Cookie Policy

Your Consent & Choices About Cookies

On your first visit to our website, a pop-up banner appeared to disclose that we use cookies to improve the functionality and performance of our website as well as the means for you to control them. You will see this banner each time you visit the website until you take action to respond to it.

For visitors located outside of the United States, when you click on the “Accept All Cookies” button, you agree that we can “use” (collect, save, store, change, transfer (including transborder transfer), and delete) cookies as described below. You also agree that your personal data (including any personally identifiable information) may be collected and stored by third parties located in the United States. Please see the “How Do We Use Particular Cookies?” section below for more information.

Regardless of your location, if you would like to manage the use of the cookies (except for strictly necessary cookies) or withdraw your consent, where applicable, you can click on the “Customize Cookies” button or use the Cookie Preference Center to turn those categories off or on, as well as to learn more about them.

What Is a Cookie, How We Use Them, & How Long They Stay

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your web browser when you visit our websites. Cookies help us distinguish you from other visitors by allowing us to learn and remember your actions and preferences on our websites. In this way, cookies help us provide you with customized content and efficient navigation through our websites.

There are two broad categories of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies.A session cookie expires and disappears when you close your browser. A persistent cookie stays on your device for a predefined time period or until you manually delete it.

Morgan Lewis does not use web beacons, SDK, pixels, or similar tools that work together with cookies to recognize visitors or how they interact with content. If you block third-party cookies through the Cookie Preference Center, this will also disable any related web beacons, SDKs, pixels, or similar tools that third parties may set on your device.

Managing & Disabling Cookies

You can manage or disable cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings. Please refer to the settings menu of your browser for instructions on how to change your cookie preferences. If you choose to disable cookies, the Morgan Lewis website may not function properly and certain content may not be available. While browsers vary, the following links may be helpful:

(a)Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

(b)Cookie settings in Firefox

(c) Cookie settings in Chrome

(d) Cookie settings in Safari on Mac and Safari on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

What Types of Cookies Do We Use?

We use four types of cookies on our websites: strictly necessary cookies; analytical/performance cookies; functionality cookies; and targeting/advertising cookies. Each cookie is described below.

Strictly Necessary Cookies	These cookies are required for the operation of our website, and cannot be switched off without impairing the functioning of our website. The cookies are set to respond to the actions you take, including navigating our website and using its basic features. These cookies do not store any Personal Data.
Analytical/Performance Cookies	These cookies provide statistical information, such as the number of visitors to our website in an aggregated and anonymized fashion, and show how visitors navigate our website. This helps us improve the performance of our website. We may use third-party analytic tools, such as Google Analytics, to help measure traffic and usage trends and to understand the demographics of our users.
Functionality Cookies	These cookies provide enhanced functionality and personalization on our website, such as remembering your preferences. They are set by the firm or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly. These cookies do not track your activity on other sites or store any Personal Data.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies	These cookies profile users or deliver ads across social networks. The social sharing tools that we use on our website include ShareThis, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. These platforms allow you to share our content with your friends and networks. They do not directly identify you or store your Personal Data, but they can uniquely identify your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools on our site.

First- & Third-Party Cookies

“First-party cookies” are cookies that belong to Morgan Lewis and that Morgan Lewis places on your device. “Third-party cookies” are cookies set by a different domain or site, typically when you use a specific function of the site such as playing a video or sharing a page. You should review the third-party’s website for more information about how they use cookies. Details of third parties that set cookies through Morgan Lewis websites may be found in the section below entitled “Cookies Used by Morgan Lewis.”

Analytics Cookies

Our websites use Google Analytics and Siteimprove Analytics to help us understand how site visitors use our sites and to continuously improve the user experience. Google Analytics is a web analysis service of Google LLC ("Google"). Information generated about your use of this website may be transferred to and stored in a Google server in the United States or otherwise outside of the EU.

Siteimprove is a separate multinational Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company located in Denmark that creates cloud-based tools and services for website governance. Siteimprove stores all data in data centers located in the EU and will not transfer them to subprocessors outside the EU/EEA.

Both web analytics services use cookies to monitor traffic levels, search queries, and site visits. Google and Siteimprove will independently use this information to measure your activity on our website, compile statistical reports on overall content interaction activity, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Morgan Lewis has activated the IP anonymization features in Google Analytics and Siteimprove Analytics. As a result, they will anonymize a visitor IP address. Since IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google Analytics or by Siteimprove within the UK or EEA before the fully anonymized data set leaves these territories.

For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics entirely, Google has developed an opt-out browser add-on that you can download and install for your web browser here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For more information about Siteimprove Analytics cookies, please see Siteimprove’s privacy policy: https://siteimprove.com/en/privacy.

How Do We Use Particular Cookies?

Morgan Lewis does not collect any Personal Data through our first-party cookies, nor do we share any Personal Data with third parties. Information about the cookies we have used on our website over the last twelve months is available here.

For all other cookies that do collect Personal Data, the data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) and 7 (1) GDPR).

MORGANLEWIS.COM

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
First Party Cookies
Cookie name, source	Description
ASP.NET_SessionId Source: morganlewis.com	This is a general purpose session cookie used to maintain an anonymized user session by the server. This cookie contains only a randomly generated session ID (e.g., ub4zu5v2fveixzadjbg5zcgj).
OptanonConsent Source: morganlewis.com	This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust, allowing the site to identify whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of cookies. This persistent cookie expires after one year.
__RequestVerificationToken Source: morganlewis.com	This session cookie is an anti-forgery token used with pages that contain forms. It sets an encrypted, randomly generated, unique verification token for each user session. The cookie expires when you close your browser.
ml#lang Source: morganlewis.com	This session cookie is used to store the last selected language as the user reads content in multiple languages and moves between pages on the site.
Third Party Cookies
Cookie name, source	Description
__cfduid Source: onetrust.com	This cookie is associated with sites and services, such as OneTrust, that use CloudFlare to identify trusted web traffic, detect malicious visitors to customer websites, and minimize blocking legitimate users. Indirectly, this is set in websites that use the OneTrust cookie plugin. This persistent cookie expires after one year.
ANALYTICAL/PERFORMANCE COOKIES
First Party Cookies
Cookie name, source	Description
_ga Source: morganlewis.com	Associated with Google Universal Analytics, this cookie is included in each page request in a site and is used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for analytics reports. This is a persistent cookie that, by default, expires after 2 years. It stores a randomly generated number as a user identifier, which is used to distinguish unique users (e.g.: GA1.2.2073964852.1543828310).
_gid Source: morganlewis.com	Associated with Google Universal Analytics, this cookie stores and updates a unique value for each page visited. It is used to group user behavior together for each user. This persistent cookie expires after 24 hours.
_gat Source: morganlewis.com	This cookie is used by Google Analytics to limit or throttle the number of requests that have to be made to increase efficiency of network calls. It does not store any user information. Typically, the cookie only includes a “1”. It is a persistent cookie that expires after 10 minutes.
SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE Source: morganlewis.com	This cookie is used by Sitecore’s analytics to identify repeat visits from a single user. It stores a randomly generated identifier that is used to distinguish unique users. It is also used to assist with page-level personalization. The persistent cookie expires after one year.
SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE Source: morganlewis.com	This session cookie is used to identify a sequence of HTTP requests from a single user in an anonymized user session. It expires when you close your browser. The cookie stores a randomly generated identifier that is used to distinguish unique users.
isInternal Source: morganlewis.com	This session cookie is created using Google Tag Manager to identify and segment internal (Morgan Lewis) traffic from external traffic in order to filter out internal traffic in analytic reports.
nmstat Source: morganlewis.com	This cookie is used by SiteImprove Analytics to record visitors’ use of the website, collecting statistics about site usage in order to improve the user experience on the website. This cookie contains a randomly generated ID used to recognize the browser when a visitor reads a page. It contains no Personal Data. The persistent cookie expires after three years.
