Samantha Kirby

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Read the full press release and amicus brief