Jordan D. Segall

Jordan D. Segall

Jordan D. Segall is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson.

His practice is focused on commercial litigation in trial and appellate courts, with a particular focus on high technology and media companies, with an emphasis on digital privacy, trade secrets, copyright, consumer device litigation, and other commercial disputes.

In 2022, Mr. Segall, with his colleague Laura Smolowe, secured a $30 million award of compensatory damages, punitive damages, and interest for the Estate of Etsuko Toguri in an AAA arbitration against a former real estate partner for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary, and fraud following the defendant’s secret $45 million sale of a parcel of land in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The arbitration award was confirmed by the Los Angeles Superior Court in September 2022 and named a Top Verdict of the Week by the Daily Journal.

Mr. Segall maintains an active pro bono practice, with a particular focus on appellate matters. In 2022, he represented former Los Angeles Times journalist and UC Berkeley professor Grant Therolf in an appeal before the California Court of Appeal regarding press access to juvenile records for children who have died under suspicious circumstances while within the jurisdiction of state child protective services.  He has represented the ACLU in seeking to substantially reform the way Southern California counties provide public-defender services. He also authored the American Bar Association’s amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

Outside of the firm, Mr. Segall serves on the Finance Committee of Villa Esperanza Services in Pasadena, a nonprofit providing comprehensive services for individuals with disabilities in Southern California. Before joining the firm, Mr. Segall clerked for Judges Richard A. Paez and Dorothy W. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Segall graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was named the distinguished senior editor of the Stanford Law Review and served as associate editor of the Stanford Law & Policy Review. He was the recipient of the American Justice Institute Criminal Essay Prize, and president of the Stanford Entertainment and Sports Law Association. Mr. Segall received his M.A. and B.A. with honors in history from the University of Chicago.

Experience

Key Representations:

  • The Estate of Etsuko Toguri in obtaining a $30 million award of compensatory damages, punitive damages, and interest in AAA arbitration against a former partner for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud for failing to pay share of partnership property. The case involved the sale of a $45 million parcel of land in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The arbitration award was confirmed by the Los Angeles Superior Court in September 2022 and named a Top Verdict of the Week by the Daily Journal.
  • Intel’s Investment Policy Committee in the U.S. Supreme Court, in a merits case regarding the construction of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
  • The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in the U.S. Supreme Court, in a challenge brought by a hedge fund alleging that the Board’s members were appointed in violation of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Intel in co-authoring an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy, urging the Court to affirm the constitutionality of inter partes review by the Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Amgen as a plaintiff in obtaining a favorable settlement, including a multi-year royalty, of a trade-secrets disputes against Coherus BioSciences.
  • Airbnb in groundbreaking multi-forum litigation against the largest residential landlord in the United States. Airbnb obtained dismissal under the Communications Decency Act of a federal lawsuit alleging that Airbnb interfered with the landlord’s lease agreements and aided and abetted trespass.
  • Online retailers in proceedings regarding compliance of e-commerce websites with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Ten-X, an online real estate marketplace, in obtaining a preliminary injunction, and later a cash settlement and public apology, in its lawsuit against Commercial Real Estate Exchange and its CEO alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty.
  • The Walt Disney Company in obtaining successful dismissals of multiple claims of copyright infringement related to the globally successful animated motion picture Frozen, including two federal appeals.
  • Fortress Investment Group in obtaining a complete defense judgment following a five-week bench trial of claims of fraud by a hedge fund that had a line of credit with Fortress.

 

Experience

Key Representations:

  • The Estate of Etsuko Toguri in obtaining a $30 million award of compensatory damages, punitive damages, and interest in AAA arbitration against a former partner for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud for failing to pay share of partnership property. The case involved the sale of a $45 million parcel of land in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The arbitration award was confirmed by the Los Angeles Superior Court in September 2022 and named a Top Verdict of the Week by the Daily Journal.
  • Intel’s Investment Policy Committee in the U.S. Supreme Court, in a merits case regarding the construction of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
  • The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in the U.S. Supreme Court, in a challenge brought by a hedge fund alleging that the Board’s members were appointed in violation of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Intel in co-authoring an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy, urging the Court to affirm the constitutionality of inter partes review by the Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Amgen as a plaintiff in obtaining a favorable settlement, including a multi-year royalty, of a trade-secrets disputes against Coherus BioSciences.
  • Airbnb in groundbreaking multi-forum litigation against the largest residential landlord in the United States. Airbnb obtained dismissal under the Communications Decency Act of a federal lawsuit alleging that Airbnb interfered with the landlord’s lease agreements and aided and abetted trespass.
  • Online retailers in proceedings regarding compliance of e-commerce websites with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Ten-X, an online real estate marketplace, in obtaining a preliminary injunction, and later a cash settlement and public apology, in its lawsuit against Commercial Real Estate Exchange and its CEO alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty.
  • The Walt Disney Company in obtaining successful dismissals of multiple claims of copyright infringement related to the globally successful animated motion picture Frozen, including two federal appeals.
  • Fortress Investment Group in obtaining a complete defense judgment following a five-week bench trial of claims of fraud by a hedge fund that had a line of credit with Fortress.