Representing extraordinary technology companies.

Byrne & Storm, P.C. is outside general counsel to companies at the frontier of technology: social media, crypto, and AI.

The firm works where new technologies collide with old laws, new regulations, and competing jurisdictions. Our clients’ problems frequently have no easy answers, no standard playbook, and no template documentation.

The firm develops legal strategies for compliance, product design, and litigation for companies doing what no one has done before.

For nearly a decade, numerous foreign sovereigns and Internet regulators have chalked up a 0% success rate at forcing Byrne & Storm’s American clients to obey unconstitutional censorship edicts, whether for compelled speech, design codes, age verification mandates, or takedowns of constitutionally protected expression. In eight years of attempts, none have succeeded.

The firm has faced down regulators and public bodies from the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, the European Union, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Brazil seeking to control our clients’ websites.

Byrne & Storm defends American software developers, Internet companies, and their users against government censorship and vexatious litigation that threaten their businesses and their expression, whether the demand comes from within the United States or is exported here from abroad.

The firm handles international commercial litigation and arbitration, with experience managing cross-border disputes in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Preston is a Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute in London, and an advisor to the UK Free Speech Union. His policy work is exclusively focused on technology regulation.

Preston is the architect of the GRANITE Act, a foreign censorship shield law concept that has informed legislative drafting at both the state and federal level. The Wyoming GRANITE Act passed the Wyoming House of Representatives 46-12 in February 2026 before running out of legislative time; it is being reintroduced as a committee bill in the 2027 general session. Versions of the GRANITE Act are under consideration by lawmakers in at least three other U.S. states.

Early drafts of the Wyoming GRANITE Act and supporting documentary evidence of foreign censorship attempts against American persons were provided to United States federal legislators and executive branch officials for their consideration throughout 2025 and 2026.

Preston is also the lead author of the Adam Smith Institute’s Freedom of Speech Bill 2026, a law reform proposal to create a First Amendment-style right in the United Kingdom.