1/9/2025
Keker attorneys Brook Dooley, Sara Fitzpatrick and Britta Kajimura analyze Thompson v. United States, a case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 14 that could add to the court’s recent line of cases narrowing the reach of statutes used to prosecute white-collar crime. Read more
12/20/2024
In an article for Law360, Keker attorneys Brook Dooley, Cody Gray, and Kayla Crowell analyze factors bearing on Trump’s ability to affect the U.S. Department of Justice’s day-to-day operations and preview for white-collar practitioners some of the administration’s likely enforcement priorities. Read more
09/06/2024
The 2025 edition of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America featured 13 KVP partners. Read more
06/05/2024
Attorney General Bonta and District Attorney Jenkins announce final judgments barring manufacturers and retailers from selling ghost guns in California. Read more
04/08/2024
Keker, Van Nest & Peters attorneys Brook Dooley and Sara Fitzpatrick discuss the ripple effects of the High Court's Jan. 6 Riot in a recent piece featured on Law360. Read more
03/19/2024
Brook Dooley and Hillary Irvin discuss the potential implications of the Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Diaz which centers on the interpretation of Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b). Read more
08/12/2022
Litigators at Keker, Van Nest & Peters land runners-up honors in the case they’re handling for the PGA Tour involving antitrust claims brought by suspended golfers who have joined the professional golf tour’s upstart rivals at the LIV Golf Invitational Series. Read more
08/09/2022
A federal judge in California ruled Tuesday that three golfers who joined Saudi-backed LIV Golf will not be able to compete in the PGA Tour’s postseason. Read more
January 21, 2022
This 2-day program, 1/24/22 and 1/25/22, qualifies for 6 hours of general CLE credit, 1 hour of ethics credit, and 1 hour of elimination of bias credit.
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August 18, 2021
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announces that the District Attorney’s Office has submitted for filing a civil prosecution action against three corporations that manufacture and distribute ghost guns throughout California. Keker, Van Nest & Peters, LLP and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence are co-counsel in this groundbreaking case. Read more
May 29, 2020
In an amicus brief filed by Keker, Van Nest & Peters, a group of two-dozen former federal judges are defending Judge Emmet Sullivan’s refusal to immediately approve the Justice Department’s bid to drop the prosecution of Michael Flynn. Read more
May 01, 2020
San Francisco Superior Judge Ethan Schulman denied a motion that would have reclassified Lyft drivers as employees, so that they can reap the state’s paid sick leave, agreeing with a federal judge who found that such a ruling would jeopardize drivers' access to federal coronavirus relief. Read more
May 01, 2020
A group of Lyft drivers in California lost their latest bid to convince a state court judge to immediately reclassify them as employees with paid sick leave to help fight the spread of Covid-19. Read more
March 20, 2020
Brook Dooley was quoted by Bloomberg in an article about U.S. Senators selling stocks after briefings on COVID-19 raising concerns for potential insider trading. Read more
September 23, 2019
This October, white collar lawyers should set their eyes on Kelly v. United States, the one white collar criminal matter the Supreme Court has currently agreed to hear.[1] The case stems from New Jersey’s Bridgegate affair, has headline-grabbing potential, and affords another opportunity for the court to consider the scope of the federal fraud statutes, a la McNally and Skilling. Read more
03/02/2015
Brook Dooley, Eric MacMichael, Matan Shacham and Katherine Lovett will cover the significant cases of 2014 and their impact. Read more
01/23/2015
Brook Dooley and Eric MacMichael's article highlights some of 2014’s key developments in white collar practice, along with cases to watch in 2015. Read more
07/08/2013
Brook Dooley and Matan Shacham provide an overview of Section 17(a), the key differences between Section 17(a) and Rule 10b-5, and significant unanswered questions regarding Section 17(a). Read more
03/13/2013
Brook Dooley and Eric MacMichael will discuss cases involving FCPA enforcement, antitrust, public corruption, intellectual property theft, insider trading, and securities enforcement in connection with the financial crisis. Read more
07/31/2012
Keker & Van Nest defeats the SEC in this high-profile case. Read more
02/14/2012
The New York Attorney General claimed Intel violated federal and state antitrust statutes by maintaining an illegal monopoly in the microprocessor market. Read more