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And to end the week, Google hired the high-profile San Francisco law firm Keker & Van Nest on Friday, to represent it in an impending courtroom battle with Microsoft. Keker & Van Nest, led by ex-Marine John Keker, has defended such controversial clients as Wall Street banker Frank Quattrone and former Enron executive Andrew Fastow. Google was sued last month by Microsoft after it hired one of the Redmond, Wash., company's former top executives to open a research laboratory in China.

The Microsoft lawsuit, filed in King County, Wash., Superior Court, alleges that Google helped ex-Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee violate a non-compete agreement with Microsoft. Keker & Van Nest will work with another law firm, Dorsey & Whitney, on the case. Google also recently filed its own lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court arguing that Microsoft's attempt to enforce the "covenant not to compete" provision in the contract violates California law. By hiring Keker & Van Nest, legal experts say, Google has signed up one of the most respected law firms in the country. "I feel sorry for Microsoft," said San Francisco lawyer Jim Collins. "If you want to hire a firm that is going to do a job better than any law firm in the country, you go to Keker & Van Nest."

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