CClaimWatch
Defense counsel in 3 cases

Joseph Richard Rose

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Address of record
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600, San Francisco, CA 94111-3715, 415-393-8277
Email
jrose@gibsondunn.com
Phone
(415) 393-8277

Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.

3
Cases tracked
2 active · 1 settled
—
Plaintiff-side recovery
Disclosed settlement funds
$59.5M
Defense-side exposure
Resolved in settlements
1
Cases with values
of 3 tracked

Case history

Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.

Defense counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Automattic Contract Class Action

A proposed class action against Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg, apparently concerning contract claims. The docket lists Ryan Keller, Keller Holdings LLC, RLDGROUP, and Sharon Schanzer as plaintiffs, suggesting the putative class may include individuals and business entities. The allegations in the complaint are not proven facts.

Filed
February 21, 2025
Represents
Automattic Inc., Matthew Charles Mullenweg
Defense counselActive litigation — no settlement yet

Shopify Labor Class Action

A proposed class action against Shopify (USA), Inc., apparently concerning workplace or labor issues, as indicated by the 'Labor: Other' nature of suit. The docket entries suggest the case was dismissed by stipulation, but no specific factual allegations are available from the caption and docket text. Any allegations are unproven.

Filed
October 11, 2024
Represents
Shopify (USA), Inc.,
Defense counselSettled — claims closed

Period Tracker Data Privacy Settlement (Flo, Google, Flurry)

Between November 2016 and February 2019, the Flo period and ovulation tracker app allegedly incorporated code from third-party software development kits (from Flurry, Meta, and Google) through which user information related to menstruation and pregnancy was allegedly shared without proper legal authorization. Google agreed to pay $48 million, Flo agreed to pay $8 million, and Flurry agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle. All defendants deny wrongdoing and assert they did nothing wrong.

Settlement fund
$59.5M
Claim deadline
October 15, 2026
Represents
Facebook, Inc.

“Recovery” and “exposure” refer to total disclosed settlement funds in associated cases, not money personally won or lost by an attorney. Settlements generally resolve disputed allegations without a finding that either side won. Data comes from public court dockets and may be incomplete.