JD Supra has recognized Morrison Foerster as part of the platform’s Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards recognize top authors and firms whose articles were read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals across the JD Supra platform during 2023.
An article, co-authored by Michael O’Bryan, Dirk Besse, Spencer Klein, Joy McIntyre, Alexander Okuliar, Eric Akira Tate, Teresa Tate, among others, titled “M&A in 2022 and Trends for 2023” was awarded the Top Article honor in Antitrust & Trade Regulation and M&A. The article covered trends and developments in M&A markets in 2022 and 2023.
Additionally, six Morrison Foerster partners were awarded the Top Author honor in their respective categories:
- Alexander Okuliar – Antitrust & Trade Regulation: Alex, co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Group, has published timely insights on changes planned by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on its HSR Merger Notification Form, the FTC and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) revised merger guidelines, and the DOJ’s intent to increase antitrust scrutiny of information sharing, among other articles.
- Brandon Van Grack – International Law: Brandon, co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s National Security and Crisis Management Groups, regularly provides insights on national security issues and DOJ matters. Brandon has recently written extensively on the DOJ’s increased enforcement and regulatory developments of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), and significant developments in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enforcement actions, and U.S. sanctions, among other topics.
- Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc – Life Sciences: Brigid, partner in Morrison Foerster’s FDA + Healthcare Regulatory and Compliance Group, regularly writes about changes in U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guidance on numerous topics, including recently on COVID-19 vaccines, demonstrating evidence in clinical trials and investigations, and using artificial intelligence and machine learning in drug development, as well as the FDA’s Digital Health Technology Framework, among others.
- Spencer Klein – M&A: Spencer, co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s global Mergers & Acquisitions Group, writes extensively on developments in public company M&A, takeover and activism defense and related topics, including recently on the new federal exemptions for M&A brokers, the impact of SEC amendments on its proxy rules in the context of increased shareholder activism, and amendments of beneficial ownership reporting rules.
- James Koukios – White-Collar Defense: James is co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Defense Group and also serves as co-head of the FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption Practice. He is lead editor of Morrison Foerster’s award-winning monthly Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments newsletter (subscribe), which summarizes important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources, for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers. James also provides insights on major policy developments from DOJ, including recently on its updates to its monitor selection policy, its new voluntary self-disclosure policy, and its revised Corporate Enforcement Policy.
- Charles Duross – White-Collar Defense: Charles is co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White-Collar Defense Group and also serves as co-head of the FCPA + Global Anti-Corruption practice. Chuck is a key contributor to Morrison Foerster’s award-winning monthly Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments newsletter (subscribe). He has co-authored many of the articles on DOJ developments cited above.
JD Supra editors chose the 31 main topics covered in this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards for their timeliness as well as their proven, ongoing importance. In each category, they recognize ten authors and one firm for consistently highest readership and engagement within that category for all of 2023. In total, across all categories, they recognized the excellence and achievement of 303 authors selected from over 70,000 who publish their excellent work on the JD Supra platform.
Read more about the 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards.
