Associate
Brent Murphy represents leading technology, media, and communications companies at the cutting edge of copyright law .
Brent helps the world’s most innovative organizations navigate their complex copyright law issues in product development, licensing, business planning, and prelitigation and regulatory strategy .
Brent represents clients at all stages of litigation, leveraging his appellate litigation experience — including at the Supreme Court of the United States — to devise winning strategies and draft compelling briefing to deliver for clients in their highest stakes matters .
Brent joined Latham after serving as a law clerk to then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Judge Paul J. Kelly Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School, where he was editor in chief of the Notre Dame Law Review and received the Hoynes Prize, graduating first in his class.
Brent’s recent experience includes representing:
Brent also maintains an active pro bono practice, which regularly partners with groups including:
Three Latham teams secured major wins in Antitrust, Securities, and Appellate litigation, blocking an FTC merger challenge, defeating securities claims against Adobe, and upholding a US$5.2 billion compensation package for Trade Desk CEO.
Shout-out to a team at Latham & Watkins that defended Adobe Inc. from a securities suit targeting a more than 20% drop in the company’s stock price.
Latham litigation team earned honors after securing affirmance of a summary judgment victory for The Home Depot in an Eleventh Circuit appeal implicating two significant issues of ERISA law.