Professional Biography

Charles C. Sipos Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3983

    F +1.206.359.9000

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3983

    CSipos@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

News

Insights

  • 09.01.2021
    Recent Trends in Food Litigation
    Speaking Engagements
    In-House Counsel Presentation 
  • 08.02.2017
    Food Litigation Midyear Review
    Webinars
    2017 Midyear review of the key developments and trends in food litigation.
  • 07.13.2017
    Food and Beverage Class Actions: Litigating False Advertising, Labeling, Slack-Fill Packaging or Food Safety Claims
    Speaking Engagements
  • 02.27.2017
    GMO Update: Legislation and Litigation
    Speaking Engagements
    2017 Grocery Manufacturers’ Association Litigation Conference / Fort Myers, FL
  • 05.04.2016
    Containing Contamination to Protect Your Balance Sheet
    Speaking Engagements
    Parker Smith Feek Seminar Series / Bellevue, WA
  • 02.26.2016
    Class Action Litigation: Update and Trends
    Speaking Engagements
    2016 Grocery Manufacturers’ Association Litigation Conference / San Diego, CA
  • 06.15.2015
    What Should Food Law Be?
    Speaking Engagements
    California State Bar MCLE Series Webinar
  • 04.08.2014
    Challenges Facing the Food & Beverage Industries in Complex Consumer Litigations
    Speaking Engagements
    The Ritz-Carlton Chicago / Chicago, IL
    Charles spoke on the topic "The Changing Class Action Landscape: What are the national trends, best practices and developing claims."
  • 12.07.2009
    The Trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan: Constitutional Challenge to Executive Power and the First War Crimes Trial of a Guantanamo Detainee
    Seminars
    Perkins Coie lawyers Harry Schneider, Joe McMillan and Charles Sipos provided a behind-the-scenes account of their experience as part of the defense team of lawyers appointed to defend Salim Ahmed Hamdan, widely known as Osama bin Laden's personal driver.
  • Food & Consumer Packaged Goods Litigation – 2023 Year in Review

    Perkins Coie is pleased to announce the launch of our eighth annual Food & Consumer Packaged Goods Litigation Year in Review. Accompanying the 2023 report are infographics that highlight key litigation outcomes, filing data, and industry trends. As always, the report offers a summary of the past year’s key litigation outcomes, regulatory developments, and filing data using metrics...
  • Appellate Courts Issue Reasonable Consumer Defense Wins in Food Litigation Cases

    The U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second and Ninth Circuits recently issued rulings reinforcing the reasonable consumer standard. In doing so, these cases refine prior precedent and strengthen a court’s ability to properly dismiss cases over labeling claims where no reasonable consumer could plausibly be misled. As the Ninth Circuit put it, “a reasonable...
  • Midyear 2023 | Food and CPG Legal Trends

    We are pleased to publish our first midyear Food and CPG Legal Trends report. This report is a bite-sized version of our annual year in review, providing timely insights on legal trends in the space. In the first half of 2023, the CPG industry continued to face a meaningful threat of class-action activity, with continued...
  • Be Kind, Don’t Rewind: The VPPA’s Reemergence in Privacy Class-Action Litigation

    After years out of circulation, class-action lawsuits asserting claims under the Video Protection Privacy Act are now back in reruns. More than 100 putative class actions alleging violations of the VPPA have been filed against publishers that use the Meta pixel on their websites. It remains to be seen whether these lawsuits will survive evaluation...

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • California
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2002, Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
  • University of Puget Sound, B.A., Communications, 1994