Emily Hasselberg represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation, including intellectual property, contract, and employment disputes. She was on the trial team that obtained a verdict on behalf of 10X Genomics in a two-week trial against 1CellBio, Inc. in Massachusetts state court. In another trial, she helped obtain a complete defense verdict in a highly technical fraud case between two Silicon Valley companies. She helped successfully defend Netflix against Broadcom's multi-billion-dollar, multi-patent campaign targeting video streaming technologies.
Before joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Emily served as a law clerk to Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Emily earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and graduated from Harvard College cum laude with an A.B. in Psychology and a secondary in Government.
We represented secure networking company Fortinet, winning a complete defense verdict after a four-week jury trial in Santa Clara Superior Court where plaintiff Alorica sought compensatory damages of more than $200 million, plus additional enhancements for punitive damages. The jury found that Fortinet was not liable on Alorica’s claims of fraud and breach of warranty. KVP was retained a few months before the trial date, and in short order the defense team obtained several favorable pretrial rulings. Prior to the jury verdict, the KVP team also obtained directed verdicts on punitive damages and plaintiff’s largest claim for compensatory damages.
Representing 10X Genomics, an innovative biotech company that has revolutionized the analysis of biological samples, we won a declaratory judgment trial in Massachusetts state court that preserved 10X’s exclusive license to a key biotech patent it had licensed from Harvard University.
We defended Netflix against a 12-patent case Broadcom filed in the Central District of California. After transferring the case to the Northern District of California, we successfully invalidated 9 patents in the district court or through inter partes review. Broadcom agreed to dismiss the remaining three patents, and the Court entered judgment in favor of Netflix.
Keker, Van Nest & Peters partners Bob Van Nest, Sharif Jacob, Sophie Hood and Ryan Wong reflect on the firm’s biggest trial wins which earned its place among Law360’s 2024 Trials Groups of the Year. Read more