Information Technology Litigation

Technology is reshaping society at a rapid pace. While advancements in technology empower consumers, they also have unintended consequences that raise novel legal issues. Technology changes much faster than the laws that regulate it. Staying ahead of legal technical issues requires a law firm that can navigate fast-moving developments in a manner that puts the interests of consumers ahead of corporations.

When using smart devices, conducting online banking, completing point of sale transactions, shopping online, or even viewing social media, personal data is routinely stored by the companies with which consumers do business. These companies are responsible for safeguarding user data from being stolen and used illegally, but in today’s digital environment, large data breaches occur regularly.

Companies can also unlawfully harvest user data without consent from their customers. The lack of transparency regarding such practices raises many troubling legal concerns surrounding privacy, identity, fraud, and social engineering.

Milberg’s Information Technology Litigation Practice Group

As a leader in Information Technology litigation with focused fields of data breach, biometric data collection, and cybersecurity, Milberg’s Information Technology Practice Group has worked to change data security practices, prompting large corporations to respect and safeguard consumers’ personal data.

Milberg has a proven track record of holding some of the largest corporations accountable for failing to protect data and privacy rights, including Equifax, Yahoo, Target, Anthem, Capital One, Quest Laboratories, Facebook, Instagram, and Google. Our Information Technology Practice Group attorneys work at the cutting edge of technology and law, helping to create meaningful checks and balances against technology and the companies that wield it.

The group is led by Partner Gary Klinger, who was recently selected to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America (2023), and Partner David Lietz.

Focus Areas of Milberg’s IT Litigation Practice Group

Data Breach

Milberg’s Data Breach Practice Group attorneys are among the most respected in the United States, serving as leadership in numerous privacy class actions involving some of the largest data breaches in the country. Our attorneys litigate class action lawsuits alleging massive data breaches and other violations of consumers’ personal and data privacy.

Biometrics

Our Biometrics Practice Group attorneys are leading the way in biometric privacy litigation. Relying upon rapidly-emerging biometric data legislation, Milberg has lodged class action lawsuits against major corporations—Walmart, Bose, CVS, Facebook, Snapchat—that have wrongfully handled the biometric data of its consumers and employees alike.

Cybersecurity & Privacy

Milberg is currently involved in some of the largest and most complex class action cases pending in the country and is particularly active in the field of cybersecurity and privacy litigation. Our Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Group has extensive experience serving as leadership in numerous privacy class actions.