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January 09, 2020 - MoFo Diversity
Meet MoFo’s AI + Robotics Lawyers: Bethany Hills
Bethany Hills is a litigation partner in MoFo’s New York office. Her practice focuses on advising her life sciences clients on both pre- and post-market issues, from FDA submissions and communications strategies to post-approval compliance and reimbursement issues. As part of the Diverse in
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January 09, 2020 - MoFo Diversity
Meet MoFo’s AI + Robotics Lawyers: Max Fei
Max Fei is a corporate associate in MoFo’s San Francisco office. His practice focuses on all aspects of domestic and international patent prosecution and portfolio counseling. As part of the Diverse in Practice series, we asked Max about working cross-functionally with the Artificial Intelligence
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January 08, 2020 - MoFo Diversity
Meet MoFo’s AI + Robotics Lawyers: Cecillia Xie
Cecillia Xie is a litigation associate in MoFo’s New York office. Her practice focuses on advising clients across various sectors on privacy and cybersecurity issues in mergers and acquisitions, and other transactions. As part of the Diverse in Practice series, we asked Cecillia about
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January 07, 2020 - MoFo Diversity
Five MoFo Partners Attend Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Client Forums
MoFo partners Jessica Kaufmann , Eric Pai , Tina Reynolds , Claudia Vetesi , and Nicole Serfoss were selected to attend the Mansfield Client Forums, hosted by Diversity Lab — a think tank dedicated to curating innovative ideas and solutions to bolster diversity and
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December 13, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
Arguing the Benefits of Marriage Equality in Japan
Editors’ Note: This post was written by Tokyo associate Hanae Charlotte Fujinami. Morrison & Forester is a founding member of the Lawyers for LGBT Allies Network (LLAN), a Japanese non-profit dedicated to helping the business community understand the issues faced by LGBT and other
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November 15, 2019 - MoFo Women, MoFo Diversity
Kudos to Purvi Patel On Being Named SABA-SC’s 2019 Mentor of the Year
MoFo litigation partner Purvi G. Patel was presented with the 2019 Mentor of the Year Award during the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California’s (SABA-SC) annual Mentorship Reception , held on October 22 at the downtown Los Angeles offices of Nixon Peabody. The
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November 11, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo’s Change from the Top 2019 Highlights Internet Bias and Promoting Diversity in the Workplace
Even data extracted during simple internet searches may be influenced by racial bias, explained Safiya Umoja Noble , Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism , during MoFo ’s second
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October 03, 2019 - MoFo Diversity, MoFo Pro Bono
Arturo González Talks about the Only Side to Pro Bono Work … the Upside
On September 26, 2019, MoFo veteran trial lawyer and chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation & Trial Group Arturo González presented a town hall, speaking to the importance of pro bono work in the Latinx community and beyond. The discussion was one of several
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September 15, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
Partner Spotlight: Alexis Amezcua
Alexis Amezcua is a litigation partner in MoFo’s San Francisco office. She is a highly accomplished class action and commercial litigator who represents both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court, as well as arbitration proceedings. She also has an active role in
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September 03, 2019 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Achieves Mansfield Certification Plus Status for the Second Year in a Row
MoFo was honored to be a part of the inaugural class of major law firms recognized by Diversity Lab as having achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status in 2018. We are even more pleased to have been certified again in 2019 following Mansfield Rule 2.0.
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