Amber Leong - Coblentz Law

Details

P 415.268.0535

F 415.989.1663

aleong@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D., magna cum laude,

University of California College of Law, San Francisco (2015)
B.A., cum laude,

University of California, San Diego (2010)

Practices

Litigation

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Employment

Amber Leong has a multi-faceted practice counseling clients in a variety of industries from technology, finance, and food and beverage, to advertising and telecommunications, among others. She prides herself in understanding the ins and outs of her clients’ businesses to help them navigate through thorny legal issues and develop creative solutions tailored to their specific needs. Amber advises on data privacy and cybersecurity issues, including in connection with regulatory compliance for federal and state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), as well as other U.S. federal and state privacy laws. Amber also counsels clients accused of violating privacy laws and assists clients in privacy litigation, including in connection with actions brought under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”), the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) and in connection with data breach litigation, among other claims. Amber is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for U.S. laws and regulations (CIPP/US).

Amber also advises on various labor and employment issues, along with its intersectionality with data privacy. She has experience with pre-litigation employment matters including conducting internal investigations, risk management and compliance, negotiating and preparing employment-related agreements, and formulating corporate policies and manuals. She also has extensive litigation experience in both federal and state court, at all stages of litigation, including pre-trial motions, jury trials, post-verdict motion practice, and appellate matters.

She is a frequent author and speaker on privacy and cybersecurity-related topics, including the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act, as well as on other federal, state, and foreign privacy law requirements and compliance.

Before joining Coblentz, Amber clerked for the Honorable J. Michael Seabright and the Honorable Helen Gillmor in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. She also clerked for the Honorable Claudia Wilken in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Before that, Amber was an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, where she was national counsel overseeing mass tort litigation all over the country. In that role, she was part of a team that secured numerous dispositive motions, Daubert preclusions, and four favorable jury verdicts for a Fortune 500 Company. She also secured favorable verdicts in appellate matters in the California Court of Appeal.

Amber is a Working Group Member of the San Francisco chapter of the American Bar Association. She was previously the National Mentoring Co-Chair for the American Bar Association’s Judicial Internship Opportunity Program.

Amber earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of California College of Law, San Francisco (Hastings). During law school, she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Edward M. Chen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and was the Executive Managing Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. She was elected to the Order of the Coif and a member of the Thurston Honors Society. Amber was also a recipient of the Milton D. Green Top Ten Citation Award (awarded to the ten people with the highest cumulative GPAs after the first year), and a CALI and Witkin Award Winner in Copyright, Legal Ethics, and Law Practice Management. Amber earned her B.A., cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego.

“With the End of the 2024 Legislative Term, Governor Gavin Newsom Takes a Measured Approach To Data Privacy Legislation” (October 17, 2024)

“Webinar: 2024 Privacy Overview – How to Ensure Compliance and Reduce Business Risk” September 24, 2024

“California employers using tracking technology, including jigglers, face legal risks,” Daily Journal (July 29, 2024)

“2024 Mid-Year Privacy Report” (July 24, 2024)

“Are You Ready? CPRA Regulations Are In Effect Immediately: Attorney General Rob Bonta Wins a Reversal at the California Court of Appeals” (February 13, 2024)

“How to Catch a Phish and Protect Your Data Privacy: Your Duties as a Lawyer,” Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, San Francisco, CA (January 26, 2024)

“You’ve Worked To Make Your Website Cookies, Pixels, and Chat Function Compliant With Privacy Laws; Now What Is A “Pen Register”?” (January 19, 2024)

“Citizenship and Immigration Status Is Now Categorized as Sensitive Personal Information under California Law” (October 30, 2023)

“Plaintiffs Continue Website Privacy Lawsuits Using 35-Year-Old Statute” (October 17, 2023)

“Companies Should Keep in Mind Chatbots, Session Recordings, Mouseclicks: New Consumer Privacy Suits Continue Under Decades-Old Wiretapping Statutes” (October 17, 2023)

“California Privacy Protection Agency Signals Intent To Keep The Gas On Privacy Enforcement Despite Recent Court Decision” (August 8, 2023)

“Attorney General Seeks Information from California Employers on Compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act” (July 17, 2023)

“Enforcement of CPRA Regulations Postponed, But Statute Still in Effect and Enforceable” (July 12, 2023)

“Webinar: Preparing for CPRA Enforcement and Other Privacy Law Developments” (June 6, 2023)

“Spring / Summer 2023 Privacy Law Report: A Comprehensive Look at New Developments in Data Privacy Laws” (May 26, 2023)