Morrison Foerster has a national focus and offers comprehensive litigation services to a range of clients, predominantly from the technology and life sciences, consumer products, and food and beverage sectors. The group is well-versed in representing clients in false and deceptive advertising disputes under the Lanham Act and California’s Advertising Law. Leading the team is Erin Bosman who is based in San Diego. Other key team members include Tiffany Cheung and Alexis Amezcua, who are based in San Francisco, and Los Angeles-based Purvi Patel. Cheung has extensive experience defending high-profile clients in class action matters, while Amezcua focuses on representing clients in consumer class actions. Patel is recognized for her work on privacy matters, particularly cases involving the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information. She has particular expertise in California privacy laws, which makes her adept at representing companies in enforcement matters brought by the California Attorney General. Claudia Vetesi, based in San Francisco, concentrates on compliance matters for her clients in the food and beverage industry.
Key clients
- McKesson
- Oracle America, Inc.
- Evolve Biosystems
- Nature’s Path Foods, LLC
- Bumble Inc.
- Chobani LLC
- Unilever
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
- Propel Media, Inc.
- Thinx, Inc.
Work highlights
- Defending Oracle in a putative class action asserting wiretapping, invasion of privacy, and other claims under California, Florida, and federal law.
- Represented McKesson in a long running junk fax case in which a putative class was seeking more than $75 million in statutory damages.
- Representing microbiome company Evolve Biosystems and the Regents of the University of California in their litigation against Abbott Laboratories in the Northern District of Illinois.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Erin Bosman