Attorney
California Office
She/Her
Olivia Williams
Liv Williams is a litigation associate whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation.
Prior to joining BBS, Liv was an associate at an international law firm, where she represented clients in a range of industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, hospitality, and higher education. She has experience in both internal investigations and all stages of the litigation process. Before entering private practice, she worked on economic justice and public benefits matters as a legal fellow with the Western Center on Law & Poverty.
Tiffany is based in Oakland, California.
Education
University of California, Berkley School of Law (2021)
University of St. Andrews (2015)
Helen Miringoff Award for Academic Excellence
Deans and Directors Award for Volunteerism and Leadership
Admissions
California
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Government Antitrust Investigations: Represented companies in investigations by federal antitrust agencies and state attorneys general.
Regulatory Advocacy: Represented a complainant before the U.S. Department of Justice and the EU Directorate-General for Competition in advocacy efforts against mobile platform anticompetitive practices, leading to an EU investigation.
Price-Fixing & Market Allocation: Defended a beef manufacturer in a putative class action alleging price-fixing and market allocation, securing dismissal on motions to dismiss.
Supply Conspiracy: Represented a protein manufacturer in a multistate investigation into alleged output supply restrictions.
Algorithmic Pricing Litigation: Defended a landlord against a putative class action alleging algorithmic price-fixing.
Monopolization Claims: Represented a social networking company and secured dismissal of a putative class action alleging Section 2 monopolization claims.
Exclusive Dealing & Refusal to Deal: Represented a cloud provider in a monopolization dispute involving refusal-to-deal claims under the Washington Consumer Protection Act and Federal Communications Act.
Class Certification Defense: Secured denial of class certification in a follow-on exclusive dealing MDL arising from an FTC consent decree.
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State Attorney General Investigations: Represented companies in confidential investigations under the Washington Consumer Protection Act (RCW 19.86), the Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016, and the Washington Gambling Act (RCW 9.46).
Anti-Pyramid Promotional Schemes: Led and filed Washington’s first case under the Anti-Pyramidal Promotional Scheme Act, featured in the documentary LulaRich.
Hidden Fees & Deceptive Advertising: Directed consumer protection investigations into hidden fees and misrepresented internet speeds.
Data Breach & Privacy Enforcement: Led multistate investigations of major data breaches, including leading 30-state multistate negotiations for consent decree under the Washington Consumer Protection Act and HIPAA; enforced Washington’s Data Breach Notification Statute (RCW 19.255).
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Secured Ninth Circuit affirmance of dismissal of Sherman Act §1 market allocation claims
Represented the State of Washington in challenging the rollback of the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order (Net Neutrality) under the Administrative Procedure Act.