Tijana Brien

Cooley successfully narrowed the class period, thereby substantially reducing the plaintiffs’ potential damages, in a securities class action against client FibroGen – a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops medicines for the treatment of anemia, cancer and fibrotic disease.

Cooley advised Rubicon Technology Partners – a Boulder, Colorado-based private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in and growing software companies – on its majority strategic investment in Vimly Benefit Solutions, a leader in the benefits administration space.

Cooley, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and New Orleans-based Aaron & Gianna, are representing Nathasia Paul, a Black resident of Metairie, Louisiana, in a civil rights action against multiple law enforcement officers from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) for their racially motivated violations of Paul’s right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. Lawyers Randall Lee, Amanda Main, Tijana Brien, Benjamin Lin, Hazel Verdin and Sam Blankenship are leading the Cooley team.

Cooley successfully opposed a plaintiff’s demand to inspect a broad set of corporate records related to Gilead’s novel HIV/AIDS treatments and therapies. The trial court agreed with our argument that plaintiff had no standing to make the demand because inspection rights were limited to shareholders of record. On plaintiff’s appeal, the appellate court unanimously affirmed the trial court’s ruling.

On July 2, 2021, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District unanimously affirmed the superior court’s denial of a shareholder-inspection demand brought under California law. In Ramirez v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., the court ruled that a shareholder who holds shares as a beneficial owner lacks standing to bring a claim under Section 1601 of the California Corporations Code and has no separate common-law right to inspect company documents. Cooley lawyers Shannon Eagan, Tijana Brien, Barrett Anderson and Christopher Vail led the winning effort on behalf of Gilead.