About Laura

Laura helps companies with a wide range of litigation needs both large and small. Her practice includes life sciences contract litigation, class action defense, and privacy and data breach litigation. She has represented clients in both state and federal courts and in arbitration proceedings. Laura has worked with companies in a variety of industries including the life sciences, social media, communications and energy.

Passions

Family

Running

Piano

I love finding compelling ways to tell my clients’ stories.

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Experience

  • Successful Data Breach Case Against Caliber Home Loans

    • Successful Data Breach Case Against Caliber Home Loans

    February 27, 2019

    Cooley successfully defended Caliber Home Loans, Inc. (“Caliber”) against a putative class action filed by a Caliber customer seeking damages arising from a data security incident that resulted in notice to affected individuals. The complaint asserted claims for negligence, violation of the right to privacy under the California constitution, violation of Section 17200 of the California Business & Professions Code, and violation of the California Information Practices Act. The Court twice granted Cooley’s motions to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims, and ultimately dismissed the case with prejudice. 

    Related contacts

    Laura M. Elliott
    Special Counsel, Chicago

  • eBay Data Breach Class Action Successfully Dismissed

    • eBay Data Breach Class Action Successfully Dismissed

    May 1, 2015

    Obtained a victory for eCommerce leader eBay in defeating a high-profile data breach class action filed against the company. We successfully eliminated all claims when the court granted our motion to dismiss.

    Related contacts

    Matthew D. Brown
    Partner, San Francisco
    Bethany Lobo
    Of Counsel, San Francisco
    Laura M. Elliott
    Special Counsel, Chicago

    Related Practices & Industries

    Cyber/Data/Privacy

Admissions and credentials

  • California
  • Illinois

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