Briana Fasone is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice, based in New York. She represents companies in complex privacy and cybersecurity litigation and advises on compliance with evolving data protection regimes. Her work spans class actions, regulatory investigations, and counseling on new privacy laws and sectoral rules. She also helps clients develop practical privacy and security disclosures designed to withstand investigations and plaintiff challenges.
Briana’s practice is informed by her litigation experience and extensive writing background. She rejoined the firm in 2025 following her clerkship with the Honorable William J. Martini of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. While in law school, she served as a research and teaching assistant to leading antitrust scholar Herbert Hovenkamp. In addition to her law degree, Briana has a master’s in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. Earlier in her career, she reported on a range of issues for national publications.
Experience
- Represented a leading EdTech provider in a putative class action challenging the company’s data privacy practices.
- Counsel to a national apparel company in litigation under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
- Defended technology and financial sector clients in matters involving alleged violations of computer crime statutes and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
- Supported the defense of a software company against allegations that website pixels violated state statutes and common law privacy torts.
- Authored a key section of an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning constitutional privacy (pro bono).
- Advises financial services companies on compliance with new federal and state data protection obligations, including the SEC’s disclosure regime and NYDFS requirements.
- Conducts diligence of data, privacy, and cybersecurity issues in private equity transactions.