News About Morrison & Foerster
Around the house: Jack Daniels-owner names next GC, Cargill lines up CLO replacement from HPE
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments and departures at ITN, CVC Capital Partners, Deutsche Bank and SJI
Quinn Emanuel hires privacy and technology disputes partner from MoFo in London
Gemma Anderson is the fourth partner to join specialist litigation firm in London this year
Proskauer makes double litigation hire from MoFo in New York
Duo include first-chair trial veterans Grant Esposito and David Fioccola
OpenAI hits back at writers’ copyright infringement claims
ChatGPT creator moves to dismiss claims in lawsuits filed by authors including high-profile writer and performer Sarah Silverman
US Appeals court reverses USPTO decision to invalidate five CRISPR patents
Five patents relating to groundbreaking gene editing technology cannot be quashed by interference proceedings used in previous US patent system
SCOTUS curtails foreign reach of US trademark law in surprise ruling
Some 70 years of jurisprudence ‘effectively overruled’ as proving infringing and counterfeiting acts abroad becomes harder
US corporates see C-suite take on bigger role in ESG leadership, MoFo study finds
Increased regulatory demands prompts shift in ESG policy from GCs to chief compliance officers and CEOs
Paul Hastings bolsters Silicon Valley litigation practice with hiring of top IP litigator
Rudy Kim joins top 30 US law firm from Morrison Foerster where he chaired its Palo Alto litigation department
Majority of US companies dismiss concerns of long-term banking disruption, study shows
MoFo survey shows most companies think impact of recent banking collapses will be short-lived
Morrison Foerster adds private equity partner in China from Kirkland & Ellis
Rongjing Zhao joins as US firm’s third PE partner hire in Asia this year
MoFo and Freshfields advise on Fujitsu’s €432m takeover of Germany's GK Software
Deal features undertaking by GK Software's founders to sell their shareholdings
Morrison Foerster secures private equity real estate partner in Singapore from White & Case
Tabitha Saw brings extensive private equity real estate and data centre transactions experience across Asia
Morrison Foerster secures senior Bank of England adviser to bolster London fintech offering
Sam Riley’s arrival follows US firm adding four-strong team from Brown Rudnick in London last November to build contentious IP practice
Transactions department dominates in 18-strong promotions round at Morrison Foerster
Women make up nearly 40% of round that sees lawyers make partner across the US, London, Singapore and Tokyo
MoFo targets London contentious IP work with four-strong team hire from Brown Rudnick
Team's arrival comes hard on heels of acquisition of West Coast IP boutique Durie Tangri
Morrison Foerster absorbs 'stellar' Californian litigation boutique Durie Tangri
Durie Tangri’s 36 lawyers to move across, boosting MoFo's West Coast IP coverage
Morrison Foerster elects San Francisco M&A partner as new chair
Eric Takeshi McCrath will be the firm’s first ethnically diverse chair when he replaces Larren Nashelsky in October
Morrison Foerster adds another West Coast partner from Perkins Coie
Life sciences specialist Matthew Ferry becomes the sixth partner to have moved over since the start of the year