(L-R) Lindsey Tonsager, Ashley Simonsen and Mitch Kamin of Covington & Burling. Courtesy photos Tech Industry Litigation Team of the Year Finalist: Covington & Burling
"We have a depth and breadth of practice strength that virtually no firm in California can match, and that means our clients get better results," says Mitch Kamin, co-chair of Covington's commercial litigation practice.
October 27, 2022 at 08:16 PM
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Covington & Burling's privacy and cybersecurity group represented the parent companies of social media platforms TikTok and Facebook in separate high-profile cases this year, two of several matters earning the firm a place as a finalist for the Tech Industry Litigation Team of the Year as part of the California Legal Awards.
Mitch Kamin, partner and co-chair of Covington's commercial litigation practice, served as lead counsel in the challenge to the Trump administration's executive order banning ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok Inc.
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