Morrison Foerster has ‘a breadth of knowledge and experience' regarding complex securities litigation defense cases. Whether it is securities class actions, derivative cases, or SEC investigations, the firm is able to call on experienced litigators across the US to handle high-profile conflicts. Jordan Eth in San Francisco, ’spectacular attorney‘ Haimavathi Marlier in New York, and James Koukios in Washington DC are co-chairs of the securities litigation, enforcement and white-collar defense practice. Notably, Marlier and New York-based Jamie Levitt, defended venture fund LaunchCapital LLC and Woody Benson, a director of co-defendant Atonomi, in a securities class action. The case was successfully settled. Anna Erickson White is the key contact in San Francisco. She worked with Ryan Keats to assist enterprise data platform company Cloudera, Inc. with a class action alleging it made misleading statements about its cloud-native products.
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‘MoFo has a breadth of knowledge and experience to assist with the most complex securities litigation defense issues.’
‘Haima Marlier is a spectacular attorney who understand the law and regulators, and who also understands business needs. She delivers strong results taking into account the particular needs of her clients.’
Key clients
- Unity Software
- Capital One Financial Corporation
- Cloudera, Inc.
- GoDaddy, Inc.
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Enakshi Singh (former CFO of Zymergen, Inc.)
- ON24, Inc.
- Two Former Executives and Directors of a NASDAQ-listed Company
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (‘Wachtell Lipton’)
- Launch Capital
- Oracle Shareholder Derivative
- Patrick Dillon/ Tu Simple (former CFO, TuSimple Holdings, Inc.)
- Canaccord Genuity
- Vidul Prakash (former CFO of View, Inc.)
- A Global Technology Company
- Coinbase, Inc.
- Arm Holdings plc
- SolarWinds Compromise – Numerous Clients
Work highlights
- Represented Unity Software Inc. and certain of its officers and directors in multiple suits brought by investors relating to allegations that the company and its executives made false or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose issues.
- Represented Capital One and certain of its current and former officers and directors in a stockholder derivative suit related to a cyberattack against the bank.
- Represented Cloudera and certain of its officers and directors in their defense of parallel securities class actions pending in California state and federal court.
Lawyers
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Jordan Eth, Haimavathi Marlier, James Koukios