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ICE Detention Is ‘Hell On Earth.’ Trump Has A Plan To Keep Even More People Locked Up. Immigration detention is not supposed to be punitive. But one man who spent 20 years in state prison told HuffPost the ICE detention facility he is currently in is worse.

This thorough must-read digs deep into the grim and inhumane conditions at ICE detention centers. Learn how we helped secure class certification and critical relief for more than 1,000 people detained at the California City ICE facility: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Law Firm Disrupted: The Ongoing 'Cloud' Over Big Law Amid the EO Fight | Law.com Larger firms are still hesitant to take up public interest litigation against the Trump administration and still reluctant to hire lawyers who have previously pursued Trump in investigations or court,...

John Keker spoke with The American Lawyer, weighing in on the DOJ’s renewed appeal defending Trump's executive orders targeting law firms calling it an effort to “continue to be a bully and intimidate the big firms." www.law.com/2026/03/06/l...

KVP partner Elliot Peters spoke with @kqednews.kqed.org about the sudden reversal of the Trump administration’s decision to abandon its defense of executive orders targeting law firms. Take a listen:

President Trump's Attack on Law Firms: One Year Later

"If they try and do it again, they're going to lose."

One year after the Trump administration launched its unprecedented attack on law firms and the rule of law, the Daily Journal revisits what has unfolded since, and Keker's early call to stand firm: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Kafka in court: San Francisco’s legal resistance takes on ICE detentions A series of wins showcase a coalition of nonprofits, pro bono lawyers, and others fighting mass deportation.

The SF Standard spotlights court rulings pushing back on DHS and ICE in the Bay Area, including three cases brought by Keker and nonprofit partners. Courts in SF, Oakland, and San Jose have issued dozens of orders limiting unlawful deportations and detention practices: sfstandard.com/2026/03/02/s...

Class-action settlement approved against Northern California bail bonds company “Our settlement ensures transparency, accountability, and fairness,” an attorney on the case said.

We’re happy to announce that a CA court has granted final approval of a landmark consumer class action settlement with Bad Boys Bail Bonds. The injunction bars Bad Boys from collecting tens of millions of dollars in illegally obtained debt: www.siliconvalley.com/2026/02/26/b...

We earned a "Litigator of the Week Shout-Out” for securing a preliminary injunction ordering adequate medical care for more than 1,000 people detained at the CA City ICE facility. KVP attorneys on the case are Steven Ragland, Cody Harris, Carlos Martinez, and Lisa Lu: www.law.com/litigationda...

Department of Homeland Security must provide 'constitutionally adequate healthcare' at ICE detention center, judge rules A federal judge also required an external monitor be appointed to ensure compliance, including through review of medical records and on-site inspection and interviews with patients and staff at the Ca...

LA Times: A federal judge this week ordered ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to provide "constitutionally adequate healthcare" to people detained in California's newest and largest immigration detention center.

Read - www.latimes.com/california/s...

Federal judge orders monitor to oversee California’s largest ICE detention center A federal judge ordered the appointment of an external monitor to oversee California’s largest immigration detention facility to ensure detainee’s constitutional rights are being met.

SF Chronicle: A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the appointment of an external monitor to oversee California’s largest immigration detention facility to ensure detainee’s constitutional rights, including to medical care, are being met.
Read - www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Keker, Van Nest & Peters, alongside the ACLU and Prison Law Office, has secured class certification and critical relief for more than 1,000 people detained at the CA City ICE facility: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

IRS Barred From Sharing Tax Data With ICE "The court didn't just stop future data sharing - it prohibits ICE, DHS, Secretary Noem, and all their agents from using or even viewing the taxpayer information already illegally received."

A federal judge has blocked the IRS from sharing taxpayer data with DHS and ICE, citing likely violations of confidentiality protections. The attorneys on the case include Sarah Salomon, Leo Lam, Laurie Carr Mims, Charlotte Kamai, Kelly M. Hernandez, and Leia Walker.
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KVP partner Cody Harris spoke with KQED about the firm's suit that seeks to improve draconian and cruel conditions at the California City ICE Detention Facility: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

VICTORY: A federal court has blocked ICE’s use of private tax-related data from the IRS!

The decision is a win for taxpayers nationwide who have weighed whether filing their taxes exposes them to potential ICE arrest, detention, and deportation.

