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Cassandra L. Gaedt-Sheckter

Cassandra
Gaedt-Sheckter

Partner

CONTACT INFO

cgaedt-sheckter@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 650.849.5203

Palo Alto

1881 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1211 USA

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PRACTICE

Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Artificial Intelligence Class Actions Intellectual Property

BIOGRAPHY

Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She practices in the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation group, with a focus on data privacy, cybersecurity and data regulatory litigation, enforcement, transactional, and counseling representations.

Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter has substantial experience advising companies on privacy and cybersecurity issues, including relating to legal and regulatory compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rules (COPPA), and other federal, state, and international laws and regulations. She also has extensive experience counseling on data breach response management and notification concerns, and privacy and cybersecurity compliance risk assessments. Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter further represents clients across industries—including consumer product, software, manufacturing, home appliance service, and healthcare companies—in the context of product and program development, merger and acquisition privacy and cybersecurity due diligence, and pre-litigation negotiation.

Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter also represents leading technology companies in federal and state courts throughout the country, on a variety of technologies, including relating to social media, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, mobile gaming, telecommunications, enterprise software, and consumer electronics.  She has significant experience in all aspects of litigation—particularly relating to privacy, cybersecurity, and patent claims—serving as lead associate on expert and fact discovery and pre-trial hearings and briefing, and participating in multiple bench and jury trials.  Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter maintains a significant pro bono practice as well, including successfully obtaining asylum for a Chinese immigrant, representing families in conservatorship proceedings, and advising non-profit and research companies on privacy programs and policies.

Select notable engagements include:

  • Counseling, as lead attorney, several dozen clients from various technology, retail, financial, and other industries on CCPA and other recently-implemented state law compliance matters.
  • Assisting private equity companies with privacy and cybersecurity due diligence, drafting related agreements, and implementing post-acquisition privacy compliance programs.
  • Counseling manufacturing, shipping, and other essential and non-essential businesses on implementing COVID-19 crisis management and prevention programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Representing a consumer electronics company in federal MDL and state actions, and government inquiries, with respect to computer fraud and abuse claims, and related claims.
  • Representing a media entertainment company in a class action relating to alleged collection of personal data from minors.
  • Counseling a social media company, and its AR/VR division, on myriad privacy issues, including regarding GDPR, marketing, and general policies.
  • Counseling large healthcare conglomerate on compliance with European regulations compared with CCPA.
  • Securing a jury verdict of non-infringement on behalf of a major wireless telecommunications company, where two other major competitors had already been found liable or settled with the plaintiff.
  • Obtaining a complete dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a major wireless telecommunications company after a finding during expert discovery undermined plaintiff’s case.
  • Securing a § 101 patent-ineligibility decision on behalf of multiple mobile and video game defendants, which was subsequently affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
  • Representing a medical device company regarding deceptive and unfair trade practices, unfair competition, false advertising, and patent infringement claims relating to robotic surgical systems, and submitting an ultimately successful inter partes review on opposing party’s patents.
  • Representing a technology company against patent infringement claims, and relating to reexaminations regarding software patents on scalable graphics.

Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter received her law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2011, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif.  While in law school, she served as President of the Health Law Society and was selected to the Moot Court Honors Program.  In 2008, Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter graduated cum laude from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology, and a minor in Political Science.

Ms. Gaedt-Sheckter is a member of the State Bar of California.

