In his nearly 20 years of practice, Edward Chang has represented institutional clients in an array of complex high-stakes litigation matters, with an emphasis on cybersecurity, privacy, and consumer issues. He has served as lead counsel in hundreds of class/mass actions, complicated business disputes, and regulatory investigations, including bet-the-company matters for total claims exceeding $50 billion. Ed also advises clients on their most sensitive and high-profile cybersecurity and privacy matters and has served as the lead lawyer on some of the largest data breach and ransomware attacks in U.S. history.
Ed is currently defending dozens of individual and nationwide class action data breach/privacy matters across the country. Other significant engagements include representing a major automaker in a privacy class/representative action challenging vehicle data collection practices, obtaining a complete dismissal; an online retailer in a nationwide technology class action, precluding class claims based on arbitration; a prominent homebuilder in a series of nationwide product defect class actions covering millions of homes, defeating class certification; a medical device manufacturer in numerous class actions, foreclosing class claims in arbitration; a restaurant chain in a complicated business dispute, obtaining a favorable appellate opinion on a novel jurisdictional question unanswered by the California Supreme Court for 100 years; a background screening company in class cases alleging deceptive marketing practices, successfully obtaining dismissal of all claims; and a telecommunications company in a bellwether class action, obtaining a favorable appellate opinion limiting UCL standing. Ed also represents corporations in cross-border business/fraud disputes, including in a recent action where he obtained an eight-figure U.S. damages award.
Ed is the administrative partner for the Irvine Office.
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- October 20, 2022
Product Liability Advisory Counsel (PLAC): Cybersecurity and the Lawyer's Role During a Cybersecurity Incident - October 25, 2021
Jones Day Cybersecurity and Privacy Hot Topics: Global Legal Update for In-House Lawyers - October 5, 2021
American Automobile Association Nationwide Litigation Summit: Cybersecurity & Privacy Recent Trends and Updates - September 29, 2021
Cybersecurity & Privacy Update: Roundtable Discussion of Key Litigation, Mass Arbitration and Other Developments in 2021 - August 25, 2021
Diversity: Panel Discussion on National Current Events and Inclusion & Advancement - January 27, 2021
Recent Trends in Cybersecurity & Privacy: Litigation and the CCPA, CPRA, TCPA & SolarWinds Vulnerability, Jones Day University MCLE - June 3, 2020
CCPA: Three Major Considerations to Mitigate Liability, Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Panel - January 30, 2020
Cybersecurity & Privacy Update: CCPA 2.0, Best Practices, and Litigation Trends, Jones Day University MCLE - October 10, 2019
Cybersecurity & Privacy Update: California's New Privacy Act and What You Need to Know, American Automobile Association Litigation Summit - August 29, 2019
Cybersecurity, Privacy & California's Privacy Act, Jones Day Seminar at Kia Motors America at Irvine, California - April 8-9, 2019
Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation Training Seminar with Booz Allen at Hyundai Motor Group - January 31, 2019
California's New Privacy Act (CCPA) and Recent Trends in Cybersecurity/Privacy Law, Jones Day University MCLE Seminar - January 22, 2019
Cybersecurity & Privacy: California's New Privacy Act (CCPA), Jones Day University MCLE Seminar - January 11, 2019
California’s New Privacy Law (CCPA) and Cybersecurity Update, Jones Day CLE Seminar at the Automobile Club of Southern California - December 5, 2018
Privacy & Cybersecurity: Best Practices for Data Breach Incident Response, Jones Day CLE Seminar - November 15, 2018
Class Action and Litigation Trends: A 2018 Review, Jones Day CLE at Hyundai Motor America - November 14, 2018
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Update: Managing Evolving Risks and California's New Privacy Law, Jones Day CLE - October 4, 2018
What to Do When . . . California's New Data Privacy Rules Come Into Effect, Jones Day CLE - July 17, 2018
Data Privacy: Customer Privacy v. Customer Profiling for Marketing Purposes, Jones Day Seminar - June 28, 2018
Autonomous Vehicles: Privacy & Cybersecurity Trends and Issues for AV Regulation at Hyundai Motors America, Jones Day Seminar - June 27, 2018
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: What You Need to Know to Protect Yourselves and Your Company, Jones Day CLE - April 28, 2018
Cybersecurity, Privacy & Autonomous Vehicles: U.S. Korea Law Day at Kia Motors America, CLE Seminar - January 31, 2018
Cybersecurity: Managing Evolving Risks 2018, Jones Day CLE Seminar - January 23, 2018
Cybersecurity: Managing Evolving Risks 2018, Jones Day CLE Seminar - December 8, 2017
Emerging Technology Risks and Rewards: A Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Review, Jones Day CLE Seminar - January 24, 2017
Recent Trends in Consumer Class Action Litigation - October 19, 2016
Cybersecurity: Managing Evolving Risks - June 3, 2016
Privilege: Recent Litigation Trends in Attorney Client and Work Product Protections, Jones Day CLE Seminar - March 26, 2014
Diversity & Inclusion: Recruiting, Retention & Promotion
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (J.D. 2005; Law Journal; Percy E. Towne Scholar; Civil Litigation Concentration Certificate; Witkin Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy; Moot Court Honors); University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 2002, Legal Studies; Alumni Scholar)
- California; all U.S. District Courts within California; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits
Named a "Top Cyber Lawyer" in California by the Daily Journal in 2020, 2021, and 2022
Named a National Cybersecurity & Privacy "Rising Star" by Law360 and LexisNexis in 2019
Named a "Super Lawyer" by California Super Lawyers magazine from 2017 to 2022 and a "Rising Star" from 2013 to 2016
Board member, Orange County Korean American Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion Committee
- Judicial Extern to the Hon. Gary L. Taylor (ret.), U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- Korean