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The Cruel Conditions of ICE’s Mojave Desert Detention Center How immigration authorities have weaponized medical neglect to encourage self-deportations.

Check out this in-depth New Yorker piece about the rampant medical neglect at the California City ICE Detention Facility. Our attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit seeking humane conditions and adequate medical care so that people detained there can survive. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Federal Judge Refuses to Stay Lawsuit Over Border Patrol Tactics

A judge has again refused to pause litigation challenging the Border Patrol’s brazenly unconstitutional stops and arrests in California’s Central Valley: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs| Law.com Runners-up this week include litigation teams from Robins Kaplan, Akin, Jackson Walker and McGuireWoods.

This week’s Litigators of the Week column gives a shout-out to Bailey Heaps and KVP for defeating IP and fraud claims tied to Vividion Therapeutics’ $2 billion sale to Bayer: www.law.com/litigationda...

KVP won a significant victory for our life sciences client in Delaware Chancery Court, which dismissed with prejudice Cardinal Partners’ claims against Vividion Therapeutics’ founding chemist stemming from the company’s $2 billion sale to Bayer: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

A courthouse arrest, a surprise pregnancy, and one family's shattered dreams "I can't go back to Colombia."

A Mother Jones feature on mass deportations contrasts one asylum seeker's arrest and removal to Colombia with legal efforts by Keker partner Erin Meyer that freed a second woman detained by ICE at the same time. Read the in-depth feature here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We are proud to announce the promotion of Victor Chiu, Deeva Shah, and Christine Zaleski to partner, and Niall Frizzell and Candice Nguyen to of counsel! Read more about them here: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Judge rejects DOJ's subpoena to Children's Hospital Colorado over transgender care The U.S. Department of Justice has suffered another setback in its efforts to subpoena providers of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in order to obtain patient information and details about...

We appreciate that a federal magistrate has rejected the DOJ's attempt to subpoena private patient medical records from our client Children's Hospital Colorado because of its improper purpose to pressure the pediatric hospital into ending legal transgender care. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

KQED Forum interviewed partner Cody Harris about ICE agreeing to provide immediate medical care for two individuals being held in the California City Detention Facility, after the individuals filed their petition for emergency relief. Listen 👇read more - www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Happy holidays from Keker, Van Nest & Peters!

Warmest holiday wishes from everyone at KVP. We are grateful for our community and connections we share! 💫

A Huge Sea Change: Federal Judge Blocks ICE's Immigrant Re-Detention Policy

A federal judge has blocked ICE's policy of re-arresting and re-detaining immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area, finding the government failed to justify a dramatic departure from decades of immigration enforcement practice: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

Federal Court Blocks Unlawful ICE Policy of Re-arresting Immigrants Without Legal Justification - ACLU of Norcal The court order provisionally certified the case as a class action

A federal district judge has put a stop to ICE’s cruel and unlawful practice of seizing people at courthouses in Northern and Central California when they show up for their immigration hearings. Learn more:

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Wrapping gifts and spreading holiday cheer 🎁
Keker attorneys and staff came together once again to support the Bar Association of San Francisco's Holiday Gift Program, donating and wrapping gifts for 75 children at two San Francisco schools, Wu Yee OMI and Wu Yee Scotia.

Learn why Judge William Alsup called Bob Van Nest’s questioning of an expert in Oracle v. Google one of the best moments of lawyering he has ever seen and a “brilliant, brilliant cross-examination.” www.keker.com/news/news-it...

'I am afraid that I might die here': ICE detainee fears 'imminent death' without lifesaving care, lawyers say In an emergency motion, attorneys asked a federal judge to order ICE to immediately provide lifesaving medical care to two detainees held at the California City Detention Facility.

Without basic medical care, detainees at the largest ICE detention center in CA are facing "imminent death." We, along with the ACLU, the Prison Law Office, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, are fighting to get them the care they need to survive: www.latimes.com/california/s...

KVP together with the ACLU asked a federal judge this week to halt ICE's "incredibly traumatizing" practice of re-arresting and re-detaining immigrants who are already complying with the law: www.keker.com/news/news-it...

California Groups Challenge Federal Shift on Immigration Detention Policy

KVP is challenging ICE's practice of re-arresting and re-detaining law-abiding immigrants who have been cleared by the government. We filed a federal class-action lawsuit with the ACLU arguing the Trump administration's unexplained reversal of longstanding policy: www.keker.com/news/news-it...