Lauren Beck is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson.
Ms. Beck’s practice focuses on high-stakes commercial litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust matters.
She has represented leading technology clients in complex and high-stakes multidistrict litigation and has litigated cases at all stages—from pre-litigation counseling through trial. Ms. Beck has first-chaired arguments at the trial level, taken depositions, written dispositive briefs, and prepared witnesses to testify at criminal and civil trials. She has also counseled clients in the technology and entertainment industries on antitrust issues, including with respect to mergers and acquisitions.
Ms. Beck maintains an active pro bono practice focused on impact litigation, including a taxpayer lawsuit challenging two California law enforcement agencies’ use of in-custody informants.
Ms. Beck earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as president of the Harvard Law Review.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Google in a landmark multidistrict antitrust case alleging monopolization of app distribution on Android phones. The litigation involved claims brought by major app developers, 39 state attorneys general, and a class of consumers.
- Lyft in litigation brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General challenging the classification of Lyft drivers as independent contractors.
- Members of the advisory board of a biotechnology startup, in connection with criminal wire fraud trials against the company’s CEO and COO in the Northern District of California.
- Verizon, before the California Public Utilities Commission, seeking regulatory approval of its planned $7 billion acquisition of TracFone Wireless, Inc., the largest pre-paid wireless provider in the U.S.
- An unnamed client regarding the billion-dollar merger of two streaming services.
- An unnamed client regarding a proposed billion-dollar merger of two financial services companies.
- PG&E, before the California Public Utilities Commission, in proceedings related to the utility’s $7.5 billion rate neutral securitization transaction.
Education
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Harvard Law School (J.D., 2020); president, Harvard Law Review
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Columbia University (B.A., cum laude, 2014)
Bar Admissions
- California
Experience
Representative Matters
- Google in a landmark multidistrict antitrust case alleging monopolization of app distribution on Android phones. The litigation involved claims brought by major app developers, 39 state attorneys general, and a class of consumers.
- Lyft in litigation brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General challenging the classification of Lyft drivers as independent contractors.
- Members of the advisory board of a biotechnology startup, in connection with criminal wire fraud trials against the company’s CEO and COO in the Northern District of California.
- Verizon, before the California Public Utilities Commission, seeking regulatory approval of its planned $7 billion acquisition of TracFone Wireless, Inc., the largest pre-paid wireless provider in the U.S.
- An unnamed client regarding the billion-dollar merger of two streaming services.
- An unnamed client regarding a proposed billion-dollar merger of two financial services companies.
- PG&E, before the California Public Utilities Commission, in proceedings related to the utility’s $7.5 billion rate neutral securitization transaction.
Practice Areas
Industries
Education
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Harvard Law School (J.D., 2020); president, Harvard Law Review
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Columbia University (B.A., cum laude, 2014)
Bar Admissions
- California