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Megan L. Rodgers

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Megan Rodgers
Palo Alto +1 650 632 4734 mrodgers@cov.com Download V-card
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Megan Rodgers is a litigator who focuses her practice on complex and high-stakes commercial disputes and class actions in state and federal court.

As a member of multiple trial teams, Ms. Rodgers has experience arguing dispositive motions, preparing expert and fact witnesses for deposition and trial, taking and defending depositions, and developing case strategy. In addition to her trial work, Ms. Rodgers has briefed and argued appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Sixth Circuit.

  • Representing one of the nation’s leading financial institutions in litigation proceedings challenging credit reporting practices.
  • Representing a leading online travel agency in putative false advertising class action.
  • Representing a leading technology company in putative class actions touching on privacy issues.
  • Member of trial team representing BP in civil litigation arising from the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico in the multi-phase litigation in the Eastern District of Louisiana (MDL 2179) and the securities class action litigation in the Southern District of Texas (MDL 2185).
  • Represented animated film studios in putative class action in the Northern District of California alleging agreements among companies not to “cold call” each other’s employees.
  • Represented Microsoft in breach of contract and copyright infringement suits in various federal courts.
  • Represented Chiquita Brands in mass tort proceedings arising out of extortion payments made by Chiquita’s former subsidiary to armed groups in Colombia.
  • Represented POM Wonderful in deceptive advertising litigation and appeals brought by Federal Trade Commission.
  • Counsels companies on FTC’s guidance governing native advertising, endorsements, and ad substantiation.
  • Assists clients in consumer products, food and dietary supplements, and pharmaceutical industries with Federal Trade Commission inquiries into advertising practices.    
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Pro Bono

  • Briefed and argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a lawyer accused of obstruction of justice and subornation of perjury.
  • Briefed and argued an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on behalf of a doctor accused of distribution of controlled substances.
  • Successfully represented client before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in an interlocutory appeal of a Bivens action based on the Eighth Amendment.    

Previous Experience

  • Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre, Casework Extern (2010)
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Honors Paralegal (2006-2007)
  • Washington DC Super Lawyers, “Rising Star” (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Practices

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2010

  • magna cum laude
  • Michigan Law Review, Book Review Editor

Bowdoin College, A.B., 2006

  • cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Hon. D. Michael Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2010 - 2011
  • California
  • District of Columbia