Supreme Court Boutique Gupta Wessler Looks to Take on Big Tech

Gupta Wessler, a plaintiff-side boutique known for its appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court, has launched a civil rights and class action practice aimed at big technology companies by hiring Peter Romer-Friedman.

Washington-based Romer-Friedman will be Gupta Wessler’s fourth principal and joins from Outten & Golden, an employment law boutique where he had spent the past four years.

Last year, Romer-Friedman led negotiations with Facebook Inc. in a $5 million settlement that also changed how the social media giant targets employment, housing and credit ads. The company had been accused of discrimination for filtering those ads by users’ age, race ...