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Six MoFo Partners Named Among Lawdragon’s 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors

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Six Morrison Foerster Partners are among those listed in the inaugural edition of Lawdragon’s 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors. Morrison Foerster is one of only two firms with six or more individuals included in the list, which is compiled from research, submissions by firms and clients, and peer review. Lawyers and advisors are selected on the basis on their impact and the significant contributions they’ve made to the AI field.

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Six Morrison Foerster Partners are among those listed in the inaugural edition of Lawdragon’s 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors. Morrison Foerster is one of only two firms with six or more individuals included in the list, which is compiled from research, submissions by firms and clients, and peer review. Lawyers and advisors are selected on the basis on their impact and the significant contributions they’ve made to the AI field.MoFo lawyers recognized on Lawdragon’s list of Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors include:<ul><li>Allyson R. Bennett – Los Angeles, AI Litigation.</li><li>Tiffany Cheung – San Francisco, AI Litigation.</li><li>Jordan Eth – San Francisco, AI Litigation.</li><li>Joseph C. Gratz – San Francisco, AI Litigation.</li><li>Rose S. Lee – Los Angeles, AI Litigation.</li><li>Ragesh K. Tangri – San Francisco, AI Litigation.</li></ul>As an integral partner in the development of the tech industry in Silicon Valley and beyond, Morrison Foerster is the go-to firm for leading companies developing, using, and investing in AI across industries. Our AI innovation and expertise began with our transformational technology clients that are pushing the boundaries of innovation, product design, and consumer engagement to develop next-gen products and services.We provide sophisticated, full-service representation to a wide range of clients in various industries that develop and use cutting-edge, rapidly changing technology in the AI space. Our clients span the spectrum from startups to Silicon Valley industry leaders to global Fortune 100 power players. From autonomous vehicle manufacturers to game-changing software developers, our clients are shaping the 21st century technology landscape and include many of the most recognizable and newly emerging AI companies in the world. We’re excited to be by their side, and we take time to immerse ourselves in our clients’ technologies to provide the highest and most sophisticated level of legal and business advice. Our AI strategy is to provide legal services that encompass every aspect of AI and its use, from technology transactions and M&A strategy, to IP, privacy, regulatory guidance, and safety compliance.Lawdragon is a leading digital media company that recognizes the most effective lawyers and legal professionals in a wide variety of industries and areas.<a href="https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2024-03-15-the-2024-lawdragon-100-leading-ai-legal-tech-advisors" target="_blank">View the full list.</a>

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Clients seek out Tiffany for her successful track record in defending class action claims on behalf of clients in a broad range of industries, including technology, healthcare, and consumer product companies. She represents numerous Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes litigation involving privacy and marketing claims in courts throughout the United States. Tiffany’s practice includes leading class actions at the cutting edge of privacy law, including claims involving data security and biometric information. She also has advised extensively on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) matters, as well as cases involving unfair business practice claims and consumer advertising issues. Tiffany is a former co-chair of MoFo’s global Litigation Department and the firm’s Complex Litigation + Advisement Practice Group.The Daily Journal recently named Tiffany on its 2023 list of Top Women Lawyers and as a 2023 Leading Commercial Litigator in California. Chambers USA 2023 again ranked her in commercial litigation, while The Legal 500 2023 again recommended her in product liability and marketing and advertising. BTI Consulting Group has recognized Tiffany as one of a small group of attorneys nationwide who represent the “absolute best of the best” in the area of client service. Her clients include leaders in the technology, healthcare, financial services, and retail sectors.She is a former editor of, and frequent contributor to, the Morrison Foerster’s <a href="https://classdismissed.mofo.com/">Class Dismissed blog</a> and a contributing editor of the TCPA Report section of MoFo’s Financial Services Quarterly Report. As a thought leader, Tiffany often speaks to groups of industry peers about key developments in class action privacy litigation.Because she is committed to the firm’s pro bono program, Tiffany works on diverse matters in that arena, including representing numerous clients in connection with guardianship proceedings and immigration proceedings for children.<h5>More About Tiffany</h5>Tiffany earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley with high honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2000, she received her J.D. from the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the Asian Law Journal. From 2000 to 2001, she was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Marian Blank Horn of the United States Court of Federal Claims and also served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Susan R. Bolton of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 2001 to 2002.

