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 Areas of Practice: Technology-Related Litigation, Antitrust, Class Action Defense, Privacy, Data Security and Compliance, Intellectual Property Litigation and Other Business Litigation
Law School: University of Dayton, J.D., magna cum laude, 1996
Undergraduate: The Ohio State University, B.A., History, Political Science, Economics, cum laude, 1992
Ron has handled numerous matters involving technology-related issues, including an arbitration in New York City where Ron successfully defended a computer performance dispute for a major provider of computer systems. These technology-related matters have spanned numerous legal areas, including antitrust, contracts, employment, trademark, domain name disputes, and federal and state privacy statutes. Ron has authored technology-related articles, such as "E-Mail Maelstrom: Electronic Documents Must be Managed," Business Law Today (September/October 2003) and, “Preparing for the Rule 26(f) Scheduling Conference and Other Practical Advice in the Wake of the Recent Amendments to the Rules Governing E Discovery,” The Federal Lawyer (August 2007). Ron has been a featured speaker on the use of technology in the courtroom and electronic discovery and has been active in i Zone (a business designed to assist technology entrepreneurs).
More recently, Ron has addressed compliance with statutes that regulate the use and disclosure of personal information (such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) and laws that concern the adequacy of securing against unauthorized access to personal information in the context of defending class actions, investigations by federal and state agencies, and third party inquiries. Ron not only works with companies which have experienced unauthorized access to consumer data or have been named defendants in class actions and before the Federal Trade Commission, but also has advised companies in developing practices and policies to proactively address these issues. In addition to speaking on these issues, Ron has authored articles on topics such as “Security Before and After a Data Breach,” Business Law Today (November/December 2006), and “Data Security Breaches: Defining Measures Appropriate Under the Circumstances,” ACC Docket (December 2007). Ron also is a Certified Informational Privacy Professional, the industry standard to certify privacy professionals as knowledgeable about corporate compliance with U.S. and European privacy laws.
Ron's practice, however, has not been limited to technology-related matters. Ron recently obtained an award of $1,250,000 for a client who had been fraudulently induced to invest in a company. Ron also has handled construction, copyright, real estate, law firm dissolution, environmental, insurance coverage, and product liability matters and Ron led an independent investigation of accounting irregularities of a national Section 42 housing developer.
Ron is a member of the Bars of the States of Ohio and Minnesota, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits. Ron has been admitted pro hac vice in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including California, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia and has argued motions or tried cases in these jurisdictions. One recent example where Ron successfully argued a motion was reported at 302 F. Supp. 2d 654 (E.D. La. 2004), where the court granted motions to dismiss a putative class action raising federal privacy claims.
Ron resides in Washington Township, Ohio with his wife, Marlene, and three daughters. He is a 1996 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Dayton School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the University of Dayton Law Review and where, since 2001, Ron has been an adjunct professor, teaching a trademark trial practice course. During law school, Ron clerked for Judge Adele M. Riley, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Dayton, Ohio, 1995-1996, and Judge John Meagher, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, Dayton, Ohio, 1995-1996. He graduated with honors in 1992 from The Ohio State University (B.A. History, Political Science, Economics).
Email: Ronald Raether
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