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David Mattern focuses on complex litigation and intellectual property matters. He counsels technology companies in suits concerning copyright law and the DMCA, suits implicating Section 230, and in suits relating to cybersecurity. David has extensive experience defending clients in a wide range of matters at the trial and appellate level in state and federal courts.
David has represented clients at trial and appeal in courts across the country. David has particular expertise in copyright law and platform defenses, including representing platforms in copyright litigation and rate court disputes, and in defending platforms in suits related to user content and content moderation under the DMCA and Section 230. His experience extends to a wide range of subject areas, including False Claims Act litigation, product liability litigation, professional liability litigation, and many other types of business litigation.
David devotes a significant amount of time to pro bono civil rights litigation. Recent successful representations include obtaining reversal of a grant of qualified immunity to prison officials in a suit brought under Section 1983 in a case he argued in the Ninth Circuit, and in obtaining a reversal of a grant of summary judgment to prison officials on exhaustion under the PLRA in a case he argued in the Seventh Circuit.
J.D., Columbia University School of Law, James Kent Scholar
B.A., Case Western Reserve University, Magna Cum Laude
District of Columbia
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judicial Clerk, Chief Judge R. Guy Cole, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
February 28, 2024
King & Spalding Secures a Dismissal of False Claims Act Complaint against Senseonics Incorporated
December 15, 2023
David Mattern discusses the legal implications of using AI-generated content
Web V (2020). Represents Google in a rate-setting proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board to determine the rates non-interactive streaming services pay record labels
Downtown v. Peloton (2019). Represents Peloton Interactive, Inc. in suit brought by music publishers in SDNY
Phonorecords III (2017). Represented Google before the Copyright Royalty Board in a proceeding to set the royalty rates paid to publishers for interactive streaming.
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September 26, 2016
NHTSA Releases Guidance on Enforcement of Safety-Related Defects in Automated Vehicle Technologies
September 21, 2016
DOT Releases Autonomous Vehicles Guidelines
February 28, 2024
King & Spalding Secures a Dismissal of False Claims Act Complaint against Senseonics Incorporated
December 15, 2023
David Mattern discusses the legal implications of using AI-generated content
Web V (2020). Represents Google in a rate-setting proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board to determine the rates non-interactive streaming services pay record labels
Downtown v. Peloton (2019). Represents Peloton Interactive, Inc. in suit brought by music publishers in SDNY
Phonorecords III (2017). Represented Google before the Copyright Royalty Board in a proceeding to set the royalty rates paid to publishers for interactive streaming.
See more
September 26, 2016
NHTSA Releases Guidance on Enforcement of Safety-Related Defects in Automated Vehicle Technologies
September 21, 2016
DOT Releases Autonomous Vehicles Guidelines
February 28, 2024
King & Spalding Secures a Dismissal of False Claims Act Complaint against Senseonics Incorporated
December 15, 2023
David Mattern discusses the legal implications of using AI-generated content
J.D., Columbia University School of Law, James Kent Scholar
B.A., Case Western Reserve University, Magna Cum Laude
District of Columbia
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judicial Clerk, Chief Judge R. Guy Cole, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit