SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Christopher J. Banks joins Crowell & Moring's San Francisco office as a partner in its Litigation and Labor & Employment groups, bringing more than two decades of experience litigating commercial and labor and employment matters, including employee mobility and trade secret misappropriation disputes. Banks is a trial lawyer who helps companies--from startups to the Fortune 500--solve problems concerning founders' disputes and "business divorces," contract disputes, trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition, employee departures, wage and hour claims, Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) lawsuits, and other commercial and labor and employment matters. He also advises clients and litigates in matters involving intellectual property rights, technology licensing and development arrangements, and breach of fiduciary duty and other business torts.

Banks has a demonstrated track record in court, having tried or arbitrated to verdict a half-dozen cases within the last five years alone. In one notable case, he served as lead trial counsel for Japanese pharmaceutical company Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. in a three-month trial that resulted in the largest contested jury verdict in the United States at that time. Banks helped uphold that judgment on appeal to the California Supreme Court, with Asahi Kasei recovering more than $523 million.

"Chris is a trusted advisor and counselor to clients on issues related to two of their...

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