Spencer Persson

Partner

T 213.633.8634 Los Angeles
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Spencer Persson, CIPP/US, is a litigation attorney who specializes in privacy, data breach, and consumer class action litigation matters. Spencer sits in the firm's privacy, security, and technology group and represents technology companies, retailers, manufacturers, entertainment companies, insurers, healthcare providers, and financial service providers, among others. Spencer vigorously defends his clients while also providing business solutions. Not every case is the same and not every business requires the same solution or approach—Spencer helps his clients find the right balance that fits their needs.

Practice Highlights

Data breach litigation

Spencer focuses on litigation defense relating to data breaches or other losses of sensitive personal information including personal health information. Spencer has obtained dismissals in these matters across the country, including in late 2024 when the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a class action matter filed against a client. When the matter is not dismissed, Spencer works in concert with the client and forensic analysts to defeat class certification or seek an early resolution that makes business sense for the client.

Statutory and consumer class action claims

As a complement to privacy litigation, Spencer has extensive experience defending claims under privacy statutes such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), among others. Plaintiffs' attorneys have increasingly sought to leverage claims under these statutes to force settlement through the threat of protracted litigation in class action or mass arbitration matters, and/or based on the availability of statutory damages. Defending against these claims requires a deliberate and tailored strategy for each individual client.

Business litigation

Spencer has also successfully defended a variety of businesses in false advertising, breach of contract, and fraud matters. And he still enjoys litigating a good, old-fashioned business-to-business dispute, whether representing a company on the plaintiff's side or defending a claim. Spencer has tried and won many such cases, including obtaining large damage awards and, more frequently, complete defense verdicts.