David I. Mindell

• Representing three state Attorneys General in their investigations into contamination and exposure issues resulting from a “forever chemical” commonly referred to as PFAS.
• Representing a state Attorney General in investigating and potentially litigating matters related to the problematic use of a pesticide used in homes, on agricultural crops, lawns, and gardens, and as a fumigating agent—that is now known to have contaminated soil and groundwater.
• Representing a state Attorney General in its investigations and litigations against energy companies whose deceptive and fraudulent practices have resulted in tens of millions of dollars in damages to consumers.
• Representing the District of Columbia in its litigation against e-cigarette manufacture JUUL for its allegedly predatory and deceptive marketing tactics.
• Representing the District of Columbia and the People of the State of Illinois, by and through the State’s Attorney of Cook County, in lawsuits against the world’s largest social network, Facebook, and Cambridge Analytica—a London-based electioneering firm—for allegedly collecting (or allowing the collecting of) and misusing the private data of 50 million Facebook users.
• Representing the State of Idaho in claims against manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids. 
• Representing a state Attorney General in its litigation against Google for allegedly tracking consumers’ locations without their knowledge or consent.
• Successfully represented the State of New Mexico in a privacy suit that alleged that Google violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501, et seq., by collecting data from children under the age of 13 through its G-Suite for Education products and services. As a result of the litigation, Google launched a first-of-its-kind “Kids Initiative”  to promote education, privacy, and digital safety for New Mexico children.
• Representing the City of Chicago and Cook County State’s Attorney in their consolidated data breach/failure to notify lawsuit against Uber Technologies. 
• Representing the City of Chicago in the Marriott data breach litigation.
• Designated as a Panel Member on a State Attorney General’s Environmental Counsel Panel.

• First to uncover the widespread unlawful collection and use of biometric information, like facial recognition technology. Research led to first of its kind class action against Facebook under the Biometric Information Privacy Act, alleging Facebook collected facial recognition data from its users without authorization. Members of team were appointed Class Counsel in securing adversarial certification of class of Illinois Facebook users. Recently reached a settlement in principle with Facebook that includes $650 million in cash payments. See In re Facebook Biometric Privacy Litigation, No. 3:15-cv-03747 (N.D. Cal.).
• Brought first ever genetic privacy action against a leading direct-to-consumer DNA testing company accused of disclosing customers’ DNA test results without permission. See Cole v. Gene by Gene, Ltd., No. 1:14-cv-00004-SLG (D. Alaska).
• Counsel in cases alleging that major players in the Bitcoin industry defrauded consumers. SeeGreene, et al v. MtGox Inc., et al., No. 14-cv-01437 (N.D. Ill.); Hussein v. Coinabul, LLC, et al., No. 14-cv-05735 (N.D. Ill.).
• Investigated and litigated cases alleging the deceptive design and sale of computer software. See Gross v. Symantec Corp., et al., No. 12-cv-00154 (N.D. Cal.); Rottner v. AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o., et al., No. 12-cv-10920 (D. Mass.); Beaton v. SpeedyPC Software, No. 13-cv-08389 (N.D. Ill.); Hall v. TuneUp Corporation, No. 13-cv-01804 (N.D. Ill.); Yencha v. ZeoBIT LLC, No. 14-cv-00578 (W. Penn.).

• Oversees investigations that led to hundreds of lawsuits brought against the NCAA, its conferences and member institutions alleging personal injury claims on behalf of college football players resulting from repeated concussive and sub-concussive hits. In re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Single School/Single Sport Concussion Litig., No. 16-cv-8727, MDL No. 2492 (N.D. Ill.).
• Part of a team investigating thousands of consumer fraud claims against gambling companies for allegedly profiting off of illegal internet casinos. See, e.g., Benson v. Double Down Interactive, LLC, No. 18-cv-00525, 2018 WL 5921062 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 13, 2018); Wilson v. Huuuge, Inc., No. 3:18-cv-05276, 2018 WL 5921019 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 13, 2018); and Kater v. Churchill Downs Downs Inc., No. 15-cv-00612, 2018 WL 5734656 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 13, 2018); Fife v. Sci. Games Corp., No. 18-cv-00565, 2018 WL 6620485 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 18, 2018), Wilson v. PTT, LLC, No. 18-cv-05275, 2018 WL 6591621 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 14, 2018) and Wilson v. Playtika, Ltd., No. 18-cv-05277, 2018 WL 6065658 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 20, 2018).
• Part of team bringing actions on behalf of numerous victims of the Northern California Camp Fire, allegedly caused by utility company Pacific Gas & Electric. See,g., Burnett et al v. PG&E Corp et al., No. CGC-18-571849 (S.F. Sup. Dec. 5, 2018).

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Cyber Fraud and Privacy Class Actions. Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2017.
• David has also been asked to speak to a wide range of audiences about his investigations and practice.

• Supreme Court of Illinois
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• United States District Court for the District of Colorado
• United States District Court for the District of New Mexico

David attended the James Madison College at Michigan State University and graduated cum laude from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.

While in law school, David was a research assistant for University of Chicago Law School Kauffman and Bigelow Fellow, Matthew Tokson, and for the predominate cyber-security professor, Hank Perritt at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. David’s research included cyberattack and denial of service vulnerabilities of the Internet, intellectual property rights, and privacy-related issues.

Prior to joining Edelson PC, David co-founded several tech, real estate, and hospitality-related ventures, including a tech startup that was acquired by a well-known international corporation within its first three years.