EDUCATION

University of California - Los Angeles - 2011 Juris Doctor

University of California - Los Angeles - 2008 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - March 2, 2023 | 10 Evolving AI Compliance Considerations for Employers
Client Alert - January 30, 2023 | U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2023
Webcasts - January 12, 2023 | Webcasts: Gibson Dunn’s Annual California MCLE Marathon – 2023
Webcasts - December 1, 2022 | Webcast: M&A Insights: Representation and Warranty Insurance Trends, Efforts Standards, and Managing Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks in M&A
Firm News - October 31, 2022 | Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter Named Among California’s Women Leaders in Tech Law
Firm News - October 12, 2022 | Euromoney’s Rising Star Awards 2022 Recognizes 16 Gibson Dunn Partners
Firm News - October 6, 2022 | Expert Guides Rising Stars 2022 Recognizes Twelve Gibson Dunn Lawyers
Firm News - August 15, 2022 | Cassandra Gaedt-Sheckter Named to Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 Under 40
Article - July 12, 2022 | Insights And Omissions From Calif. Privacy Rules Draft
Client Alert - June 15, 2022 | Insights on New California Privacy Law Draft Regulations
Client Alert - May 13, 2022 | U.S. Privacy Law Update: Connecticut Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law as Other States’ Laws Continue to Develop
Client Alert - March 11, 2022 | U.S. Privacy Law Update: Utah Joins Growing List of States with Comprehensive Privacy Laws as Other States See Potential Changes
Client Alert - February 3, 2022 | California AG’s CCPA Enforcement Priorities Expand to Loyalty Programs
Client Alert - January 31, 2022 | International Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2022
Client Alert - December 14, 2021 | Virginia and Colorado Privacy Update: In 2022, Prepare for New Rules and Possible Privacy Law Amendments
Client Alert - November 23, 2021 | California Privacy Protection Agency Rulemaking Begins and Heightened Privacy Focus Continues
Client Alert - November 11, 2021 | UK Supreme Court Overturns Court of Appeal to Disallow Google Data Privacy Class Action
Press Releases - November 4, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Promotes 27 Lawyers to Partnership
Webcasts - July 13, 2021 | Webcast: Conducting Effective Cybersecurity and Privacy/Data Protection Diligence in M&A Transactions
Client Alert - March 19, 2021 | California’s Privacy Laws Continue to Take Form: New Regulations for CCPA and Appointment of CPPA Members
Client Alert - March 8, 2021 | Virginia Passes Comprehensive Privacy Law
Article - January 28, 2021 | The Evolution of Privacy Enforcement in California: CPRA and the CA Attorney General’s Office
Client Alert - January 28, 2021 | U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2021
Client Alert - January 25, 2021 | California Attorney General End of Term Update
Publications - January 22, 2021 | United States: Artificial Intelligence 2021
Webcasts - January 22, 2021 | Webcast: The Impact of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
Webcasts - December 16, 2020 | Webcast: Complying with New U.S. and EU Privacy Requirements
Article - November 19, 2020 | Businesses Should Prepare for a New Phase of Privacy Regulation and Enforcement in the United States
- September 29, 2020 | The Potential Impact of the Upcoming Voter Initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act
Client Alert - August 20, 2020 | California Approves Final CCPA Regulations, and Bill Extending Key Exemptions Moves Forward at the Legislature
Webcasts - August 7, 2020 | Webcast: Schrems II: What are the implications and viable options for international data transfers?
Client Alert - July 1, 2020 | As California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Commences, a Tougher New Data Privacy Law Will Go Before California Voters in November
Client Alert - June 12, 2020 | California Consumer Privacy Act Update: Attorney General Finalizes Regulations and Provides Interpretive Guidance
Webcasts - May 22, 2020 | Webcast: Preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Webcasts - April 30, 2020 | Webcast: Returning to Work: Health, Employment, and Privacy Considerations and Constraints as Businesses Resume Post-Quarantine Operations in the U.S.
Client Alert - March 20, 2020 | Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues Related to COVID-19
Client Alert - March 17, 2020 | California Consumer Privacy Act Update: Attorney General Proposes Further Revisions to CCPA Regulations
Client Alert - February 19, 2020 | California Consumer Privacy Act Update: Attorney General Proposes Regulations Version 2.0
Client Alert - January 27, 2020 | U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2020
Publications - January 6, 2020 | Fiduciary Duty Considerations For Boards Of Cos. Using AI
Client Alert - December 12, 2019 | California Consumer Privacy Act: Compliance Heading into the New Year
Publications - December 10, 2019 | United States: Artificial Intelligence
Publications - October 28, 2019 | Implications of AI on Board Oversight
Client Alert - October 16, 2019 | California Consumer Privacy Act: 2019 Final Amendments Signed
Client Alert - October 11, 2019 | California Consumer Privacy Act Update: Regulatory Update
Publications - June 7, 2019 | Should Consumer Data Privacy Laws Apply To The Gov’t?
Client Alert - April 30, 2019 | California Consumer Privacy Act Update — California State Committees Vote on Amendments
Client Alert - January 28, 2019 | U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2019
Client Alert - October 5, 2018 | New California Security of Connected Devices Law and CCPA Amendments
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