Over more than a quarter century, Latham’s San Francisco Bay Area offices have grown and innovated alongside the global economy’s most dynamic players.
Drawing on the firm’s global reach, we have become one of Silicon Valley’s largest legal advisors, uniquely well-positioned to guide companies through every stage of development, from startup formation to IPO or acquisition and beyond. Our nationally renowned litigators and trial lawyers regularly set precedents affecting entire industries, from high-stakes securities litigation, to cutting-edge technology and data privacy cases, to healthcare, life sciences, and intellectual property matters. Having advised clients through the ups and downs of industry booms and busts we provide sophisticated, experienced counsel to market-leading innovators and investors across industries.
As one of the world’s largest pro bono providers, Latham takes on matters in nearly every area of public interest law. In the Bay Area, some of our key pro bono causes include ending pre-arraignment cash bail, and advocating for poverty relief, tenants’ rights, and children’s rights issues.
A Latham appellate and antitrust litigation team secured a victory for Apple in the Ninth Circuit, dismissing claims alleging collusion to limit competition in the search engine market.
Latham litigators were honored for securing an appellate victory upholding the dismissal of securities fraud claims against Walmart.
A Latham antitrust and appellate litigation team secured a landmark affirmance in an algorithmic pricing dispute. A separate litigation team secured a total summary judgment victory in a securities class action dispute.