For the past five years or so, Edelson PC has housed a one-of-a-kind team that it believes gives it a leg up over rival plaintiffs firms looking to bring class actions that concern digital privacy and data security.

That team, which operates as a kind of in-house forensics lab, combines lawyers with strong technical or computer science backgrounds and engineers who can deconstruct devices and apps to determine whether there are privacy or data security concerns.

Edelson is known for its focus on data privacy and security litigation. It has taken on members of the legal community, accusing law firms of failing to adequately protect data, and challenging lawyers who have allegedly made a cottage industry out of objecting to class action settlements.