Megan A. Suehiro
Megan A. Suehiro counsels and defends companies in privacy, cybersecurity, and other consumer protection and class action matters. She regularly counsels clients on alleged violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), California Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, anti-spam laws, and various other state privacy and unfair and deceptive practices laws. She helps clients proactively manage litigation risks while balancing their unique business needs and strategies.
Megan has spent nearly a decade advising and defending retailers, consumer products manufacturers, and ecommerce companies against various privacy and consumer protection claims. She is focused on helping clients find practical solutions in the ever-evolving internet privacy and ecommerce landscape and has counseled hundreds of clients on best practices to mitigate litigation risk before claims are filed. She has successfully defended privacy, false advertising, unfair business practices, and “wiretapping” claims in state and federal courts, handling all aspects of these cases from inception through trial. She has second-chaired three bench trials, securing complete judgment on behalf of the client in all three.
Megan is a partner in the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity litigation practice and a member of the firm’s Class Action Working Group.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Megan was admitted to the partnership of the largest law firm in Hawaii.
While in law school, Megan was a Dean’s Scholar and served as a judicial extern to Judge Susan Oki Mollway, former Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Hawaii.
- Secured complete win for retailer in putative class action alleging privacy violations in connection with web-based tracking activity
- Secured dismissal for retailer of all claims based on the alleged use of tracking software in marketing emails
- Secured dismissal for ecommerce company of claims brought under the VPPA
- Representation of online retail company and cosmetics company in mass arbitrations alleging violation of the CIPA and other “wiretapping” laws
- Representation of video game company in mass arbitration alleging violation of the VPPA
- Representation of digital marketplace for home improvement services in action challenging television, radio, and online advertising practices
- Representation of consumer product manufacturers with regard to alleged false advertising and deception claims
- Representation of retailers in putative class actions alleging privacy violations in connection with web-based consumer activity
- Representation of home goods retailer in putative class actions alleging invasion of privacy, unjust enrichment, and violations of state unfair competition and privacy laws
- Representation of a retailer in defense of class actions alleging false pricing practices in violation of various consumer protection statutes
- Secured complete dismissal on behalf of global travel technology company in putative class action asserting violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
- Represented financial institutions in putative class actions alleging unfair and deceptive acts and practices in violation of state statute
- Represented manufacturer of cryogenic storage tanks in putative class action asserting product liability claims
- 乔治敦大学法学院, 2011, J.D.
- University of California, Los Angeles, 2006, B.A., cum laude
- California
- Hawaii
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- US District Court for the Central District of California
- US District Court for the Northern District of California
- US District Court for the District of Hawaii
Member, Law Firm of the Year, Securities Regulation, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)
Director, Hawaii State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (2014–2015)
Director, Community Helping Schools (2012–2017)
Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance
Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics