John D’Amico’s practice focuses on privacy litigation, antitrust, and rates and commodities manipulation. He is a seasoned litigator with more than two decades of experience in a wide range of complex commercial matters, in both state and federal courts. Prior to law school, Mr. D’Amico had a marketing career with prominent New York City organizations. His firsthand experience dealing with the operational issues of business entities has been invaluable to his understanding and representation of his commercial clients.
Practice Focus
- Data Privacy litigation
- Antitrust
- Rates and commodities manipulation
Representative Successes
- Contributed to pre-trial success in defeating several motions and obtaining class certification in a privacy class action alleging that Flo Health and various technology companies wrongfully shared sensitive health and personal information from the users of Flo Health’s pregnancy and period-tracking app. The case resulted in a verdict in favor of these users against Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.) and settlements of more than $50 million against other co-defendants. (Frasco v. Flo Health, No. 3:21-cv-00757-JD (N.D. Cal.)).
- Helped secure a $95 million settlement for users of Apple’s Siri voice assistant, which Apple used to wrongfully eavesdrop on them without their consent. (Lopez v. Apple Inc., No. 4:19-cv-04577 (N.D. Cal.).
- Helped secure more than $820 million in settlements in various LIBOR manipulation cases (see, e.g., Laydon v. Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Case No. 12-cv-03419 (S.D.N.Y).
Community & Personal
John’s various volunteer endeavors include coaching youth baseball.