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    The MoFo Foundation Supports Pro Bono Partners

    By: Jennifer K. Brown, Dorothy L. Fernandez, Rachel P. Williams, Michael B. Miller and Victoria Dalcourt Angle

    Lawyers in Morrison Foerster offices all around the world live out our proud pro bono tradition every day. In all matters, we are guided by the principle of according equal dignity and applying equal rigor to our pro bono endeavors. Likewise, the Morrison &
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    MoFo’s Pro Bono Efforts to Combat Climate Change

    By: Jennifer K. Brown, Dorothy L. Fernandez and Rachel P. Williams

    Morrison Foerster lawyers don’t just worry about climate change – they take action by providing pro bono legal services to address the issue. In fact, since 2018, our firm has contributed more than $25 million in pro bono legal services to organizations that are
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    SoftBank Partnership Brings Rare Victory for Refugee in Japan

    By: Takahiro Nonaka, Kana Kobayashi, Masumi Oyabu and Rei Suzuki

    Morrison Foerster lawyers successfully helped a pro bono client secure refugee status in Japan. This outcome was the result of a partnership with SoftBank, which suggested in 2021 that the firm join its in-house lawyers in representing a client of the Japan Association for
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    MoFo Provides Crucial Assistance to African Orphan Crops Consortium

    By: Michael Ward Ph.D., Liz Freeman Rosenzweig Ph.D., Owen Grayson Hosseinzadeh, Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc, Qiwen Zhong Ph.D., Briana Erin Mittleman Ph.D., Deborah A. Pohlmann Ph.D., Abby C. Burrus Ph.D. and Yujia Sun Ph.D.

    Morrison Foerster is honored to engage its best-in-class patent practice in a pro bono partnership with the African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) to advance the development of more resilient and more nutritious food crops to support the continent’s population while strengthening its farm economy.
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    MoFo Secures $2 Billion for California Students

    Morrison Foerster recently secured at least $2 billion in funding to support California students who fell behind during the COVID-19 pandemic—one of the largest education-related settlements in U.S. history. The funding settles a lawsuit brought on behalf of low-income students in Black and Latinx
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