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Cooley, Social and Racial Justice Nonprofits Challenge Constitutionality of TikTok Ban

June 27, 2024

Cooley today filed an amicus brief on behalf of social and racial justice nonprofits in TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. v. Merrick B. Garland (US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit) challenging the federal legislation banning TikTok – a modern-day digital town square used by more than 150 million US users to engage in First Amendment-protected expression – on free speech and equal protection grounds.

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Matt K. Nguyen
Associate, Washington, DC
Kathleen R. Hartnett
Partner, San Francisco
Travis LeBlanc
Partner, Washington, DC
Jamie Robertson
Associate, Chicago
Hilarie Laing
Paralegal Specialist, Washington, DC

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Cooley, Cybersecurity Leaders File Brief Opposing SEC’s SolarWinds Cyberattack Case

February 2, 2024

Cooley, alongside co-counsel Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, filed amicus briefs on behalf of 50+ current and former chief information security officers and cybersecurity organizations in Securities and Exchange Commission v. SolarWinds Corp. and Timothy G. Brown, which is pending in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Andrew D. Goldstein
Co-Partner in Charge – Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Matt K. Nguyen
Associate, Washington, DC
Hilarie Laing
Paralegal Specialist, Washington, DC

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Cooley Contributes to Heightened Constitutional Protections for Emerging Adults in Massachusetts

January 11, 2024

Cooley filed an amicus brief representing many of the nation’s top neuroscience, psychology and juvenile justice scholars in support of protecting emerging adults aged 18 to 20 from receiving sentences of life without parole pursuant to the Eighth Amendment and the Massachusetts Constitution.

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Kathleen R. Hartnett
Partner, San Francisco
Matt K. Nguyen
Associate, Washington, DC

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Cooley, Representing Neuroscience Scholars, Seeks Parole Reform for Youthful Offenders

September 1, 2023

Cooley filed an amicus brief representing more than 25 of the nation’s leading neuroscience, psychology, and juvenile justice scholars and nonprofits in the pending California Supreme Court merits case, People v. Hardin.

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Kathleen R. Hartnett
Partner, San Francisco
Matt K. Nguyen
Associate, Washington, DC
Ariana E. Bustos
Associate, Los Angeles
Dawn Roelofs
Paralegal Specialist, Reston

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Cooley Secures Landmark California Supreme Court Victory Bolstering Whistleblower Safeguards for Charities

August 4, 2023

Cooley represented plaintiff and appellant Debra Turner in successfully petitioning the California Supreme Court to review her case and in achieving a sweeping victory on the merits for Turner and for all California charities.

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Matt K. Nguyen
Associate, Washington, DC
Steve Strauss
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Erin Trenda
Partner, San Diego
Jamie Robertson
Associate, Chicago
Jonathan Phillips
Senior Paralegal, San Diego

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