybersecurity incident investigations, including breach and ransomware; data-security class action litigation; and international data protection. Our Global Privacy & Data Security Practice features a core team of more than 20 privacy professionals and is bolstered by over 60 attorneys from a variety of other disciplines firmwide. Our team combines compliance counselors, transactional lawyers, former government regulators and federal prosecutors, seasoned investigators, and experienced litigators. Few firms can rival our in-depth, sophisticated, and integrated experience in this area.
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Privacy: Regulated Personal Information (RPI)
Winston’s Regulated Personal Information (RPI) Practice offers seamlessly integrated counseling and litigation services to companies looking for practical and solution-oriented assistance navigating the compliance, regulatory, and private class action enforcement risks presented by the emerging patchwork of complex (and often conflicting) privacy laws in the United States and beyond.
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Class Actions & Group Litigation
Winston has developed a consistent record of success handling class action cases in state and federal courts. The practice is anchored by seasoned class action lawyers, many of whom have been recognized by Chambers USA and other ranking organizations as being top practitioners in their field. Our clients rely on us to steer them through class action matters by drawing on the firm’s significant experience in resolving complex litigation using creative and aggressive arguments, across a broad range of class, collective, coordinated, and mass actions, as well multidistrict litigation. We also have succeeded at trial in several class actions—a rare occurrence.
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Experience
|October 1, 2023
Class Action Plaintiff Sent Packing After Winston Secures Enforcement of Binance’s Terms of Use
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In the Media
|March 20, 2024
|1 Min Read
Winston & Strawn partner and co-chair of the Global Privacy & Data Security Practice, Sean Wieber was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article discussing the possibility of more companies taking their privacy cases to trial in Illinois following a landmark federal settlement resolving an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act case in which a class of over 44,000 members claimed BNSF Railway Co. violated BIPA by illegally collecting biometric data. After the jury found BNSF liable, the judge himself imposed a $228 million penalty, but later withdrew that award because the jurors should have been told that damages are not mandatory in BIPA cases, and they should have had the chance to determine penalties themselves. The parties agreed to settle for $75 million before the damages portion of the trial commenced. The settlement and a related Illinois Supreme Court ruling, in which the high court said lawmakers had intended to make BIPA damages “discretionary,” is expected to encourage defendants to consider an even more aggressive stance when litigating these types of claims.
Class Action Insider
|February 24, 2023
|4 Min Read
Last week, in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., the Illinois Supreme Court confirmed that each violation of BIPA constitutes a distinct and separately actionable violation of the statute.
In the Media
|February 23, 2023
|1 Min Read
Sean Wieber Discusses Spree of Biometric Privacy Lawsuits in Corporate Counsel
Sean Wieber, partner and co-chair of Winston’s Global Privacy & Data Security and Regulated Personal Information (RPI) practice groups, discussed the use of biometric technology used by tech companies and a spree of litigation that has come forward in recent years by plaintiff’s attorneys citing alleged privacy violations under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), passed in 2008, which requires, amongst other things, appropriate consent from anyone whose biometric information is collected.
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Founded in 1853, Winston & Strawn is one of the largest and oldest law firms in Chicago. The office is home to 275+ lawyers distributed across 23 practice areas. Our Chicago lawyers represent 90 companies in the Fortune 500 and are recognized in all the major directories and award competitions. They also are heavily invested in pro bono causes, having dedicated 16,250+ hours in 2022 to various pro bono organizations. They are hardworking, compassionate, and diverse—nearly 50% of the lawyers in this office identify as women, racial/ethnic minorities, and/or LGBTQ+. Our Chicago office also takes immense pride in fostering a collegial atmosphere that influences every aspect of our culture. From weekly Starbucks Socials, where colleagues gather to connect over coffee and conversation, to ping pong tournaments that ignite friendly competition, to volunteer opportunities around the city, we celebrate the camaraderie and sense of community that unite us. This not only enhances collaboration and teamwork but creates a supportive environment that inspires us to excel in our professional pursuits.
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Launched in 2013, Winston & Strawn’s Silicon Valley office is home to nationally recognized attorneys that draw clients from Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. Led by Kelly Hunsaker—who has deep roots in Silicon Valley spanning nearly three decades—the office draws from the firm’s deep bench strength and global network of resources to serve clients in a variety of industries, including the semiconductor, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, life sciences, and pharmaceutical sectors. The office’s intellectual property attorneys have litigated extensively in all the top national patent litigation venues, as well as before the International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeals Board of the USPTO.
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Serving one of the world’s largest economies for over 20 years, Winston & Strawn’s Los Angeles office is home to more than 100 attorneys and professional staff. Under the guidance of Office Managing Partner Angela M. Machala, our L.A. office thrives as a dynamic and tightly knit community that celebrates diversity, with more than half of our L.A. attorneys identifying as women, racial/ethnic minorities, and/or LGBTQ+. Our L.A. lawyers—who are equally split between litigation and transactional work—advise 80+ Fortune 500 companies, which is a testament to the collaborative environment we’ve created to provide exceptional legal services.