Amanda A. Main

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Abnormal Security Announces $250 Million Series D at a $5.1 Billion Valuation

August 6, 2024

Cooley advised Abnormal Security, the leader in AI-native human behavior security, on its $250 million Series D financing at a $5.1 billion valuation.

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Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Amanda A. Main
Partner, Palo Alto
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Matthew Schwee
Partner, Reston
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
William Beom Hong
Associate, Palo Alto
Gary Warren Hunt III
Associate, Washington, DC
Yuehui Ji
Associate, Palo Alto
Tiffany Le
Associate, Palo Alto
Daniel Y. Lee
Associate, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
Nan Yang
Associate, Palo Alto
Zi Ye
Associate, Palo Alto
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

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SmarterDx Raises $50 Million Series B

May 16, 2024

Cooley advised SmarterDx, a leader in clinical artificial intelligence for revenue integrity and care quality, on its $50 million Series B financing.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Daniel Y. Lee
Associate, Palo Alto
Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker
Partner, San Diego
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Amanda A. Main
Partner, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Yuehui Ji
Associate, Palo Alto
Tiffany Le
Associate, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
Melanie Yuvienco
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto

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Abnormal Security Raises $210 Million Series C, Reaches $4 Billion Valuation

May 10, 2022

Cooley advised Abnormal Security, a leading artificial intelligence-based cloud-native email security platform, on its $210 million Series C financing round, which brings the company’s valuation to $4 billion. Lawyers Josh Seidenfeld, Nan Yang, Rachel Lydon and Kaavya Gowda led the Cooley team advising Abnormal Security.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Nan Yang
Associate, Palo Alto
Rachel Lydon
Associate, San Diego
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Amanda A. Main
Partner, Palo Alto
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Jean Park
Partner, New York
Liza Cotter
Associate, Boston
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Mika Reiner Mayer
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York

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Cooley + ACLU of Louisiana Challenge Racist Policing in Civil Rights Suit

December 1, 2021

Cooley, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and New Orleans-based Aaron & Gianna, are representing Nathasia Paul, a Black resident of Metairie, Louisiana, in a civil rights action against multiple law enforcement officers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) for their racially motivated violations of Paul’s right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. Lawyers Randall Lee, Amanda Main, Tijana Brien, Benjamin Lin, Hazel Verdin and Sam Blankenship are leading the Cooley team.

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Randall R. Lee
Of Counsel, Los Angeles
Amanda A. Main
Partner, Palo Alto
Tijana Brien
Partner, Palo Alto

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Facebook Kills 'Oculus' Trademark Suit

June 9, 2015

Negotiated a complete victory for OculusVR, the world's leading virtual reality company, in a high-profile trademark infringement suit filed by video-streaming company Oculus.

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Amanda A. Main
Partner, Palo Alto
Michael Rhodes
Partner, San Francisco

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California

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YWCA of Silicon Valley: Tribute to Women Award

Representative Matters

  • Successfully obtained early judgment for $30 million in milestone dispute.
  • Obtained dismissal of earn-out dispute for medical device company at summary judgment and secured multi-million dollar fee award.
  • On the brink of litigation, led team to successfully achieve no-cost resolution of direct competitor conflict involving allegations of trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, and unfair competition. 
  • Secured complete victory for OculusVR, the world's leading virtual reality company, in trademark infringement lawsuit filed by video-streaming company Oculus.
  • Defended alcohol beverage company in high-profile trademark infringement lawsuit over beer trademark.
  • Defended numerous tech companies in investigations conducted by the Securities & Exchange Commission. 
  • Represented special committee of board of directors in connection with multiple internal investigations.
  • Negotiated successful resolution of dispute involving claims relating to corporate governance matters.
  • Secured early judgment for client in breach of contract dispute.
  • Negotiated pre-litigation settlement of contract dispute to avoid costly lawsuit.
  • Represented company in connection with a California attorney general investigation into an illegal lottery.
  • Obtained dismissal of lawsuit against investment fund for lack of personal jurisdiction.