05/19/2025
The California Senate passed a resolution today that honors Keker, Van Nest & Peters and other law firms for standing up to the Trump administration’s attacks on the legal system. Keker’s Managing Partner Laurie Carr Mims testified in support of the resolution. Read more
05/05/2025
A federal judge’s ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie could be an indicator for three other law firm cases, Keker, Van Nest & Peters Managing Partner Laurie Carr Mims told Law.com. Read more
04/28/2025
Keker, Van Nest & Peters Managing Partner Laurie Carr Mims and partner Ajay Krishan joined UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky for an event exploring the duty that lawyers and law firms have in protecting the rule of law, The Recorder reported. Read more
02/28/2025
Mims reflects on her experiences becoming a trial lawyer and partner and then leader at Keker, Van Nest & Peters. In her Q&A published in by ALM, she offers advice: "Ask questions, stay curious, and look for ways to help your firm grow and succeed. Dedicate yourself to more than just client work.” Read more
01/02/2025
In an article for Law360 Pulse, Managing Partner Laurie Carr Mims discusses expectations and priorities for Keker in 2025. Read more
09/06/2024
The 2025 edition of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America featured 13 KVP partners. Read more
08/15/2024
The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America featured 25 KVP attorneys. Read more
08/14/2024
Keker, Van Nest & Peters team – Laurie Carr Mims, Ben Rothstein, Candice Mai Khanh Nguyen, Melissa Cornell, and Catherine Porto – were featured by AmLaw for successfully securing a significant victory for their client InterMune against the company’s former CEO W. Scott Harkonen. Read more
03/01/2023
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, a boutique trial firm based in San Francisco, is delighted to announce the appointment of Laurie Carr Mims to Managing Partner. She succeeds Steven K. Taylor, who has served as Managing Partner of the firm since 2012 and who will continue to focus his law practice on high-stakes commercial and financial services litigation. Read more
July 22, 2022
Circumstantial evidence of misappropriation won't cut it in the absence of specificity, he rules in life sciences SaaS case. It's a win for Keker, Van Nest & Peters. Read more
July 22, 2022
Two Keker, Van Nest & Peters teams were named among The Am Law Litigation Daily's Litigators of the Week Runners-Up for their back-to-back trial wins. Read more
July 18, 2022
Veeva Systems Inc on Friday persuaded a judge to throw out a lawsuit by pharmaceutical software rival Medidata Solutions Inc alleging it stole trade secrets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, representatives for the companies said. Read more
September 02, 2021
Zosano Pharma Corp. has beaten claims that it lied to investors about the development of a migraine drug called Qtrypta, with a California federal judge finding that the shareholders did not show that company executives intentionally misled investors. Read more
April 09, 2020
Faced with a key witness expressing concerns about coming to court to testify during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in San Francisco has again postponed the resumption of a criminal trial against a Russian man accused of hacking Silicon Valley technology companies. Read more
March 02, 2020
Former shareholders of a Shire PLC merger partner told a Delaware vice chancellor Monday the company tried to put its own spin on contract terms in a $325 million merger agreement in an effort to avoid a $45 million post-merger "milestone" payment for an acquired drug prospect. Read more
September 16, 2019
The issues at stake in the case illustrate the growing importance of trade secrets protection to life sciences companies and the IP professionals who serve them. Read more
September 09, 2019
Genentech reaches a settlement agreement with JHL Biotech, which sees the latter cease development of biosimilars to Genentech’s products. Read more
September 09, 2019
Taiwan’s JHL Biotech has agreed to stop developing copycat versions of four Genentech biologics as part of a deal to end high-stakes trade secrets litigation. Read more
November 14, 2018
Laurie Mims recently participated in a Daily Journal roundtable discussing trends and important cases in securities law. Read more
May 11, 2018
Irish pharmaceutical company Shire PLC lost a bid Friday to shut down a Delaware Chancery Court contract breach suit demanding an overdue $45 million drug development “milestone” payment, filed by the post-merger representatives of the drug’s original owner. Read more
05/14/2015
Laurie Mims joined Keker & Van Nest in 2005 and became a partner in 2009. Read more
06/18/2014
With help from Michael Celio and Laurie Mims, Emeryville-based Amyris Inc. has shaken off a securities suit alleging executives misled the market about the company's success developing a plant-based fuel alternative. Read more
06/17/2014
Judge’s order overwhelmingly favors Amyris, plaintiff abandons case. Read more
03/26/2014
Michael Celio led the defense of a renewable energy company and its CEO. Read more
02/15/2014
Gun advocates claim the city's firearms ordinance was improperly approved and violates the Constitution. Read more
06/06/2013
Laurie Mims shares how partners should address their increased legal liability. Read more
05/29/2013
Laurie Mims will speak at the American Bar Association program. Read more
10/08/2012
Stuart Gasner and Laurie Mims represented Revance, a biotechnology company which develops next-generation dermatology products and therapeutic medicines, in a Delaware Chancery Court bench trial. Read more
May 2011
Seasoned trial litigators will provide practical tools for effectively litigating in federal court. Read more
05/03/2011
Laurie Mims will moderate this panel, which features Sharif Jacob and other young practitioners. Read more
03/25/2011
The Honorable Isabella Horton Grant (Ret.) will be presented with the 2011 Rose Bird Memorial Award. Read more
01/05/2009
Laurie Mims is featured in the Recorder's piece on the attorneys who were elevated to partner in 2009. Read more
October 16, 2006
It took two tossed convictions and almost 10 years, but James Mar finally walked freely out of a Kern County jail last month Read more