Niharika Sachdeva represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Her cases are highly complex and technical, spanning a range of industries, including banking, finance, healthcare, and life sciences, as well as state, national, and international regulatory schemes.
Most recently, she was part of a trial team that won a defense verdict for Sutter Health in defeating a $500 million qui tam action related to charges for health care services. The case was named a Top Defense Verdict of 2024 in California by the Daily Journal. She also successfully defended the Scripps Research Institute and two award-winning chemists in a lawsuit brought by a venture capital firm partner, winning a complete victory on summary judgment.
Before joining the firm, Niharika served as a judicial clerk for Judge William Shubb of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. She earned her law degree from the University of California, Davis, Law School, where 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. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon with a double major in political science and journalism.
Cases of Note
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SVB Financial Trust v. FDIC
We represent SVB Financial Trust in a lawsuit that seeks the return of deposit funds held by the FDIC in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank closure.
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District Council #16 v. Sutter Health et al.
We represented Sutter Health in class action litigation alleging Unfair Competition Law claims related to charges for anesthesia services. After aggressively litigating the case, we negotiated a favorable settlement on…
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California ex rel. Duncan et al. v. Sutter Health et al.
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…
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T.H. v. FCI Dublin and U.S. Bureau of Prisons
We petitioned for our client's compassionate release from the women's correctional facility in Dublin, Calif. Investigations uncovered rampant sexual abuse by corrections officers and resulted in at least nine convictions,…
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Clarke v. Yu
We defended The Scripps Research Institute and two award-winning chemists against a lawsuit brought by a venture capital firm partner who alleged he had entered into an oral joint venture…
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Daedalus Prime v. Google
We are defending Google against a five-patent case brought by Daedalus Prime in the Western District of Texas targeting alleged power-management functionalities in Google’s Tensor system-on-chip products and Axion processors.
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In re: SKAT Tax Refund Litigation
We represented a former law firm partner in settling a fraud action brought by the government of Denmark in the Southern District of New York. The case involved claims that…
News & Events
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Keker, Van Nest & Peters Win for Sutter Health Included Among California’s Top Verdicts
The Daily Journal has named Keker, Van Nest & Peters’s trial win for Sutter Health among the 2024 Top Verdicts in California.
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Law360 Trials Group Of The Year: Keker, Van Nest & Peters
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.
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Three Keker Attorneys Selected for Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs
Franco Muzzio, Imara McMillan, and Niharika Sachdeva are selected as Keker, Van Nest & Peters 2025 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinders.
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Shout-Out: Keker Trial Team Scores Victory for Scripps Research Institute and Two Scientists
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.
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Sutter Health Wins Trial Over $519M Double-Billing Claims
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 preven…
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