Mr. Ballon also serves as Executive Director of Stanford University Law School's Center for E-Commerce (http://lawtech.stanford.edu/ecommerce/) and previously served as an Adviser to the American Law Institute's Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Judgments in Transactional Disputes (ALI Principles of the Law 2007).
Mr. Ballon was recognized by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal in 2009 for obtaining the third largest plaintiff's verdict in California in 2008 in MySpace, Inc. v. Wallace in a judgment of over $230,000,000. Mr. Ballon previously has been recognized as one of the top new media lawyers in the United States by CyberEsq. magazine, one of the 100 most influential lawyers in California by California Law Business, one of the top 50 IP Litigators in California and one of the top 25 copyright, trademark and patent lawyers in California by The Daily Journal.
He has continued for several years to hold a position as a top intellectual property litigation lawyer in the annually released Northern California Super Lawyers (published by Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine) and Southern California Super Lawyers (published by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine). Mr. Ballon is listed in the 2008, 2007 and 2006 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of intellectual property and information technology and in the 2008 edition of Chambers and Partners USA Guide in the areas of copyright litigation and privacy and data security.
Mr. Ballon was recognized by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal in 2009 for obtaining the third largest plaintiff's verdict in California in 2008 in MySpace, Inc. v. Wallace in a judgment of over $230,000,000. Mr. Ballon previously has been recognized as one of the top new media lawyers in the United States by CyberEsq. magazine, one of the 100 most influential lawyers in California by California Law Business, one of the top 50 IP Litigators in California and one of the top 25 copyright, trademark and patent lawyers in California by The Daily Journal.
He has continued for several years to hold a position as a top intellectual property litigation lawyer in the annually released Northern California Super Lawyers (published by Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine) and Southern California Super Lawyers (published by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine). Mr. Ballon is listed in the 2008, 2007 and 2006 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of intellectual property and information technology and in the 2008 edition of Chambers and Partners USA Guide in the areas of copyright litigation and privacy and data security.
Ian C. Ballon is a shareholder in the Silicon Valley and Los Angeles offices of Greenberg Traurig LLP. He represents technology, media, and entertainment companies in complex Internet and intellectual property litigation and counseling. Named by multiple sources, including Chambers and Partners USA, as one of the top Internet and I.P. litigators and by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 lawyers in California.
He is the author of the four-volume legal treatise, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms 2d Edition (West 2009) and the earlier first edition, which has been cited in state and federal court opinions. He is also the author of The Complete CAN-SPAM Act Handbook (West 2008) and The Complete State Security Breach Notification Compliance Handbook (West 2009).
He is the author of the four-volume legal treatise, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms 2d Edition (West 2009) and the earlier first edition, which has been cited in state and federal court opinions. He is also the author of The Complete CAN-SPAM Act Handbook (West 2008) and The Complete State Security Breach Notification Compliance Handbook (West 2009).
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