An Alameda County jury handed Keker & Van Nest and semiconductor giant TSMC a clear victory in a hard-fought trade secrets trial. The jury found that rival semiconductor manufacturer SMIC misappropriated trade secrets and broke a 2005 settlement between the two companies by continuing to use the information. The case will now proceed to the damages phase, at which Keker & Van Nest lawyers could ask for as much as $2 billion.
At trial, the Keker lawyers,
led by San Francisco partner
Jeffrey Chanin, riffed on
the very simple theme that
SMIC was a thief. Chanin
compared the company to a
masked robber during closing
arguments last week.
“It was compelling because
it was true,” Chanin said
At trial, the Keker lawyers,
led by San Francisco partner
Jeffrey Chanin, riffed on
the very simple theme that
SMIC was a thief. Chanin
compared the company to a
masked robber during closing
arguments last week.
“It was compelling because
it was true,” Chanin said
At trial, the Keker & Van Nest lawyers, led by San Francisco partner Jeffrey Chanin, riffed on the very simple theme that SMIC was a thief. Chanin compared the company to a masked robber during closing arguments last week.
“It was compelling because it was true,” Chanin said.