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<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe class="sticky-video" allowfullscreen="1" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2q_gEWibFK0?rel=0" title="Meet Jordan Eth, Securities Litigator" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White Collar Defense Group, Jordan is one of the leading securities litigators in the United States, known for his success in handling complex, high-stakes cases. He has more than 30 years of experience representing public companies and their officers and directors in:<ul><li>Securities class actions</li><li>SEC investigations</li><li>Derivative suits</li><li>Mergers and acquisitions litigation</li><li>Internal investigations</li></ul>Jordan understands the big-picture challenges facing companies and individuals in securities litigation, as well as the intricacies of the legal issues. As co-leader of the successful defense of JDS Uniphase Corp. and its former executives in a securities class action jury trial seeking $20 billion in damages—the largest in history—Jordan is one of the few lawyers who has taken a securities class action to trial and won a complete jury defense verdict.Jordan’s clients cover a broad range of industries, including financial services, computer software and hardware, life sciences, manufacturing, and consumer products. He is routinely recognized for his exceptional client service, including in Best Lawyers in America, where a client noted that, “Jordan Eth is in a class of his own. He is deeply knowledgeable and experienced and a natural leader without ego issues. He thinks strategically and is extremely responsive, realistic, and clear in his assessments of situations. He is able to marshal resources within Morrison Foerster as necessary. And if that were not enough, he is easy to work with. I could not recommend him more highly.” Jordan is also regularly praised by clients for his strong courtroom advocacy and deep expertise in securities litigations and class actions:“Jordan is impressive before the courts. He is straight to the point and his voice carries a lot of weight with the bench.” – Chambers USA“Jordan understands the CEO mentality with respect to securities actions and navigates the corporate politics of these matters with the same expertise with which he handles the legal case.” – Client“Jordan Eth is a superstar. He has actual trial experience – extremely rare in securities litigation. He is even-handed, calm and very direct. Very helpful in cutting through the noise with board members.” – Legal 500 USA A frequent speaker on securities litigation topics at events and conferences across the United States, Jordan actively participates in programs put on by The SEC Enforcement Forum, the Practising Law Institute, and the Stanford Directors’ College. During Winter Quarter 2012 and Spring Quarter 2017, Jordan taught “Modern Securities Fraud Litigation: Public and Private Enforcement” as an Adjunct at Stanford Law School. He has also authored dozens of articles on securities litigation and is an Executive Committee member on the Securities Litigation Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco.Jordan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Robert F. Peckham, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from August 1985 through August 1986. From 1980 through 1982, he worked as an economist in Washington, D.C., first for the United States Department of Energy and then for the Budget Committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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Clients turn to Joe Gratz to handle trailblazing litigation where copyright and trademark law meet new technologies. An experienced litigator, Joe draws on his strong technical background to distill complex issues into simple, accurate concepts for judges, juries, and clients. Joe’s cases have set key precedents in Internet law, from the Google Books case that laid the groundwork for today’s generative AI innovations to key cases establishing the boundaries of intermediary liability. In addition to representing their interests in the courtroom, Joe helps his clients navigate their thorniest product counseling puzzles to reduce the risk of litigation.His appellate victory in Long v. Facebook set the standard for platforms in carrying out DMCA removals of user-generated content. And Joe’s win in Stevens v. CoreLogic established limitations on DMCA 1202 claims that have since been adopted by numerous other courts. His amicus brief on behalf of independent booksellers was cited by the Supreme Court in its opinion in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, and he has submitted amicus briefs in other copyright cases on behalf of Center for Democracy & Technology (in Oracle v. Google) and on behalf of art law professors (in Warhol v. Goldsmith).A recognized commentator on copyright and internet law, Joe was selected as an advisor for the American Law Institute’s project to develop a Restatement of Copyright, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He frequently speaks on emerging issues in Internet law and was called upon by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020 to testify about the interaction between the DMCA 512 safe harbor and fair use. Joe was the 2022 recipient of the California Lawyers Association’s IP Vanguard award, presented to one private practitioner each year for achievements at the forefront of emerging issues in intellectual property law.

Joseph Gratz

Rose Lee counsels clients on a broad range of complex disputes, with a particular focus on patent, copyright, and trade secret matters. She has litigated a wide range of high-technology cases for U.S. and non-U.S. based clients in U.S. federal courts and before the International Trade Commission. The technologies at issue in her matters have spanned areas such as computer software, video encoding, semiconductors, underwater imaging, electrostatic digital printing, and medical devices. A registered patent attorney, Rose also represents clients in adversarial proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Her experience includes serving as lead associate on litigation matters, drafting briefs, handling all aspects of discovery, and cross-examination.Before joining the firm, Rose served as a judicial extern to the Honorable R. Gary Klausner of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.Rose received her B.S. in chemical engineering, with a focus on biomedical engineering, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her J.D. from New York University School of Law. While in law school, she was an executive articles editor for the New York University Annual Survey of American Law.Rose is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in California. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Rose Lee

Ragesh Tangri brings diverse experience representing clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 100 companies in high-stakes intellectual property and trade secret disputes, in addition to commercial litigation and legal malpractice, in jurisdictions across the country. Ragesh regularly represents major technology companies, law firms, and individuals in their most significant disputes.Ragesh has litigated matters involving high-stakes breach of contract and tort claims, as well as legal malpractice and professional negligence claims arising from work done in a variety of underlying areas, including intellectual property litigation, patent prosecution, general corporate matters, and tax. He has, during several pleadings motions, obtained complete dismissal of all claims asserted against law firm clients.Ragesh also has substantial experience with intellectual property litigation, including representing Palo Alto Networks in trade secret and patent litigation, Uber in trade secret litigation, Intel in inventorship litigation, Google in a hotly contested trade secret action brought by Microsoft, and helping secure a $180M award for Cadence Design Systems in its long-running dispute with Avant! Corporation.Ragesh has earned consistent recognition as a top practitioner in California and across the United States. Among his numerous awards, Chambers recently highlighted his “excellent” skill “in handling a range of contentious IP proceedings” in its guide for trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation, and clients have called him “incredibly diligent and smart.” Ragesh has also been repeatedly ranked by publications including Best Lawyers, IAM Patent 1000, and Super Lawyers.Ragesh serves on the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (vice president), the Northern District Historical Society (president), the California Law Review, and the Shotgun Players. He is a past president of the Edward J. McFetridge Inn of Court, a former member of the Board of Governors of the Bar Association of San Francisco, a former member of the Board of Governors of the Justice and Diversity Center, a former member and co‑chair of the Lawyer Representatives of the Northern District of California to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, a former member and chair of BASF’s Judiciary Committee, and a former member of the Board of Directors of Slow Food Nation. He has taught the Introduction to Civil Procedure and Law on Lawyering courses at Berkeley Law School and spoken frequently on issues, including trade secret law, professional negligence, ethics, claim construction, and the differences between the U.S. and Canadian legal systems.Ragesh earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He clerked for the Hon. A. Raymond Randolph on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In 2009, Ragesh co‑founded Durie Tangri, a premier litigation boutique firm acquired by Morrison Foerster in 2022.