Warren Chu is an associate focusing on complex commercial litigation. Prior to joining Hueston Hennigan, Mr. Chu was a law clerk to the Hon. Paul G. Gardephe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Hon. Lara E. Montecalvo of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He also worked as a litigation associate for Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.
In law school, Mr. Chu was articles and notes editor for the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts and was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Experience
Successfully defended Amazon.com and three Amazon executives against a historic FTC lawsuit targeting its Prime membership. Described as “a win for Amazon,” the case settled after three days of trial with no admissions of liability. (See “Why Amazon actually got off easy despite ‘historic’ $2.5 billion Prime deceptive practices settlement,” Fortune; “Why $2.5B Might Not Be Enough In FTC’s Amazon Settlement,” Law360).
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 the major record labels, including UMG Recordings, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, in high-profile and high-stakes copyright litigation against two leading generative AI music companies, Suno and Udio. The lawsuits are the first time the record labels have sued AI companies over sound recording copyrights. (See “AI Cos. Hit With Copyright Claims From Music Labels,” Law360; “Major record labels sue AI company behind ‘BBL Drizzy,’” The Verge; “Music Labels Take On AI Startups With New Lawsuits,” The Wall Street Journal; “AI’s Most Ambitious Music Generators Accused of ‘Massive’ Infringement In New Lawsuit,” Rolling Stone).
Secured a favorable resolution for a video game company, which was a target of mass arbitration wherein thousands of individual consumers alleged its gaming practices violate state consumer protection laws. The matter spanned three different forums, including the mass arbitration forum FedArb as well as California state court and JAMS. Prior to the settlement, Hueston Hennigan significantly narrowed the list of claimants through proactive efforts across all forums.