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Cooley Files Amicus Brief Supporting Continued Application of the Internal Affairs Doctrine in New York

March 28, 2024

Cooley filed an amicus brief in the New York Court of Appeals on behalf of 47 corporate law professors in support of the continued application of the internal affairs doctrine.

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Kathleen R. Hartnett
Partner, San Francisco
Patrick J. Hayden
Special Counsel, New York
Samantha Kirby
Associate, Palo Alto
Alex Kasner
Associate, Washington, DC
Amie Simmons
Associate, Palo Alto
Madeleine McNally
Associate, Palo Alto

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Ninth Circuit Affirms BioMarin’s Win in Securities Class Action

February 26, 2024

Cooley secured a win on behalf of BioMarin Pharmaceutical before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The win affirmed a 2023 dismissal of a putative class action alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
John C. Dwyer
Partner, Palo Alto
Brett De Jarnette
Partner, Palo Alto
Samantha Kirby
Associate, Palo Alto
Amie Simmons
Associate, Palo Alto

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Stitch Fix Win

October 26, 2022

Cooley secured a win on behalf of Stitch Fix when the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a securities class action alleging that the company made misleading statements about its active client growth and television advertising efforts. The Cooley team argued that the plaintiff’s interpretation of the challenged statements was not reasonable, stating that it wasn’t a matter of how specific their allegations were, but rather that the statements should not be read the way the plaintiff was asking the court to read them.

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Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
Samantha Kirby
Associate, Palo Alto

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Cooley Wins Release of Wrongfully Incarcerated Father

February 7, 2022

Cooley partnered with the Northern California Innocence Project to secure the release of Kevin Harper Jr., who was wrongfully convicted for the death of his infant son in 2008. Harper’s wrongful conviction, which resulted in a sentence of 25 years to life, was based on medical evidence that has since been widely discredited. A recent change in California’s AB 1540 law paved the way for the Sacramento District Attorney’s Office to re-review Kevin’s case. This allowed for a petition to resentence and release Harper, ending his 13-year incarceration in late January.

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Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
Jessie Simpson LaGoy
Associate, Palo Alto
Samantha Kirby
Associate, Palo Alto
Janelle Fernandes
Associate, Colorado
Amie Simmons
Associate, Palo Alto

Cooley Pens Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting ACA

May 18, 2020

On behalf of 47 US Senators, Cooley lawyers Adam Gershenson, Elizabeth Prelogar, Samantha Kirby and Natalie Vernon filed an amicus brief urging the US Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act.

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Adam Gershenson
Partner, Boston
Samantha Kirby
Associate, Palo Alto
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado

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