Lauren Fukumoto is an associate who represents clients in complex commercial disputes. Before joining Hueston Hennigan, Ms. Fukumoto was a law clerk to the Hon. Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Hon. Amalya Lyle Kearse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She also previously worked as a 1L Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Scholar at Covington & Burling LLP, and as a clinical student in the Data Privacy & Security Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.
In law school, Ms. Fukumoto earned Dean’s Scholar awards in several subjects, served as executive editor and Diversity Committee co-chair of the Harvard Law Review, and was a member of the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review. She was also a clinical student with Harvard Law School’s Supreme Court Clinic, among other involvements.
Ms. Fukumoto also previously worked as a business operations and strategy technology analyst at American International Group.
Experience
Represented GoDaddy.com in an antitrust lawsuit filed by Entri, a tech company that developed a product called Entri Connect, which Entri claims can automate the process of configuring a website’s DNS settings to connect with various third-party applications, such as Mailchimp or Square. Entri alleged that, starting in 2023, GoDaddy forbade and technically disabled use of Entri Connect (and similar products) in connection with domain names registered by GoDaddy in violation of the antitrust laws, and it also asserted that GoDaddy tortiously interfered with Entri’s existing and prospective business relationships by prohibiting use of Entri Connect. GoDaddy disputed Entri’s allegations and filed counterclaims. The parties settled with neither party paying any money. (See “GoDaddy Escapes Antitrust Litigation After Competitor Drops Case,” Bloomberg).
Representing Amazon in a copyright infringement action brought by a t-shirt design company asserting direct, vicarious, and contributory liability claims arising from designs offered through Amazon’s print-on-demand service, Merch by Amazon.