Keker, Van Nest & Peters partners Jamie Slaughter and Adam Lauridsen led a team that successfully defended Electronic Arts Inc. against class action claims from retired NFL players arguing that the company used their likenesses in the Madden NFL video game franchise. Robert Van Nest, Matthew Werdegar, Gene Paige and Matthias Kamber defended Google against trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement claims related to its Project Loon, which uses balloons in the stratosphere to provide wireless services. Paven Malhotra and Ryan Wong won a ruling at the Alabama Supreme Court for Facebook limiting the circumstances where courts can assert jurisdiction over internet companies for their content moderation decisions. And the firm represented Google in arbitration against former autonomous car chief Anthony Levandowski and the co-founder of Otto, the company he sold to Uber. Uber’s IPO filings indicate that Google won a $128 million award in the arbitration—an award pending confirmation in California state court.

That slate of cases landed Keker as one of six finalists for the Tech Litigation Department of the Year as part of The Recorder’s California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards. The winner will be announced at a ceremony celebrating all winners and finalists Nov. 6. Managing partner Steven Taylor recently discussed how the San Francisco litigation boutique is keeping up with changing trends in the market for litigation services.

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