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Joshua S. Lipshutz

Joshua
Lipshutz

Partner & Chief Operating Officer

CONTACT INFO

jlipshutz@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 202.955.8217

FAX:+1 202.530.9614

Washington, D.C.

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation Appellate and Constitutional Law Class Actions Labor and Employment National Security Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Securities Litigation Transnational Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Joshua S. Lipshutz serves as Partner & Chief Operating Officer of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He practices in the Firm’s Litigation Department, and the Appellate and Constitutional Law, Privacy and Cybersecurity, and Class Actions Practice Groups.  Mr. Lipshutz is a member of the Firm’s Executive and Management Committees.

Mr. Lipshutz has been profiled by Law360 for his exceptional appellate experience (Appellate Practice Group of the Year), and in The National Law Journal  in both the General Litigation and Labor & Employment categories.  In 2022, Benchmark Litigation recognized Mr. Lipshutz on its inaugural Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigators list for the second consecutive year.  In 2019, Mr. Lipshutz was named a Law360 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy MVP, and a Benchmark California Litigation Star.

Mr. Lipshutz’s practice focuses primarily on constitutional, class action, data privacy, and securities-related matters.  A sample of recent and ongoing representations include:

  • Facebook:  Mr. Lipshutz represents Facebook in numerous data privacy-related matters, including a series of putative class actions and government enforcement actions arising out of the Cambridge Analytica events.
  • DoorDash:  Mr. Lipshutz represents DoorDash in a series of putative class actions and PAGA actions pending in California state and federal courts, asserting that DoorDash has misclassified delivery providers as independent contractors.
  • CNN:  Mr. Lipshutz represented CNN and Jim Acosta in a dispute with President Trump regarding Mr. Acosta’s White House press credentials.  He secured injunctive relief restoring the press pass and safeguarding the protections of the First Amendment.

Mr. Lipshutz’s cases before the U.S. Supreme Court include the following:

  • New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira:  Sought to overturn a First Circuit ruling that the Federal Arbitration Act does not apply to independent contractors in the transportation sector.
  • Daimler AG v. Bauman:  Secured a unanimous victory for Daimler in a case setting new limitations on the jurisdiction of U.S. courts over foreign corporations.
  • The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles:  Obtained a unanimous victory in the first Supreme Court decision to interpret the jurisdictional limits of the Class Action Fairness Act.
  • Hollingsworth v. Perry:  Restored marriage equality to California in a historic decision striking down California’s Proposition 8 as unconstitutional.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Lipshutz received his undergraduate degrees, summa cum laude, in finance and systems engineering, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  He graduated Order of the Coif from Stanford Law School, where he was Senior Articles Editor of the Stanford Law Review.  Mr. Lipshutz served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Honorable Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  Before practicing law, Mr. Lipshutz worked as a principal investment professional at Silver Lake Partners and as an investment banking associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mr. Lipshutz is admitted to practice law in the State of California, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

EDUCATION

Stanford University - 2005 Juris Doctor

University of Pennsylvania - 1999 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

District of Columbia Bar

Massachusetts Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - September 28, 2022 | Joshua Lipshutz and Jason Schwartz Named Among Benchmark 2022 Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigators
Firm News - June 22, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2022 U.S. Legal 500
Client Alert - February 11, 2022 | Congress Implements Restrictions on Employment Agreements That Require Arbitration of Sexual Assault or Harassment Claims
Firm News - September 27, 2021 | Joshua Lipshutz and Jason Schwartz Named Among Benchmark Top 20 Labor & Employment Litigators
Press Releases - May 14, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Appoints D.C. Partner Joshua Lipshutz as First COO
Article - May 11, 2021 | Ruling sets up worker classification test for high court review
Client Alert - August 14, 2020 | California Supreme Court Announces 7-Factor “Good Cause” Test for Third-Party Subpoenas
Publications - July 21, 2020 | Supreme Court quietly eliminates critical constitutional protections
Publications - April 6, 2020 | Gig-Worker Classification in the Age of COVID-19
Publications - March 13, 2020 | High court ruling will allow egregious misconduct to go unchecked
- November 25, 2019 | Law360 Names Joshua Lipshutz a Cybersecurity MVP
Firm News - May 31, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Named Winner in Two Categories for D.C. Litigation Department of the Year
Publications - May 10, 2019 | INSIGHT: Delaware Supreme Court Drives Nail in Appraisal-Arbitrage Coffin
Publications - February 22, 2019 | The Criminal Defense Bar Wants Your Emails
Firm News - June 18, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2018 U.S. Legal 500
Client Alert - April 5, 2018 | M&A Report – AOL and Aruba Networks Continue Trend of Delaware Courts Deferring to Deal Price in Appraisal Actions
Client Alert - December 18, 2017 | M&A Report – Delaware Supreme Court Reaffirms the Importance of Deal Price As an Indicator of Fair Value in Appraisal Actions
Client Alert - June 13, 2017 | M&A Report – PetSmart and SWS Group Are Welcome News for Buyers Facing Appraisal Actions in Delaware
Article - August 29, 2016 | Poor Children Need a New Brown v. Board of Education
Article - July 23, 2015 | Challenging Inequality
Client Alert - May 25, 2015 | Why we’re fighting for teachers’ free speech
Client Alert - July 8, 2014 | The Legal Road Map to Better Public Schools
Client Alert - June 13, 2014 | Los Angeles Superior Court Strikes Down California’s Teacher Tenure Laws in Landmark Decision Protecting Students’ Rights
Client Alert - July 11, 2013 | U.S. Supreme Court Restores Marriage Equality in California
Client Alert - March 20, 2013 | U.S. Supreme Court Prevents Class Action Plaintiffs from Evading Federal Jurisdiction under CAFA
Client Alert - February 27, 2013 | U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Limitations Period for Federal Enforcement Actions
Client Alert - June 29, 2012 | U.S. Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited Decision on the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act
Client Alert - January 16, 2012 | From Antitrust to FCPA Liability
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