Andrew Watson Brown serves as monitoring and coverage counsel to traditional and Insurtech carriers in London, the E.U., and the U.S., advising on matters involving data breaches, ransomware, business interruption, and financial fraud. He also counsels insurers on third-party exposures, including privacy class actions, Pixel liability, mass arbitration, and regulatory claims under HIPAA and GDPR. His work emphasizes managing early risk and mitigating downstream third-party exposure arising from complex claims and parallel coverage litigation. Andrew earned his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2019, where he served as Research Editor for the Santa Clara Law Review and received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Constitutional Law II. He also holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is admitted to the State Bar of California and is certified as an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). His scholarship includes China and the United States: Yin and Yank Intestacy, 50 Santa Clara L. Rev. 239 (2019). Andrew is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Introduction Courts across the United States universally have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While some jurisdictions have coped well, other jurisdictions have struggled to provide safe and meaningful access to courts...
An insurer that brings an action against its insured in California where the insured asserts a counterclaim alleging bad faith may consider filing a motion to strike based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute. However, a recent federal appellate decision suggests that the insurer will face an uphill..
Andrew Watson Brown serves as monitoring and coverage counsel to traditional and Insurtech carriers in London, the E.U., and the U.S., advising on matters involving data breaches, ransomware, business interruption, and financial fraud. He also counsels insurers on third-party exposures, including privacy class actions, Pixel liability, mass arbitration, and regulatory claims under HIPAA and GDPR. His work emphasizes managing early risk and mitigating downstream third-party exposure arising from complex claims and parallel coverage litigation. Andrew earned his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2019, where he served as Research Editor for the Santa Clara Law Review and received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Constitutional Law II. He also holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is admitted to the State Bar of California and is certified as an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). His scholarship includes China and the United States: Yin and Yank Intestacy, 50 Santa Clara L. Rev. 239 (2019). Andrew is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Introduction Courts across the United States universally have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While some jurisdictions have coped well, other jurisdictions have struggled to provide safe and meaningful access to courts...
An insurer that brings an action against its insured in California where the insured asserts a counterclaim alleging bad faith may consider filing a motion to strike based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute. However, a recent federal appellate decision suggests that the insurer will face an uphill..
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