Libby Weingarten

Practice Areas

Libby Weingarten is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises companies on a broad range of U.S. and international privacy, consumer protection, and data security issues. She has extensive experience defending major corporations facing investigations by the FTC and other federal and state regulators. She has defended retailers, software companies, advertising technology companies, mobile app developers, and ed-tech companies against regulatory investigations into privacy and data security practices, and she has assisted them in conducting internal investigations in high-profile data security breaches.

Libby counsels clients on existing privacy laws, including Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the California Consumer Privacy Act, as well as other federal, state and international laws, and self-regulatory codes. She works with clients at every stage to achieve their business goals by implementing practical solutions while managing risk, and she helps them develop policy positions and strategies to respond to new regulations.