sz-feedback-should-hide Source: morganlewis.com	This session cookie is used by SiteImprove Analytics to hide/close a feedback widget for specific sessions (visits) on the Analytics Feedback feature. It is set when a user clicks a button in the feedback widget which indicates they do not wish to see the widget again. The cookie contains no Personal Data; it simply contains the text ‘true’ when it is set.
Third Party Cookies
Cookie name, source	Description
siteimproveses Source: .siteimprove.com	This session cookie tracks the sequence of pages a visitor looks at during a visit to the site, which is then used by SiteImprove Analytics to create User Journey reports.
awselb Source: .global.siteimproveanalytics.io	This session cookie ensures that all requests from a user during a single session are sent to the same endpoint. This enables Siteimprove to make sure logs are collected in the right order and subsequent reports are accurate.
szcookiechoice Source: .siteimprove.com	This session cookie is used to determine if the user has accepted or declined cookies from SiteImprove.
_cfduid Source: .cloudflare.com	This cookie is associated with sites and services such as SiteImprove that use CloudFlare to identify trusted web traffic, detect malicious visitors to customer websites, and minimize blocking legitimate users. Indirectly, this is set in websites that use SiteImprove. This persistent cookie expires after one year.
FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
First Party Cookies
Cookie name, source	Description
ML_AccG_{GUID} Source: morganlewis.com	This cookie allows access to protected content such as publications that may be offered during marketing campaigns or events. Each item uses a separate cookie, with the GUID (the item’s encrypted ID) as part of the cookie name. This is a persistent cookie; its expiration date can vary based on the content.
_sharethis_cookie_test_ Source: morganlewis.com	This session cookie is used by ShareThis to determine whether the browser accepts cookies.
Third Party Cookies
Cookie name, source	Description
ASP.NET_SessionId Source: morganlewis.postclickmarketing.com	This is a session cookie, used to maintain an anonymized user session by the server. In this case, it is created on pages that contain a custom ION component, which embeds interactive content on the site.
LiveBall Source: morganlewis.postclickmarketing.com	This cookie is created on pages that contain a custom ION component, which embeds interactive content on the site. It stores user ID and respondent ID values for each unique visitor. The cookie does not store any Personal Data. This persistent cookie expires after one year.
vuid Source: vimeo.com	This cookie is triggered when playing an embedded Vimeo video. It is used by Vimeo to enhance the video player experience. This persistent cookie expires after two years.
__cfduid Source: maxmind.com	This cookie is associated with sites and services such as Maxmind that use CloudFlare to identify trusted web traffic, detect malicious visitors to customer websites, and minimize blocking legitimate users. Indirectly, this cookie is set in websites that use Maxmind’s products; Morganlewis.com uses Maxmind’s geolocation feature to identify the nearest office to the user and display it on the Location page. This persistent cookie expires after one year.
TARGETING/ADVERTISING COOKIES
Third Party Cookies
Cookie name, source	Description
_stid Source: sharethis.com	This cookie contains a unique identifier that ShareThis uses to track the content you view and share. If you are in the US, this data can be shared with ShareThis’ advertising partners. This persistent cookie expires after one year.
__unam Source: sharethis.com	This cookie from ShareThis is used to define user sessions on websites associated with the ShareThis social sharing widget, which enables sharing of content across various social networks. From this cookie, the tool generates analytical data such as clicks and shares of a page. This persistent cookie expires after six months.
contently_insights_user Source: sharethis.com	This cookie from ShareThis is used to define user sessions on websites associated with the ShareThis social sharing widget, which enables sharing of content across various social networks. From this cookie, the tool generates analytical data such as clicks and shares of a page. This persistent cookie expires after three months.
GPS Source: youtube.com	Triggered by Youtube when playing a video, this cookie registers a unique alphanumeric ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on GPS location. This persistent cookie expires after six days.
YSC Source: youtube.com	This session cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video. It registers a unique alphanumeric ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Source: youtube.com	This cookie from YouTube measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. This persistent cookie expires after six months.
PREF Source: youtube.com	Triggered by Youtube when playing a video, this cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular, preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. This persistent cookie expires after eight months.
IDE; ID Source: doubleclick.net	This cookie is set by DoubleClick when YouTube videos are played. This cookie is used by YouTube and Google to build a profile of the viewer’s interests and to show relevant ads on other sites. This persistent cookie expires after three months.