Reaghan represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including intellectual property cases and class actions. She has represented tech clients in patent litigation involving different technologies and industries in venues across the United States, including in the District Courts of Delaware, California, and Texas. She has also represented tech clients in class actions, including suits related to loot boxes in videogames, and has successfully defended against a putative nationwide consumer class action related to a destructive attack by third-party hackers on legacy hard drives.
Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Reaghan earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and her B.A. in political science from Georgia State University Honors College. While in law school, Reaghan served as a judicial extern to the Hon. Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and as a director for the Berkeley Anti-Trafficking Project.
We are defending Netflix against a 12-patent case Broadcom filed in the Central District of California. We successfully transferred the case to the Northern District of California, where it is pending before Judge James Donato. We successfully obtained rulings dismissing six of the patents as abstract under Alice, with an additional patent invalidated during inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB. We are also defending Netflix against a separate 5-patent case originally brought by Broadcom in the Eastern District of Texas. A three-judge Federal Circuit panel ordered the district court to transfer the case to the Northern District of California where it is now proceeding before Judge Edward Chen. After the transfer, the firm achieved a stay of all district court proceedings pending inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB.
In a win for civil rights amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a federal district court in California issued a preliminary injunction barring U.S. Border Patrol from using stop-and-arrest practices that violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution. Keker, Van Nest & Peters and the ACLU argued the successful motion on behalf of the United Farm Workers and plaintiffs. Read more