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4.02.26
Colleen Bal Honored Among Daily Journal’s 2026 Leading Commercial Litigators
On April 1, 2026, litigation partner Colleen Bal was featured in Daily Journal’s special supplement of "Leading Commercial Litigators 2026." The accompanying profile highlights Colleen’s track record of jury trial victories at Wilson Sonsini, spotlighting her recent trial win for Google and victory for Guardian Innovative Solutions (GIS).
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2.25.26
Firm-Led Google Victory Named Among Daily Journal's "Top Verdicts of 2025"
On February 25, 2026, Daily Journal recognized the case ReactX LLC v. Google LLC, led by Wilson Sonsini, among the "Top Verdicts of 2025." The annual list highlights California's top verdicts based on dollar amounts, impact, defense victories, and appellate reversals.
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9.05.25
2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America Recognizes Wilson Sonsini Attorneys
On September 5, 2025, Lawdragon named 32 Wilson Sonsini attorneys to its 2026 edition of Leading Litigators in America. The lawyers featured in the guide represent the best litigators in the U.S. in antitrust, intellectual property, white collar and investigations, securities and corporate governance litigation, and a vast array of class actions, product liability, and other complex civil litigation.
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6.18.25
Wilson Sonsini’s Colleen Bal and John Flynn Named “Litigators of the Week” by The American Lawyer for Google Victory
Partners Colleen Bal and John Flynn were named “Litigators of the Week” by The Am Law Litigation Daily for leading a Wilson Sonsini trial team to a complete defense verdict for Google in ReactX v. Google LLC, a $1.3 billion dispute over digital advertising technology. ReactX claimed Google misused its confidential ad tech, but Colleen, John, and the Wilson Sonsini team successfully demonstrated that Google had independently developed its technology and owed no damages.
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6.12.25
Wilson Sonsini Secures Jury Trial Victory for Google in Case Alleging Misuse of Advertising Technology
On June 10, 2025, Wilson Sonsini secured a complete defense verdict from a Los Angeles jury in ReactX LLC v. Google LLC. ReactX sought $1.3 billion in damages, alleging that Google breached a series of contracts by misusing ReactX’s confidential technology to build two of Google’s most successful digital advertising products. ReactX originally brought the case as one for trade secret misappropriation, but just two weeks before trial, it voluntarily dismissed its trade secret cause of action. The court further trimmed ReactX’s lawsuit in response to nonsuit motions brought by Wilson Sonsini, ruling that Google was bound by only one of the contracts asserted by ReactX and dismissing ReactX’s cause of action for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. After a six-week trial featuring 17 witnesses, the jury completely vindicated Google on ReactX’s remaining cause of action for breach of contract.
The Wilson Sonsini team representing Google in the matter was led by partners Colleen Bal, John Flynn, Tait Graves, Josh Baskin, and Lucy Yen, and included Andrew Alderette, Stephanie Cheng, Kayla Dessel, Katherine Ericson, Celine Liu, Sachli Nayeri, Courtney Reed, Matt Donohue, Doug Brockmeier, Sissel Browder, Shannon Hill, and Pamela Sandillo.
The Wilson Sonsini team representing Google in the matter was led by partners Colleen Bal, John Flynn, Tait Graves, Josh Baskin, and Lucy Yen, and included Andrew Alderette, Stephanie Cheng, Kayla Dessel, Katherine Ericson, Celine Liu, Sachli Nayeri, Courtney Reed, Matt Donohue, Doug Brockmeier, Sissel Browder, Shannon Hill, and Pamela Sandillo.
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5.02.25
Wilson Sonsini Attorneys Named to 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers Guide
On May 2, 2025, Lawdragon released the second edition of its Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers guide, recognizing world leaders in privacy, data, security, and incident response, as well as the deals and lawsuits that revolve around all things cyber. The Wilson Sonsini attorneys named to the list included:
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4.26.24
Wilson Sonsini Attorneys Honored in 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers Guide
On April 26, 2024, Lawdragon named 15 Wilson Sonsini attorneys to its inaugural edition of 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers. The core of this guide are the privacy and data security specialists who began forming this practice well over a decade ago as companies experienced data breaches and attorneys scurried to become designated as privacy specialists. To create this list, Lawdragon weighed nominations, independent research, and views of peers. The guide is 39 percent female and 19 percent inclusive.
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3.07.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises C4T on Strategic Discovery Research Collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
On March 4, 2024, C4 Therapeutics (C4T), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing targeted protein degradation science, announced that it has entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, which operates its healthcare business as EMD Serono in the U.S. and Canada, to exclusively discover two targeted protein degraders from C4T's internal discovery pipeline. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised C4T on the transaction.
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4.15.22
Wilson Sonsini Wins Jury Trial for Rex Real Estate Exchange, Inc. in Trademark Infringement Action
On April 13, 2022, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati attorneys won a directed verdict on all claims for client Rex Real Estate Exchange, Inc., in an action for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition brought against it by plaintiff Rex Real Estate I, LP. The plaintiff alleged infringement of its federally registered trademarks for “REX,” “REX REAL ESTATE,” and a “REX REAL ESTATE” logo, and sought $49 million in damages and an injunction. Judge Robert Pitman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued his decision on the fourth day of the week-long jury trial, ruling that no reasonable jury could find for plaintiff Rex Real Estate on infringement or damages.
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12.13.21
Firm Secures Jury Trial Victory for Guardian Innovative Solutions
A Wilson Sonsini team representing plaintiff Guardian Innovative Solutions (GIS) recently obtained a jury trial victory against Guardian Protection Products in a case involving dueling allegations of breaches of contract, tortious interference, and various statutory violations relating to the parties’ decades-long distribution relationship. On December 10, 2021, a jury in federal district court in Fresno, California, found Guardian liable to GIS for wrongfully terminating GIS’s business and stealing it for itself, and rejected Guardian’s claims that GIS’s breaches of noncompete obligations excused Guardian’s misconduct.
The victory is a culmination of several years of effort, including a first trial that was undermined by faulty pretrial rulings, a successful Ninth Circuit appeal of those rulings, COVID delays, and the recent hard-fought jury trial. The team secured a $6 million verdict and will be seeking prevailing party attorney fees.
The Wilson Sonsini trial team that represented GIS included Colleen Bal, John Flynn, Dylan Liddiard, Jason Mollick, and Josh Baskin, with assistance from Pamela Sandillo, Delilah Crim, Lorri Nicolini, and Albert Garcia.
The victory is a culmination of several years of effort, including a first trial that was undermined by faulty pretrial rulings, a successful Ninth Circuit appeal of those rulings, COVID delays, and the recent hard-fought jury trial. The team secured a $6 million verdict and will be seeking prevailing party attorney fees.
The Wilson Sonsini trial team that represented GIS included Colleen Bal, John Flynn, Dylan Liddiard, Jason Mollick, and Josh Baskin, with assistance from Pamela Sandillo, Delilah Crim, Lorri Nicolini, and Albert Garcia.
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1.15.19
Firm Obtains Appeal Victory for Disabled Iraq War Veteran
A disabled Iraq war veteran will soon receive expanded government benefits thanks to a four-year effort by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati that resulted in a favorable ruling by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).