Melanie Blunschi, a nationally recognized class action litigator, primarily defends technology clients in business-critical disputes, with a focus on securities litigation as well as privacy and consumer class actions.
With a track record of success before state and federal courts across the United States, Melanie aligns case strategies with clients' business priorities to help achieve the best outcome for each client's unique goals.
Melanie was named a Class Action MVP by Law360 and a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation for her success in resolving high-stakes consumer class actions, and The Recorder named her a Woman Leader in Tech Law for the second year in a row.
Melanie is Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Bay Area offices and a Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Retail & Consumer Products Industry Group. She previously served as Co-Chair of the Bay Area Litigation & Trial Department.
Melanie has extensive experience in class action and other complex litigation, including claims of securities fraud. Her representative clients in these types of matters have included Apple, Meta, AMD, Oracle, Deutsche Bank, and others.
Selected results include:
A Latham Securities and M&A Litigation team secured the dismissal with prejudice of a multibillion-dollar shareholder class action against Docusign related to the software company's post-pandemic growth prospects.
A Latham Securities and M&A Litigation team secured a dismissal with prejudice of a securities fraud class action against client Ardelyx.
Latham litigators recognized for securing a novel data privacy win for data services platform Otonomo.