Sarah Salomon represents clients in high stakes commercial litigation. Sarah has worked on a wide variety of successful trial teams, including two complicated arbitrations, one for a large tech client, and the other for a law firm alleging trade secret misappropriation. Her experience includes trade secret cases involving employee mobility, commercial disputes implicating federal export law, and civil rights actions.
Sarah is currently defending OpenAI in consolidated copyright lawsuits — including putative class action claims — that will establish the boundaries of copyright fair use as applied to generative AI. Sarah has worked in house on secondment to a large Silicon Valley-based tech company; during her tenure she directed litigation strategy and supervised outside counsel for more than 30 lawsuits. She is also representing Major League Baseball in high-stakes litigation with one of its ticketing partners.
Sarah was part of a team representing 270 consolidated habeas petitioners against the warden of San Quentin and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation after an unprecedented Covid-19 outbreak resulted in 2,197 prisoners infected and 28 deaths. In its order, the court found numerous constitutional violations and wrote CDCR and the Warden caused “the worst epidemiological disaster in California correctional history.”
Sarah also helped secure the freedom of Zavion Johnson, who spent nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder.
Cases of Note
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OpenAI Copyright Cases
OpenAI tapped Keker as lead trial counsel in a series of copyright lawsuits that will establish the boundaries of copyright fair use as applied to generative AI. The cases include…
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CEDC v. Bessent
We represent taxpayer and immigrant advocates in filing suit against the government to halt ICE from accessing protected taxpayer data. The court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting ICE and DHS…
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Wilbur P.G. v. USA
We represented three immigrant families intentionally separated by the Trump Administration in 2018. Asserting novel claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act, we vigorously pursued the case until the eve…
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Harkins v. Major League Baseball
We successfully resolved a defamation and false light case filed against MLB and the Los Angeles Angels. An investigation revealed that Plaintiff Brian “Bubba” Harkins made and supplied a foreign…
News & Events
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1st Circ. Skeptical Of Legal Basis For IRS-ICE Data Sharing
A First Circuit panel appeared skeptical and questioned the Trump administration’s legal basis for obtaining taxpayer addresses from the IRS for immigration enforcement, Law360 reports. The government is appeal…
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Keker Represents United Auburn Indian Community in Vallejo Casino Dispute
California tribes, including United Auburn Indian Community represented by Keker, Van Nest & Peters, urged a federal judge to reject the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ bid to restore a federal determinatio…
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Immigrant and Taxpayer Advocates Demand Full Answers on Federal Agencies’ Unlawful Transfers of Protected Data
Taxpayer and immigrants’ rights advocates filed new motions in their lawsuit Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts et al. v. Bessent et al., which challenges the federal agencies’ …
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IRS Barred From Sharing Tax Data With ICE
In a win for immigrants’ rights advocates, a federal judge in Massachusetts blocked the IRS and Treasury Department from sharing taxpayer data and address information with the Department of Homeland Security an…
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Keker Joins ABA in Celebrating Pro Bono Work
At Keker, Van Nest & Peters, pro bono work is an integral part of our firm. From challenging illegal mass deportation tactics, to pushing for criminal justice reform, to fighting for the rights of individuals a…
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Taxpayer and Immigrant Advocates Sue ICE, IRS, and Social Security Administration to Stop Information Sharing
Taxpayer and immigrants’ rights advocates today filed a lawsuit asking for a block of the receipt and use of tax-related data by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from both the Internal Revenue Service …
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Clay Award Honors Landmark Settlements for Families Separated by Trump-Era Policy
In a landmark legal victory, three immigrant families have secured sizable settlements from the U.S. government for trauma suffered during family separations at the southern border in 2018. The settlement, anno…
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Keker, Van Nest & Peters Promotes New Partner and Of Counsel
Keker, Van Nest & Peters is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated of counsel Sarah Salomon to partner and associate Jason George to of counsel, effective January 1, 2025.
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Keker, Van Nest & Peters Elevates Ed Bayley to Partner, Sarah Salomon Rejoins as Of Counsel
Keker, Van Nest & Peters is pleased to announce that the firm elevated former Of Counsel Ed Bayley to its partnership effective July 1, 2023. The firm has also welcomed as Of Counsel Sarah Salomon, who returned…
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Publications and Presentations
- “Pro Bono for In-House Counsel,” Keker, Van Nest & Peters CLE Annual Workshop, March 2026
- “Does Your Boss Own Your Brain?” Today’s General Counsel, 2018, co-authored with Warren Braunig