The Morrison Foerster securities litigation defense practice group continues to handle complex market manipulation, shareholder derivative, and cross-border matters, often for its clients in the technology sector. The firm is jointly led from San Francisco and New York by Ryan Keats and Jamie Levitt, Levitt litigates matters with international dimensions, providing legal representation in fraud actions and regulatory investigations, whilst Keats draws on the experience of his representation of public companies, boards, and executives of technology industry clients in the Bay Area. Also in San Francisco is Anna Erickson White, known for counseling in SEC enforcement matters and regularly advising pre-IPO companies on internal investigations. Jordan Eth, in the San Francisco team, is a go-to for complex, high-stakes cases.
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- They have a very experienced team that has touched on many parts of the securities industry. For example, I work in Regulation Crowdfunding and they have attorneys who have a deep understanding of that fairly new regulation. They are always available and get their work done efficiently.
- Michael Birnbaum and Maxwell Rich are both very intelligent and experienced in their practice group.
Key clients
- Cloudera and certain of its officers and directors
- Softbank Group Corporation
- Palo Alto Networks
- Block, Inc.
- SoundHound AI and its directors and officers
- MaxLinear and two of its officers
- O2 Micro International
- Evolv Technologies
- ON24 and certain of its current and former officers and directors
- Unity Software and three of its former officers
- Former Chief Credit Officer at Silicon Valley Bank
- Former CFO of View
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Ryan Keats; Jamie Levitt
Other key lawyers
Jordan Eth; Anna Erickson White; Christin Hill; Robert May; David Wiener; Michael Birnbaum; Tony Fiotto; Eric Lawson; Maxwell Rich