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Frances A. Waldmann

Frances
Waldmann

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

fwaldmann@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 213.229.7914

FAX:+1 213.229.6914

Los Angeles

333 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 USA

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PRACTICE

White Collar Defense and Investigations Antitrust and Competition Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems FCPA Litigation Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation

BIOGRAPHY

Frances Waldmann is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She practices in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition, White Collar Defense and Investigations, Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems, and Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation practice groups. Her practice focuses on technology-driven disputes and encompasses complex litigation, investigations by U.S. and international enforcement authorities, and regulatory compliance.

Technology Disputes: Ms. Waldmann has experience litigating a wide range of litigation matters, including class action lawsuits and cross-border cases, often involving cutting edge technologies such as electronic devices, computer software and artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems. Ms. Waldmann also counsels technology-focused clients on regulatory compliance with respect to the developing body of law on emerging technologies, data privacy, and the sharing economy. She has particular expertise in legal, ethical and policy developments surrounding artificial intelligence and automation, and advises companies navigating the evolving regulatory landscape for technologies such as autonomous and connected vehicles.

Antitrust and White Collar Defense and Investigations: Ms. Waldmann’s antitrust experience includes the defense of civil class action lawsuits and cartel investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and global antitrust enforcers in industries including consumer electronics, transportation, automobile parts, telecommunications and financial services. Additionally, she is bilingual in English and German and has represented clients in cross-border white collar defense and regulatory enforcement matters initiated by government agencies including the DOJ, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California Air Resources Board, European Commission, Germany’s Central Bank (Bundesbank), and the U.K. Financial Services Authority and Serious Fraud Office. Ms. Waldmann has also conducted sensitive internal investigations on behalf of companies and board committees related to corporate compliance issues.

Selected Representative Matters:

  • Advising companies on AI regulatory compliance and product development and liability issues.
  • Defending a technology company against claims brought under Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
  • Representing an electronics company in a civil class action lawsuit alleging a price-fixing conspiracy.
  • Representing a financial institution in a class action lawsuit in S.D.N.Y. stemming from governmental investigations regarding the ISDAFIX benchmark rate.
  • Leading a German language internal investigation on behalf of the board of a financial institution regarding the adequacy of internal controls.
  • Representing a global financial institution in connection with the international investigations into LIBOR and foreign exchange trading.

Ms. Waldmann received her law degree from Magdalen College, Oxford University in 2009. She practiced in Gibson Dunn’s London office from 2014 to 2016 and, prior to joining Gibson Dunn, at a leading set of barristers’ chambers in London, where she was part of the prosecution team in a high profile insider trading trial that resulted in multiple convictions.

Ms. Waldmann spearheads Gibson Dunn’s Quarterly Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Client Update and has contributed to various publications on matters relating to artificial intelligence and automation, including the article “United States: Artificial Intelligence,” published in the Global Data Review Insight Handbook 2020.

She is a member of the State Bars of California and New York and the Bar of England and Wales, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

EDUCATION

Worcester College - University of Oxford - 2009 Masters

Magdalen College - University of Oxford - 2008 BA (Hons) Jurisprudence

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - March 8, 2021 | Virginia Passes Comprehensive Privacy Law
Client Alert - January 29, 2021 | Fourth Quarter and 2020 Annual Review of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems
Publications - January 22, 2021 | United States: Artificial Intelligence 2021
Webcasts - January 20, 2021 | Webcast: Reimagining Policing: A Discussion on Next Steps and Solutions
Client Alert - January 15, 2021 | 2020 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - November 25, 2020 | Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (“CAVs”) Legal Update: U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Public Comment on Automated Driving System Safety Principles
Client Alert - November 5, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Legal Update (3Q20)
Client Alert - July 23, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Legal Update (2Q20)
Pro Bono News - June 2, 2020 | President Obama Highlights Toolkit on Best Practices in Policing Created By the Leadership Conference with Assistance By Gibson Dunn
Client Alert - April 21, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Legal Update (1Q20)
Client Alert - February 26, 2020 | EU Proposal on Artificial Intelligence Regulation Released
Client Alert - February 11, 2020 | 2019 Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Annual Legal Review
Client Alert - January 15, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Legal Update (4Q19)
Publications - December 10, 2019 | United States: Artificial Intelligence
Client Alert - November 4, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems Legal Update (3Q19)
Client Alert - July 23, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems Legal Update (2Q19)
Client Alert - April 23, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems Legal Update (1Q19)
Client Alert - February 13, 2019 | President Trump Issues Executive Order on “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”
Publications - January 22, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems Legal Update (4Q18)
Client Alert - October 10, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems Legal Update (3Q18)
Client Alert - February 2, 2018 | 2017 Year-End United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - January 25, 2018 | U.S. Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review – 2018
Client Alert - September 14, 2017 | Accelerating Progress Toward a Long-Awaited Federal Regulatory Framework for Autonomous Vehicles in the United States
Client Alert - July 18, 2017 | 2017 Mid-Year United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - January 11, 2017 | 2016 Year-End United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - September 22, 2016 | 2016 Mid-Year United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - February 1, 2016 | 2015 Year-End United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - January 4, 2016 | 2015 Year-End FCPA Update
Client Alert - January 15, 2015 | 2014 Year-End Sanctions Update
Client Alert - January 5, 2015 | 2014 Year-End FCPA Update
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