Amit Gressel focuses his practice on complex litigation and counseling on legal issues involving the internet, consumer protection, class action litigation, and emerging issues in artificial intelligence.

Amit represents global companies across the technology and internet sectors in all stages of high-stakes litigation, from pre-trial filings through appeals. He has particularly deep experience advising and defending companies in litigation and enforcement actions under California's Automatic Renewal Law, Unfair Competition Law, and other consumer protection statutes. Amit regularly advises clients on the evolving requirements related to automatically recurring subscriptions and negative-option requirements imposed by state and federal law, as well as the complexities of online contract formation.

Amit has secured significant victories for his clients in cases involving Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment, defending online platforms against claims arising from third-party content and user-generated speech. He is active in the cutting-edge and fast-developing area of litigation involving generative AI, including claims arising from the design, deployment, and outputs of large language model chatbots—advising clients on novel questions of liability and product-based theories as courts across the country address these issues for the first time.

Amit's recent representative matters include:

• Defending Google and YouTube in multiple class actions alleging violations of California’s Automatic Renewal Law. Amit helped secure victories in the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit, as well as multiple trial court wins.
• Litigation alleging that the output of LLM chatbots caused personal injuries to plaintiffs.
• Multiple victories under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for Google and YouTube related to the company’s content guidelines, monetization policies, and advertising guidelines.
• Class action litigation under California’s UCL. Amit litigated novel issues related to the limits of restitution on a classwide basis and successfully decertified multiple overbroad classes.
• Regulatory investigations related to content policies and AI-related regulations and requirements.
• Defended SaaS provider against allegations of trade secret misappropriation, including navigating complex expert reports related to the software’s underlying architecture and operation.

Prior to joining the firm, Amit was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP, where he focused on intellectual property and entertainment litigation.