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Tony Weibell

Consumer Litigation & Class Actions, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Visión general

Anthony (Tony) Weibell serves as lead litigation counsel for premier technology companies in diverse areas of complex civil litigation involving consumer class actions, privacy, e-commerce, intellectual property, antitrust, false advertising, and contractual disputes. Tony is also a member of the Academy of Court-Appointed Masters and has adjudicated hundreds of civil matters by appointment and party stipulation. He further advises companies on compliance with consumer protection, privacy, and internet law, such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), and other unfair competition and consumer protection laws.

Experiencia

The following is a sample of his current and past representations in various practice areas:

Privacy and Data Breach Class Actions

  • Google in In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation. Tony is lead counsel for Google in this multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2358) made up of more than 20 consumer class actions arising from allegations that Google improperly placed tracking cookies on Safari and Internet Explorer web browsers. The case examined issues of first impression involving the Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and alleged invasion of consumer privacy. Tony helped secure a dismissal for Google (affirmed on appeal and petition for certiorari denied by the U.S. Supreme Court) of all federal claims and most state law claims in two landmark opinions. A class settlement disposing of the remaining claims is pending court approval.
  • TikTok, ByteDance, and Musical.ly in In re TikTok, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation and T.K., et al. v. Bytedance Technology Co.Tony is lead counsel for TikTok and all other defendants in this multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2948) made up of more than 20 consumer class actions arising from allegations that the defendants collected, used, and disclosed user data and biometric information without sufficient notice and consent in alleged violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), and various other consumer laws. The plaintiffs seek damages totaling more than $250 billion.

Reconocimeinto

  • Named as “Silicon Valley’s go-to litigator on matters involving consumer protection, privacy and internet law” - The Hollywood Reporter
  • Named a "Rising Stars" - Northern California Super Lawyers

Educación

  • Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, JD, with honors

    Member, Moot Court Team and Trial Advocacy Team; Repeat recipient, Best Oral Advocate and Best Brief awards in moot court competitions

  • Brigham Young University, MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering (minor in Engineering Management)
    Master's Thesis: "Engineer Liability and Litigation Avoidance Strategy as Applied to the 1989 Failure of the Quail Creek Dike," (on file at Lee Library, BYU)
  • Brigham Young University, BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Admisiones

  • California

Courts

  • US District Court for the Central District of California
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of California
  • US District Court for the Northern District of California
  • US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • US Supreme Court
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