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A Cooley intellectual property litigation team – including Bobby Ghajar, John Hemann, Judd Lauter, Ryan C. Stevens and Jessica Williams – earned a shoutout on The American Lawyer's Litigation Daily Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs list for securing a preliminary injunction in favor of its client, the City and County of San Francisco, prohibiting the Port of Oakland from using the name “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.” Congratulations, all! Subscribers can read more on Law.com here: https://bit.ly/4erAVHu Read more about the case here: https://bit.ly/4eAkxo9

Sonya Erickson, Cooley partner and global chair of the firm’s business department, sat down with Bloomberg to share her thoughts on the expectations that M&A activity can recover following a decisive election result, noting that resolving uncertainty makes way for more deals to enter the queue and close. 💡 Subscribers can read more here: https://bloom.bg/48QB4D6

A Cooley team led by Erin Kirchner advised Tempus AI, a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of AI in healthcare, on its agreement to acquire Ambry Genetics, a company focusing on genetic testing that aims to improve health by understanding the relationship between genetics and disease. Congratulations, all. ➡️ Read more here: https://bit.ly/3CChPkz For more AI resources and to see the team's full capabilities in this evolving space, visit our #CooleyAI page here: https://bit.ly/CooleyAI #AI #artificialintelligence

Join Cooley lawyers David Navetta, Michael Egan, Sarah K. Sellers, Asa Henin and Christian Lee as they analyze 8-K filing trends for cybersecurity incidents in the past year, offer strategies and considerations for companies when filing 8-Ks, and review our annual 8-K report covering these topics at Cooley’s Annual Cyber 8-K Report Debrief – Trends and Strategies on November 21. 📆 View more details and register here: https://bit.ly/40Jw3tY

Cooley life sciences IP litigation partners Orion Armon and Eamonn Gardner will cover how inter partes review proceedings impact parallel district court litigation at the next Cooley Rx webinar – Life Sciences Litigation: IPRs, Preliminary Injunctions and Trials – on November 19. 📆 Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3Ays4pv

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is effective in the European Union and will not be litigated, so companies need to start preparing now. US companies with EU subsidiaries will be in scope and need to publish their first disclosure in 2026 – which means they should give themselves plenty of lead time to understand how the CSRD will affect their business. ▶️ Watch the video below for insights from environmental, social and governance (ESG) lawyers Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher and Emma Bichet on the CSRD’s expected requirements. #ESG #sustainability #corporatesocialresponsibility #EU

A Cooley team, led by David Silverman, advised Bluestar Alliance – a company that owns, manages and markets a portfolio of consumer brands that span across many tiers of distribution, from luxury to mass market, with a heavy emphasis on department store retail brands – on its partnership with Hilco Global and TPG Angelo Gordon’s new joint venture. ➡️ Read more here: https://bit.ly/48Lc3sY

Two Cooley partners, Luke Cadigan and Shannon Eagan, have been named to the Securities Docket Enforcement Elite 2024 – a list of the best securities enforcement defense lawyers in the industry. Congratulations, both! Read more here: https://bit.ly/48TOiPG

Cooley advised Avid Bioservices, a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization providing development and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, on its definitive merger agreement to be acquired in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. Congratulations to Avid and to the Cooley team led by Bill Sorabella, Matthew Silverman, Sarah (McElwee) Buchik, Patrick Reed, Alexis Johnson, Barbara Mirza, Austin Holt, Howard Morse, Kathy O’Neill, Julia Brinton, Phil Mitchell, Todd Gluth, Christophe Beauduin, Koji Fukumura and Peter Adams. 👉 Read more here: https://bit.ly/3O59bh6 #CooleyREG

Cooley partner Daniel Shamah is participating in a panel on the structure of the private credit market and how it differs from other debt markets during the 23rd Annual Advanced Restructuring & Plan of Reorganization Conference on November 18. 📆 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3AGYcHv