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Amanda Wellen

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About Amanda Wellen

Amanda counsels clients in high-stakes disputes nationwide in both court and arbitral forums. Aided by her background in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, as well as a federal clerkship, Amanda guides clients in a wide array of industries through key strategic choices in all phases of class action and complex commercial litigation.

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Produce the Prompts: A Court Says Expert AI Inputs Are Fair Game in Discovery

May 27, 2026 By Donald Houser, Gavin Reinke, Ashley Miller and Amanda Wellen

A federal court just delivered one of the clearest messages yet on AI in litigation: if an expert used AI to do the work, the prompts may be discoverable. In Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Company et al., Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish ordered the Plaintiff to produce the prompts its expert used […]

Filed Under: AI Cybersecurity & Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Litigation

The Era of AI-Driven Data Breaches Has Arrived

May 13, 2026 By Amanda Wellen, Ashley Miller and Donald Houser

A recent lawsuit signals the rapid convergence of issues relating to artificial intelligence, vendor‑managed platforms, and individual arbitration in the data breach ecosystem.  In Woodard v. OpenAI, Inc. & Mixpanel, Inc., Case No. 3:25-cv-10301 in the Northern District of California, Plaintiffs alleged that Mixpanel uses artificial intelligence technologies developed by OpenAI to collect user data.  […]

Filed Under: AI Cybersecurity & Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Crisis & Data Breach Response, National Security & Digital Crimes, Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Litigation

Back from the Brink: District Court Clears Air Regarding Individualized Damages Assessment in Data Breach Cases

July 3, 2025 By Gavin Reinke, Ashley Miller and Amanda Wellen

On June 27, 2025, the District Court for the Middle District of Florida, on remand from the Eleventh Circuit, reversed course when it denied class certification to a group of plaintiffs who were purportedly impacted by a spring 2018 cyberattack on Brinker International, Inc., the parent company of the popular chain restaurant, Chili’s. The recent […]

Filed Under: Board Governance & Cyber Risk Management, Crisis & Data Breach Response, Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement Tagged With: Class Action, Cybersecurity, Litigation, Privacy

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