Niharika Sachdeva represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Prior to joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Niharika served as a judicial clerk for Judge William Shubb of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. She earned a J.D. from the University of California, Davis, Law School. She also earned a B.A. in political science and a B.S. in journalism with a focus in public relations from the University of Oregon, Robert D. Clark Honors College. While in law school, she served as a judicial extern for Associate Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court and as a law clerk in the Family Protection Clinic representing survivors in Title IX proceedings. She formerly served as a volunteer coordinator intern for the Eugene Community Court and as a field organizer for the Democratic Party of Lane County.
We represented Sutter Health in defeating a qui tam action alleging violation of California's Insurance Frauds Prevention Act in a case related to charges for health care services. Following a seven-week bench trial, we obtained a complete victory. The judge ruled that there was no fraud, that Sutter charged for recovery room care that was “medically ordered, appropriate, and supervised,” and that Sutter’s charges were consistent with standard industry billing practices.
Am Law Litigation Daily gave a shout-out to a Keker trial team for defeating a lawsuit brought by venture capitalist John Carke against The Scripps Research Institute and two award-winning chemists. Read more
A California state judge has handed Sutter Health a win following a weeks-long bench trial last year over a whistleblower's claims that the nonprofit hospital network violated the state's insurance fraud prevention statutes. Read more