MoFo Perspectives Podcast

James Koukios speaks with Megan Gerking and Lisa Phelan about what to expect in the Antitrust space under the upcoming Biden Administration.

In the third episode of the Wetmore Fellow subseries, Los Angeles Litigation Associate and Fellow alumna Mia Akers hosts a discussion with New York Litigation partner and chair of the Morrison & Foerster Foundation Jamie Levitt, and Palo Alto IP Litigation partner and vice-chair of MoFo’s Pro Bono Services Committee Colette Mayer about how quickly the Foundation and the firm’s lawyers answered the call to serve those populations for whom the social and economic toll of the pandemic is most severe. The participants also discuss the firm and the Foundation’s immediate response to racial injustice in support of the communities in which we work and live.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison & Foerster partner Dave Lynn speaks with Miriam Wugmeister, co-chair of MoFo’s preeminent Global Privacy and Data Security Group, and John Carlin, chair of the firm’s Global Risk and Crisis Management practice group, about directors’ roles in maintaining their companies’ cybersecurity, and mitigating the damage caused by a cybersecurity incident.

In this episode Mike Ward, head of the firm’s Life Sciences group, discusses the path toward a therapy for COVID-19 focusing on the science with Janet Xiao, and on legal considerations including regulatory with Bethany Hills; and commercial transactions with Rufus Pichler.

In this latest MoFo Perspectives podcast, MoFo litigation partners Arturo González and Alexis Amezcua address some of the greatest challenges that lawyers, judges, and juries face as trials go virtual during the Coronavirus pandemic and the importance of keeping them moving forward.

In the second episode of the Wetmore Fellow subseries, San Francisco Litigation Associate and Fellow alumni Ryan Romain hosts a discussion with MoFo Director of Associate Development and Women’s Initiatives Janet Herman and Boston Finance partner Joe O’Donnell about how the firm quickly developed multiple resources in support of working parents during the shelter-in-place mandates and in the wake of the George Floyd killing.

In this episode Mike Ward, head of the firm’s Life Sciences group, discusses the path toward a vaccine for COVID-19 focusing on the science with Otis Littlefield, and on legal considerations including regulatory with Bethany Hills; and commercial transactions with Rufus Pichler.

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Dave Lynn, a Washington, D.C.-based partner at Morrison & Foerster, speaks with Jackie Liu and Alexa Belonick, partners based in the firm’s San Francisco office, about a law requiring companies headquartered in California to have a certain number of board members from underrepresented communities.

Natalie Kernisant, Director of D+I, speaks with MoFo litigation associate and former SEO summer Camila Tapernoux and Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Director Van Ann Bui about their own unique career paths and why it is critically important for organizations to reimage their talent acquisition practices, with an eye toward removing any unnecessary barriers to inclusive recruiting. MoFo has been sponsoring pre-law interns through the SEO program since 2008, which provides educational and career opportunities to students from underrepresented communities.

In this episode Mike Ward, head of the firm’s Life Sciences group, discusses applying AI and data science to the fight against COVID-19 focusing on the science with Jean Nguyen, and on legal considerations including privacy and data security with Kristen Mathews; regulatory with Bethany Hills; and commercial transactions with Matt Karlyn.