Jacob Canter

Privacy and cybersecurity. Jacob helps companies navigate general and subject-matter-specific privacy and cybersecurity laws, building programs grounded in data minimization and industry best practices. He has resolved dozens of privacy class action and data breach disputes—always minimizing costs and liability. Jacob also pursues affirmative privacy and cybersecurity claims on behalf of clients, holding bad actors accountable. And he regularly assists clients responding to threat actor attacks.

Jacob routinely counsels clients on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Automated License Plate Recognition statute (ALPR), the Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA), SEC Rule 17a-4, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Artificial intelligence. Jacob has exceptional AI experience. He is an active participant in Crowell’s AI Steering Committee, a close monitor of AI policy, and a team member on the first AI litigation case in the United States to reach trial. He counsels startups and the largest companies in the world on compliance with existing AI laws and helps them prepare for pending and proposed legislation.

His guidance covers the EU AI Act, the CA AI Transparency Act, NY LL 144, the CO AI Act, and California’s automated decision-making technology (ADMT) regulations.

Intellectual property. Jacob helps companies protect their most important copyright and trade secret IP. He drafts and negotiates IP licensing terms, including open-source licenses, for clients and has successfully defended multiple companies in high-stakes copyright and trade secret cases.

In a notable case in the District of Delaware, Jacob defended a worldwide video-sharing platform, achieving a settlement more than thirty times smaller than the opening demand. Through his experience, Jacob not only safeguards clients' IP assets but provides strategic value beyond immediate results.

Jacob also counsels clients on laws governing internet conduct and website design, and handles commercial contract disputes, founders disputes, competition allegations, fraud claims, warranty claims, and employment claims.

After starting his career at a global law firm in Washington, D.C. in 2019, Jacob clerked in the Southern District of New York for the Hon. Judge Lorna G. Schofield.