North America - United States • Dispute resolution
Morrison Foerster
Instructed on a standalone basis, as well as generating some work from its well respected venture capital offering, West Coast heavyweight Morrison Foerster provides a comprehensive offering to large and emerging life sciences entities, from product development to market and beyond, in both a risk management and litigation context. On the litigation front, the team, which is led out of San Diego by Erin Bosman , ‘thinks creatively about how product liability litigation fits within the company’s larger risk management program’. Herself a former scientist, San Diego-based Julie Park is ’attentive, responsive, efficient and results oriented’ and exemplifies the firm’s holistic approach, being adept at guiding clients throughout the product life cycle, from regulatory advice through to class action litigation.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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- 'The team thinks creatively about how product liability litigation fits within the company's larger risk management program.'
- 'The firm is skilled at not just litigating individual cases but putting them in the context of a larger litigation strategy.'
- 'Julie Park is attentive, responsive, efficient and results oriented.'
Key clients
- McKesson Corporation
- MicroPort Orthopedics Inc.
- Prelude Fertility, Inc.
- Thinx Inc.
Work highlights
- Representing McKesson in multidistrict litigation and state court proceedings comprising thousands of cases arising out of plaintiffs’ allegations that they sustained permanent hair loss after being treated for breast cancer with Taxotere.
- Representing MicroPort Orthopedics in multidistrict litigation, state court co-ordinated proceedings, and dozens of individual product liability cases pending around the country alleging injuries from hip or knee replacement implants.
- Represented Prelude Fertility and Pacific MSO in a class action, state court coordination, and individual arbitration proceedings involving 200 households.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Erin Bosman