Nathanial Wood is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Litigation Group in the firm's Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on the litigation of complex commercial matters, including privacy and cybersecurity and class actions. Nathanial has substantial experience representing clients at all phases of the litigation process, from pre-litigation counseling through trial and appeals.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Nathanial was an associate at the San Francisco firm of Folger Levin & Kahn LLP. Prior to law school, he worked for the California State Water Resources Control Board.
Representative Matters
- Defended national hotel chain in class action alleging violation of data protection statute as a result of a malware intrusion.
- Defended major research university in complex class actions alleging violations of privacy and consumer laws as a result of a cyberattack on the computer network for one of the university’s health systems potentially affecting over 4.5 million individuals.
- Defended military contractor and employee against claims of trade secret misappropriation based on allegedly wrongful acquisition of corporate data.
- Defended major national health plan in class actions in federal and state court alleging violation of medical privacy laws arising out of a data security incident affecting over two million plan members. Obtained favorable settlement after the consolidated class action complaint was dismissed.
- Defended international car rental company in class action alleging statutory violations arising out of rental pricing notification practices. Obtained voluntary dismissal of class claims and favorable settlement on an individual basis without need for class certification proceedings.
- Defended major government contractor in litigation alleging violations of the False Claims Act. Client prevailed on all claims at trial.
- Represented major home appliances manufacturer in antitrust action against foreign supplier of electronics in federal price-fixing litigation.
- Represented public university in an action seeking to halt a multimillion dollar development on university property. Defeated at trial plaintiff’s efforts to block the development and successfully defended the trial court’s ruling on appeal.
- Represented several former partners of a law firm sued for breach of fiduciary duty by their former firm. Obtained decision in favor of the partners following a six week bench trial.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: California, U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California
Speeches & Presentations
Publications
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"How California Streamlined Costly, Time-Consuming Litigation," Law360
(March 17, 2016).
Authors: Gregory D. Call, Van-Dzung Vu Nguyen, and Nathanial J. Wood.
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"Litigation Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year," a Crowell & Moring LLP publication
(January 2016).
Contributor.
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"Regulatory Forecast 2016: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year," a Crowell & Moring LLP publication
(January 2016).
Contributor.
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"California's Complex Court Program," Crowell & Moring's Litigation Forecast 2016
(January 2016).
Contributors: Nathanial Wood, Greg Call, and Van Nguyen.
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"California Legislature Seeks to Restrict Data Use and Ramp Up Retailer Liability for Data Breaches," Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
(April 16, 2014).
Author: Nathanial J. Wood.
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"Divided Fifth Circuit Rules That Government May Obtain Cell Phone Location Information Without A Warrant," Crowell & Moring's E-Discovery Law Insights
(July 31, 2013).
Author: Nathanial J. Wood.
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Issues For Plaintiffs Settling Private CERCLA Litigation, Law360
(July 26, 2012).
Co-Authors: Kevin C. Mayer and Nathanial J. Wood.
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"A Measure of Peace: Settling Private CERCLA Litigation," The Voice, DRI
(October 2011).
Co-Authors: Kevin C. Mayer and Nathanial J. Wood.
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