 |
|
|
Find Legal Updates & News |
|
|
|
||||
For media inquiries, please contact: PR@mofo.com.
| 02/08/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Expands Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice
Leading Business and Insolvency Attorneys Gary Lee and Karen Ostad Join Firm in New York |
| 02/07/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster’s Corporate Finance Practice Advised on
$150 Billion in Securities and M&A Transactions in 2006
Firm recognized for cross-border eminence, earns Number 1 ranking in Bloomberg M&A Legal Advisory Tables for Japanese deals; technology most active deal sector with 40 transactions, followed by life sciences, telecom-communications, consumer products, real estate, financial services |
| 02/01/2007 | Morrison & Foerster Expands Private Equity and Capital Markets Practice in Hong Kong |
| 01/29/2007 |
Technology Partner Chris Coulter Joins Morrison & Foerster London
Specialises in information technology and intellectual property law |
| 01/26/2007 |
Morrison & Foerster Expands Structured Products and Derivatives Practice
Firm adds leading partners in London |
| 01/22/2007 |
American Lawyer Media’s Law Technology News Awards Morrison & Foerster LLP
Firm Honored with ‘Most Innovative Use of Technology’ Award |
| 01/22/2007 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Skandia on $200m IT Outsourcing |
| 01/17/2007 | The Morrison & Foerster Foundation Announces Special Million Dollar Grant For Children and At Risk Youth |
| 01/16/2007 | Michael Agoglia Appointed Managing Partner of Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco Office |
| 01/10/2007 |
Supreme Court Ruling in MedImmune v. Genentech Upsets Fundamental Assumptions About Reliability of Patent Licenses, According to Morrison & Foerster Attorney
Patent-holder’s license no longer implies licensee’s acceptance of value or even underlying patent validity, says Morrison & Foerster’s Charles Barquist; Ruling may have chilling effect on licensing in all areas |
| 01/08/2007 | Morrison & Foerster Before the Supreme Court of the United States |
| 12/04/2006 | BTI Names Morrison & Foerster to Its Client Service 30 List |
| 11/29/2006 |
Three Morrison & Foerster Attorneys Honored with Angel Award
Award recognizes attorneys who have shown a deep commitment to pro bono work |
| 11/27/2006 |
Morrison & Foerster Adds Securities Partner in Tokyo
Andrew W. Winden, a leading securities practitioner in Japan, joins the firm’s Tokyo Office |
| 10/31/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Foundation Donates $100,000 in Scholarships and Financial Assistance to University of Colorado and Denver University in Honor of Stephen S. Dunham |
| 10/16/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Sino Biopharmaceutical in US$620 Million Coal-to-Olefin JV Project |
| 10/12/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Wins Summary Judgment for Community Publisher |
| 10/06/2006 | Morrison & Foerster's M&A Triple |
| 10/06/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Advises on Three Life Sciences Fundraisings |
| 10/05/2006 |
Historic Settlement on Eve of Trial in Fresno Civil Rights Case
Morrison & Foerster Negotiates $1.6 Million Settlement in Civil Rights Case Against City of Fresno and Fresno Police Officer |
| 09/14/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Names Rony Gerrits Managing Partner of the Brussels Office |
| 09/12/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Names Anna Erickson White Managing Partner for Operations |
| 09/12/2006 | Morrison & Foerster's Venture Intellectual Property Group Makes its Mark as a "Very Important Practice" for Evaluating IP Assets |
| 09/08/2006 | Capital Markets Lawyer Rachel Coan Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 09/07/2006 | Morrison & Foerster's New York Office Adds Team of Four Prominent Litigators Led by Veteran Trial Attorney Dennis Orr |
| 08/16/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Names Gregory Koltun Managing Partner of the Los Angeles Office |
| 08/16/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Further Expands Tokyo Litigation Team with Addition of Two Partners |
| 08/11/2006 | Leading Information Technology and Outsourcing Attorneys Join Morrison & Foerster's China Practice |
| 08/01/2006 | Morrison & Foerster's Paul Goldstein Writes Thriller Novel |
| 08/01/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Assists Upstate New York Flood Victims by Producing Helping Handbook |
| 07/31/2006 | Morrison & Foerster's Global Corporate Finance Practice Posts Strong Second Quarter Results with More Than $28 Billion in Securities and M&A Transactions |
| 07/24/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Wins Prop 64 Test Case in California Supreme Court |
| 07/24/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Expands Outsourcing and Technology Group in London |
| 07/12/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Names Haren Bhatt as New Chief Financial Officer |
| 07/11/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Ranks Seventh in Inaugural PLC Cross-border Quarterly's Global Intellectual Property Super League |
| 07/05/2006 | Jonathan Kahn Joins Firm’s New York Office |
| 06/23/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Attorney Anna Pinedo Receives NOW's 2006 Women of Power and Influence Award |
| 06/22/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Achieves Rare Inequitable Conduct Ruling in Patent Case – Decision Paves Way for Life-Saving Technology |
| 06/16/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Wins Appeal in Patent Infringement Case Against Microsoft |
| 06/08/2006 | Morrison & Foerster LLP Announces Recipients of Public Interest Summer Fellowships in Japan |
| 06/05/2006 | Senior Bankruptcy and Workout Lawyer Larry Engel Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 06/02/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Ranks Highly in Chambers USA 2006 |
| 05/16/2006 | Morrison & Foerster's Global Corporate Finance Practice Marks Strong First Quarter With More Than $21.5 Billion in Securities and M&A Transactions |
| 05/12/2006 | Mark Zebrowski Named Managing Partner of Morrison & Foerster's San Diego Office |
| 05/11/2006 | Senior Tax Lawyer Robert Cudd Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 05/11/2006 | Structured Products Magazine Names Morrison & Foerster Law Firm of the Year for its Innovative Work |
| 05/04/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Attorney Pauline Stevens Wins 2006 Burton Award for Legal Achievement |
| 05/02/2006 | Leading Trial Attorney Jane Barrett Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 04/28/2006 | Morrison & Foerster China Represents Dalian Port in $320 Million IPO |
| 04/28/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Astellas Pharma in $815 Million European Deal for High-Profile Anemia Drugs |
| 04/25/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Adds Corporate Partner to Its San Diego Office |
| 04/17/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Adds Two Leading Corporate Attorneys to New York Office |
| 04/12/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Adds Leading White Collar Defense Attorneys Adam Hoffinger and Robert Salerno to its Washington Office |
| 03/29/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Renovo on IPO and Convertible Note Issue |
| 03/20/2006 | Morrison & Foerster London Announces New Trainee Programme |
| 03/16/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Del Monte Foods in $580 Million Acquisition |
| 03/13/2006 |
Morrison & Foerster Presents its Annual Wellbery Award
Award Presented to Administrator for the European Commission and Data Privacy Officer for Carlson Companies |
| 03/10/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Represents O2Micro International in Dual Primary Listing |
| 03/08/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Future Internet Technologies plc on AIM Placing and Acquisitions |
| 03/07/2006 | Randall Fons, Senior SEC Enforcement Official, Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 03/01/2006 |
Morrison & Foerster Represents University of California in $200+ Million Settlement with Monsanto over Use of Dairy Cow Growth Hormone
Case involves one of first biotech patents ever sought in 1980, now sold as POSILAC and given to 30% of American dairy cows; UC gains 15 cents per dosage, greatly adding to ultimate value of settlement |
| 02/24/2006 |
Morrison & Foerster Represents ACON Laboratories in $175 Million Acquisition by Inverness Medical Innovations, Resolving Patent Litigation Between the Two Companies Over Rapid Diagnostic Technology
Deal includes Inverness purchase of ACON’s new manufacturing facility in China |
| 02/23/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Trial Attorney Chuck Patterson Appointed to The National Judicial College Board of Visitors |
| 02/06/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Seller of London Office Building |
| 02/02/2006 | Corporate Partner Cori Allen Rejoins Morrison & Foerster’s Palo Alto Office |
| 02/01/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Intercytex on AIM Float |
| 02/01/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Think Outside in Critical Patent Appeal Victory for Leading Designer of Portable Keyboards |
| 01/25/2006 | Roger Fones, Longtime Antitrust Section Chief at U.S. Department of Justice, Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 01/20/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Norgine and GW Pharma on European and U.S. Licensing Agreements |
| 01/12/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Advises KuDOS on Trade Sale to AstraZeneca |
| 01/12/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Police on National Fallback Service |
| 01/10/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Obtains ADA Victory in the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 01/04/2006 | Morrison & Foerster Elects 15 New Partners |
| 12/27/2005 |
Morrison & Foerster Represents Bank of America in $452 Million Financing for Mixed-use Development in Lower Manhattan
Complex deal covers multi-building, commercial-retail-rental project by Edward Minskoff Equities, taking advantage of Housing Development Corporation-issued bonds; transaction caps strong 2005 for Morrison & Foerster’s real estate finance practice |
| 12/16/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Represents General Electric Capital Corporation in One of its Largest Real Estate Loans in 2005 |
| 12/14/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Oxford BioMedica on £30.1 Million Placing and Open Offer |
| 12/14/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Oxford BioMedica on £30.1m Placing and Open Offer |
| 12/14/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Advises PIramed on Major Preclinical Collaboration with Genentech |
