AI-washing – when AI hype becomes a litigation risk
John S. Clayton
Senior Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
John is a versatile litigator with experience representing financial institutions, venture capital firms, health care and technology companies, and individuals in a variety of commercial disputes at both the trial and appellate levels. A former journalist, John knows how to cut through the noise and tell his clients’ stories in a way that resonates.
Before joining Hogan Lovells, John clerked for the Hon. Carlos F. Lucero on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and for the Hon. Stephanie A. Gallagher on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. John also previously worked in the Washington, D.C. office of another law firm.
Representative experience
Defending major health care provider and former executives against fraudulent transfer, illegal dividend, and related claims brought by bankruptcy trustee, seeking more than US$2 billion in damages
Defending a venture capital firm in a putative RICO class action relating to the firm’s investment in an online gaming company*
Represented a technology company in Federal Circuit appeal challenging decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidating the company’s patents*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Columbia Law School, James Kent Scholar (2019-2021); Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (2018-2019), 2021
- B.S., Syracuse University, Cum Laude, 2009
Bar admissions and qualifications
- District of Columbia
- New York
Court admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland