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3.06.26
Firm Obtains Complete Jury Victory for Cyntec in Patent Validity Trial
On March 5, 2026, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati secured a complete jury victory in a patent invalidity trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of firm client Cyntec Company, Ltd. Rejecting defendant Chilisin’s arguments on obviousness, the jury found that all asserted claims of Cyntec’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,922,312 and 9,481,037 were valid. Wilson Sonsini also represented Cyntec in a previous jury trial which had found that Chilisin willfully infringed both patents and imposed a 5 percent royalty.
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7.17.25
Matt Macdonald Named Among LABJ's Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Attorneys 2025
On July 14, 2025, Wilson Sonsini litigation partner Matt Macdonald was honored among Los Angeles Business Journal's "Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Attorneys 2025." The special supplement recognizes the very best litigators and trial attorneys in the region.
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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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5.13.25
Wilson Sonsini Secures Second Circuit Victory for RWE Clean Energy
On May 13, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit summarily affirmed a trial decision dismissing a $70 million claim against RWE Clean Energy involving the construction of the Cassadaga project, a wind farm in upstate New York.
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2.04.25
Wilson Sonsini Secures Complete Jury Trial Victory for Via Transportation
On January 30, 2025, firm client and microtransit leader Via won a complete victory against its competitor, RideCo, following a seven-day jury trial and years of litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. After less than 3 hours of deliberation, the jury found that RideCo infringed three of Via’s patents on its virtual bus stop technology (U.S. Patent Nos. 9,562,785, 9,816,824, and 10,197,411) and ordered RideCo to pay damages, with total pretrial and ongoing damages to be determined. Via also prevailed against RideCo’s counterclaims, with the jury finding that Via did not infringe either of RideCo’s two asserted patents.
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11.04.24
Wilson Sonsini Secures Total Victory for Inhibrx Biosciences in Trade Secret Misappropriation Trial
On November 1, 2024, a federal jury in Delaware unanimously returned a verdict for Wilson Sonsini clients Inhibrx Biosciences and Dr. Brendan Eckelman. Inhibrx and its co-founder, Dr. Eckelman, are at the forefront of developing innovative therapies to combat cancer using the body’s own immune system. Their novel antibodies aim to both inhibit tumor growth and stimulate immune response.
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8.23.24
Wilson Sonsini Secures Complete Victory for Scale Computing in Patent Infringement Trial
On August 22, 2024, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati secured a complete jury victory in a patent infringement trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on behalf of firm client Scale Computing, Inc. Following a four-day trial, the jury unanimously found that Scale Computing’s accused products, including the Scale Computing Platform and its Scale Computing Reliable Independent Block Engine (SCRIBE), did not directly or indirectly infringe DataCore Software Corp.’s data storage patent (U.S. Patent No. 9,344,235). The jury also found all of DataCore’s asserted claims invalid as anticipated by the prior art.
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3.05.24
Moe Fodeman Inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Moe Fodeman has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), one of the premier legal associations in North America. The induction ceremony took place before an audience of approximately 625 during the ACTL’s recent Spring Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
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12.14.23
Wilson Sonsini Obtains Dismissal at Trial of Claims Against RWE
On December 14, 2023, Judge Jennifer Rochon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed claims brought against Wilson Sonsini client RWE, a renewable energy company, following a five-day bench trial.
RWE and its predecessor, Innogy, were sued in a contract dispute arising out of RWE’s acquisition of renewable energy projects, including a wind farm in western New York known as the Cassadaga Project. The plaintiffs sought approximately $70 million in damages.
RWE and its predecessor, Innogy, were sued in a contract dispute arising out of RWE’s acquisition of renewable energy projects, including a wind farm in western New York known as the Cassadaga Project. The plaintiffs sought approximately $70 million in damages.
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4.24.23
Wilson Sonsini Trial Team Honored with 2023 CLAY Awards
On April 12, 2023, Wilson Sonsini partners Luis Li and Eric Tuttle were selected as recipients of the Daily Journal's 2023 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Awards for representing Vanessa Bryant in the widely watched federal civil rights trial against the County of Los Angeles. The CLAY Awards recognize California attorneys across many fields of law whose work made a significant impact during the previous year. The special profile details the events leading up to and major turns in the trial and, finally, the settlement of the case and related claims in February for $28.85 million.
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8.16.22
Wilson Sonsini Adds Former Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou to Fast-Growing Litigation Department
Christopher (Chris) Chiou has joined Wilson Sonsini's litigation department as a partner in the Los Angeles office. He joins the firm’s expanding trial and commercial litigation practices after serving as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada.