MoFo Perspectives Podcast

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner and host Dave Lynn speaks with Judson Lobdell, San Francisco-based partner and former Assistant U.S. Attorney, about securities class action litigation, which often arises following a significant decline in a company’s stock price. Judson provides an overview of the securities class action litigation environment, offers practi...

In the first episode of MoFo Competition, co-chair Lisa Phelan and partners Megan Gerking, Bonnie Lau, and Penny Preovolos of MoFo’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group, discuss and identify critical antitrust developments, forecast key trends you can expect to see in 2022, and offer timely tips on how best to mitigate antitrust risk.

The alarming rise in cybersecurity attacks in 2021 has raised risk mitigation stakes to a new level for boards. In this episode of MoFo’s Above Board podcast, host, co-chair of MoFo’s Corporate Finance | Capital Markets practice, and former Chief Counsel of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Dave Lynn speaks with Alex Iftimie, co-chair of MoFo’s Global Risk and Crisis Management group, and...

In this episode of MoFo Perspectives, Jordan Eth, co-chair of the Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White Collar Defense Group, speaks with securities litigation partner Christin Hill about some of their recent victories and the latest developments in securities law. The two also discuss Christin’s professional journey from working as an associate in private practice, to working in-house at...

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner and host Dave Lynn speaks with Arden Phillips, Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Tahzoo, a global user experience consultancy that provides digital content solutions to Fortune 500 clients, on corporate governance and board-related topics raised by BlackRock’s recently-issued 2021 stewardship repo...

Howard Morris, Amrit Khosa, and Jai Mudhar discuss the Part 26A restructuring plan and the legal developments that have unfolded since its introduction.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner and host Dave Lynn speaks with Megan Gerking, Washington, D.C.-based partner and former trial attorney in the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, on the potential watershed moment in antitrust enforcement as we know it today. In this rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, it is important for boards of directors to recognize the benefits...

In this special pro bono episode of MoFo Perspectives, MoFo associates Spencer McManus and Karen Leung speak with partner Derek Foran and National Abortion Federation (NAF) Chief Program Officer Melissa Fowler about their long, hard-fought legal battle to prevent the release of a smear campaign against abortion providers by anti-abortion extremists.

James Koukios speaks with Alex Okuliar and David Shaw about what to expect in antitrust enforcement under the Biden administration.

James Koukios speaks with Gareth Rees QC and Hayley Ichilcik about what to expect in UK enforcement under the Biden administration.

In this special pro bono episode of MoFo Perspectives, we take a deep dive into two important cases MoFo is involved with regarding Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs or activities. Associate Caitlin Crujido, moderates this discussion, speaking with partner Natalie Fleming Nolen about her case challenging newer regulations...

James Koukios speaks with Patrick Späth about what to expect in European regulation under the Biden Administration.

In this episode of MoFo Perspectives, MoFo corporate partner and blockchain co-chair Dario de Martino speaks with MoFo IP partner Joyce Liou and Stanford Law School professor and MoFo of counsel Paul Goldstein about the emerging popularity of NFTs and the IP issues raised by them.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner and host Dave Lynn speaks with Alfredo (“Fredo”) Silva, San Francisco partner and co-chair of the firm’s Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Group, on the SEC’s possible future implementation of a global framework for climate disclosures and the potential ESG disclosure implications for public companies. Fredo and Dave touc...

James Koukios speaks with Dave Lynn about what to expect in SEC regulation under the Biden Administration.

James Koukios speaks with Ruti Smithline about what to expect in Latin America under the Biden Administration.

In this episode of Above Board, Morrison & Foerster partner Dave Lynn speaks with Jina Choi, San Francisco partner and former director of the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office about 10b5-1 Plans. Jina discusses what these plans are, how they get implemented, and how they are intended to mitigate against the risk of insider trading. Dave and Jina examine the criticisms of 10b5-1 plans and why the...

James Koukios speaks with Brandon Van Grack about what to expect in the National Security space under the Biden Administration.

James Koukios speaks with Brian Kidd and Alex Ward about what to expect in the False Claims Act (FCA) space under the new Biden Administration.

In this latest MoFo Perspectives podcast, MoFo appellate co-chairs Deanne Maynard and Joe Palmore speak on why the Biden Administration might change the government’s positions before the Supreme Court—and why it might not.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, San Francisco-based securities litigation partner Mark R.S. Foster describes an issue that more and more boards are facing: how to best manage inspection demands from shareholders. Which shareholders can make these demands, which are expensive and risky for the recipient company? Can shareholders make the demand for any reason? What are the best practice...

In this episode Mike Ward, head of the firm’s Life Sciences group, discusses how the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine may impact the workforce, including compliance requirements, employer/employee rights, with Janie Schulman, employment and labor partner and key member of the firm’s COVID-19 task force.

James Koukios speaks with Tim Blakely, Dan Levison, and Chen Zhu about what to expect from U.S. enforcement in Asia under the upcoming Biden Administration.

James Koukios speaks with Alex Iftimie and Julie O’Neill about what to expect in the Privacy and Cybersecurity space under the upcoming Biden Administration.

James Koukios speaks with Carrie Cohen and Megan Gerking about what to expect from State Attorneys General Offices under the upcoming Biden Administration.