| 12/06/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Chair Keith Wetmore Relocates to New York Office |
| 11/25/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Advises Cambridge Antibody Technology on U.S. Acquisition |
| 11/24/2005 | HM Revenue & Customs IT Compensation Claim |
| 11/21/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Advise Pearl on £480m Business Process Outsourcing |
| 11/11/2005 | Javad Navigation Systems Emerges Victorious in Battle of California-Based Corporations Over Engineers on the Other Side of the Globe |
| 10/14/2005 | UK Finance Partner Joins Morrison & Foerster’s London Office |
| 09/20/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Produces Helping Handbook for Victims of Hurricane Katrina |
| 09/16/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Adds UK Tax Practice with Latest Lateral Hire |
| 08/31/2005 | Prominent Corporate Finance Attorney Michael Hagan Moves to Morrison & Foerster in New York |
| 08/24/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Represents SOFTBANK in Yahoo! China Deal |
| 07/19/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Continues Growth in San Diego with Addition of Leading Corporate Partner |
| 07/18/2005 | Prominent Corporate Attorney Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 06/17/2005 | Julian Thurston Named Managing Partner of the London Office |
| 06/06/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Victorious in Patent Infringement Case Against Microsoft, Awarding Armando Amado $8.96 Million in Damages |
| 05/13/2005 | Prominent Natural Resource and Land Use Attorneys Join Morrison & Foerster |
| 05/13/2005 | Kenneth Muller Joins Morrison & Foerster's Corporate Group |
| 05/09/2005 | Ko-Yung Tung Joins New York Office of Morrison & Foerster |
| 05/04/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Forms Forensic Accounting Services Group |
| 05/04/2005 | Morrison & Foerster's Global Corporate Practice Marks Strong First Quarter With $13.5 Billion in Securities/M&A Transactions |
| 04/26/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Announces Addition of Senior IT Counsel |
| 04/25/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Announces 18 New Attorneys in its Northern Virginia Office, Expanding its Mid-Atlantic Presence |
| 04/20/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Welcomes Thomas Humphreys as Head of Firm’s Federal Tax Practice |
| 04/18/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Corporate Group Expands With Addition of Two New Attorneys |
| 04/18/2005 | Paul McKenzie Joins Morrison & Foerster’s China Practice |
| 04/14/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Represents Dubai Investment Group in Largest Residential Real Estate Acquisition in U.S. in Last Four Years |
| 04/05/2005 |
Software Financing Comes of Age: Morrison & Foerster Represents Tideline Capital in Creating First Major Software Receivables Securitization Facility
$100 million securitization platform heralds opening of major new pipeline for financing business software purchases in $200 billion software market |
| 03/29/2005 | MoFo London's Corporate Team Starts Year on a High |
| 03/29/2005 | MoFo London's Life Sciences Team Goes from Strength to Strength |
| 03/18/2005 | Morrison & Foerster San Diego Advises in Over $110M of Preferred Stock Financing in Last Three Months |
| 03/16/2005 | Fresno Jury Finds Hospital Negligent in Patient's Death |
| 03/09/2005 | Premier Corporate/Technology Group Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 03/09/2005 | Leading Financial Services and Class Action Litigator Will Stern Joins Morrison & Foerster |
| 02/28/2005 |
Top Real Estate Securities and Corporate Partner Yaacov Gross Joins New York Office
Brings broad capital market experience from private equity/venture capital to M&A and REIT deals |
| 02/15/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Expands Corporate Finance Practice in Los Angeles with Addition of Corporate Securities Partner |
| 02/10/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Elects 22 Partners |
| 02/10/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Closes First Nasdaq IPO Out of China in 2005 |
| 02/01/2005 | Morrison & Foerster acts for China HR in the acquisition of a 40% stake by Monster Worldwide, Inc. |
| 01/24/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Los Angeles Adds Top Litigation Partner |
| 01/24/2005 | Larren M. Nashelsky Named Managing Partner at Morrison & Foerster |
| 01/19/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Expands Securities Litigation Practice in San Diego |
| 01/19/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Adds Top Real Estate Attorney to Tokyo Office |
| 01/18/2005 | Morrison & Foerster Boosts Corporate & Life Science Practices with Hire of Paul Claydon and James Gubbins as Partners |
| 01/13/2005 | Former CEO of Dicom Imaging Systems Exonerated by Federal Court in Florida of All Securities Fraud Charges Brought by SEC |
| 01/11/2005 | Federal Prosecutor Ronald G. White Joins Morrison & Foerster as Partner in New York Office |
| 01/05/2005 | Michael C. Phillips and Donna J. Zenor Nominated to The BTI Client Service All-Star Team |
| 01/05/2005 |
Morrison & Foerster Adds Premier Telecommunications Attorney
William F. Maher, Jr. joins Washington D.C. office, former Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission |
| Full Archive >> |
