Julie E. Schwartz
- Seattle
- Palo Alto
With more than 15 years of experience, Julie represents internet, technology, and social media companies in privacy litigation and third-party legal process compliance.
Julie Schwartz litigates disputes arising under the Stored Communications Act, the Communications Decency Act, the First Amendment, California's Yelp Law, and other federal and state privacy laws. She also handles class-action litigation relating to alleged violations of privacy rights and other laws.
In addition, Julie helps manage the firm's Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) compliance group, leading multiple teams that counsel service providers on data security issues and third-party requests for information. These requests involve demands for user data, as well as corporate records, and they arise in the civil, criminal defense, Section 1782, and Digital Millennium Copyright Act contexts. Julie frequently appears in state and federal courts in California and throughout the country to argue issues stemming from these requests for service providers. She is knowledgeable in California and federal law as it applies to nonparty discovery.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- UC Davis School of Law, J.D., Editor, Business Law Journal Editor, Journal of International Law & Policy, 2008
- University of California, Davis, B.A., Japanese Language and Culture, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 2004
Bar and Court Admissions
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California
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Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Related Employment
- Squire Sanders (US) LLP, Associate, 2008-2012
- Senior Legal Hotline, Sacramento, CA, Legal Advocate, 2007
- U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resource Division, Sacramento, CA, Legal Intern, 2006
Professional Recognition
Named in the Daily Journal's "Top 40 Under 40" List , 2018
Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Northern California Rising Star," 2012-2018
Professional Experience
Experience
Matter of Search of Content that is Stored at Premises Controlled by Google, No. 16-mc-80263
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Represent Google in ongoing litigation regarding whether a search warrant issued pursuant to the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2710, can be used to compel a communications service provider to seize customer communications stored outside the United States and disclose them to the government.
Worth Unlimited, LLC v. Reddit, Inc.
Superior Court of California, San Francisco County
Successfully defended motion to compel production of the identity of an anonymous speaker pursuant to domesticated subpoena in connection with out-of-state litigation.
Opperman v. Path, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Currently defending Twitter Inc. against putative class action asserting invasion of privacy and related claims against Apple and iOS application developers that allegedly copied iPhone users’ mobile address books without consent. Motion to dismiss granted on virtually all claims.
Jancik v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Defended Redbox against disability discrimination and false representation claims relating to captions for the hearing impaired on movie DVDs distributed at retail store kiosks. Motion to dismiss granted on all claims asserting that Redbox may include in its rental inventory only closed-captioned films.
Dobson v. Sprint Nextel Corporation
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Motion to dismiss all claims granted in invasion of privacy lawsuit alleging that Sprint’s location services misdirected law enforcement and individuals attempting to locate their cell phones to the plaintiff’s home. Case subsequently dismissed by the plaintiff with prejudice.
Contract Dispute Litigation*
Achieved summary judgment with successful arguments based on the interpretation of a fee agreement in a contract dispute on behalf of a leading venture debt firm.
Product Liability Cases for Pharmaceutical Companies*
Managed and prepared pleadings, motions and other briefings for hundreds of oral contraceptive product liability cases pending in state court, federal court, the Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding and the multidistrict litigation proceeding on behalf of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies.
*Prior experience