MoFo Perspectives Podcast

In this episode of MoFo Perspectives, MoFo Antitrust partners Megan Gerking and David Shaw speak with MoFo ESG Practice Group chair Susan Mac Cormac and UC Davis Acting Professor Amelia Miazad to discuss the strong movement toward increased corporate social responsibilities—with a specific focus on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues. Our panel of experts examines the current state of ESG efforts, explores areas of tension with antitrust principles, and identifies practice tips for ensuring that compliance with antitrust laws does not get in the way of achieving companies’ important ESG goals.

Kate Driscoll, of counsel in MoFo’s Investigations +White Collar Defense practice group, interviews John Owen, Corporate Finance and Capital Markets partner, and lead of the firm’s LGBTQ+ Affinity Network and Fredo Silva, active affinity group member, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Group, about the firm’s activities supporting the LGBTQ+ lawyers at the firm and locally in our communities, and how they hope to shape the legal industry for future queer lawyers.

In the first episode of this two-part MoFo Perspectives podcast, Morrison Foerster Global Antitrust attorneys Bonnie Lau and Joseph Charles Folio speak with Kevin Mullen of the Government Contracts and Public Procurement group, to discuss the DOJ’s new enforcement initiative surrounding government procurement – and share the types of red flag conduct you and your company need to know.

In the second episode of this two-part MoFo Perspectives podcast, Morrison Foerster Global Antitrust attorneys Bonnie Lau and Joseph Charles Folio and Kevin Mullen of the Government Contracts & Public Procurement Group discuss potential criminal and civil penalties and exposure that contractors could face for antitrust violations. Our attorneys provide proactive steps you can take to improve compliance and protect you and your company.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner and host Dave Lynn speaks with Fredo Silva, San Francisco-based partner and co-chair of the firm’s Social Enterprise and Impact Investing practice, about the latest developments with regard to ESG disclosures for public companies, including voluntary disclosure developments and the SEC’s proposed disclosure requirements for climate change and human capital matters.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner and host Dave Lynn speaks with partners Alex Iftimie and Haima Marlier, who formerly served in senior counsel roles at the U.S. DOJ and SEC, respectively, on new initiatives to require disclosure and reporting of cybersecurity incidents against the backdrop of a heightened threat environment for cybersecurity risks. The discussion addresses the SEC’s recently proposed amendments to require real-time incident reporting and detailed disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, as well as new legislation which will impose new cybersecurity incident reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner and host Dave Lynn speaks with John E. Smith, Washington, D.C.-based co-head of Morrison & Foerster’s National Security practice and former Director of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), about what boards of directors and companies should be focused on as the U.S. and other nations announce Russian sanctions in response to the war in Ukraine.

In the third and final episode of this year’s Fellows subseries, Wetmore Fellow Keniece Gray and SEO Law Fellow Jermel McClure host a discussion with MoFo associate Keiko Rose about the firm’s partnership with The Southern Poverty Law Center to combat the disproportionate impact of “three-strikes laws” on minority offenders.

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 practical guidance on the risk factors that directors and management should consider, and provides tips on preparing for and responding to securities class action lawsuits.

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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.