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Morrison Foerster

Securities: Litigation

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Morrison Foerster

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Securities: Litigation - USA - Nationwide

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Morrison Foerster is a well-respected firm, with strength across the US, known for its expert representation of corporate issuers in class actions, derivative suits and wider shareholder disputes. It is also respected for its work in M&A litigation. The firm handles a number of high-stakes cases on behalf of major investment funds and private equity firms.

Notable practitioners

San Francisco-based Jordan Eth is a key contact in the firm's securities litigation group.

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Work Highlights

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  • Morrison Foerster represented Cloudera and certain of its officers and directors in the defense of parallel securities class actions which arose out of statements about the company's products' cloud capabilities and its merger with Hortonworks.

Strengths

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  • Morrison and Foerster demonstrates a high degree of judgment, efficiency and knowledge.

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  • Their skills in research and writing, and breadth of experience across securities claims, is exceptional. They achieve outstanding results.

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  • The MoFo team is thoughtful in understanding nuances, working with multiple parties and crafting a dynamic strategy.

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  • The team has a deep bench from associates to partners. Each member is well versed in the issue at hand and ready to step in in place of another.

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  • The team is intensely focused on understanding the client's business.

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