Alaina Lancaster

September 01, 2020 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock, sitting on the Ninth Circuit by designation from the District of Massachusetts, said California's AB5 is written in a way that makes it difficult for judges to do their jobs.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 31, 2020 | The Recorder

"We need to get over the idea that there must be 12 jurors in the box to conduct a state court civil trial," says Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Rob Shwarts.

By Rob Shwarts

7 minute read

August 31, 2020 | The Recorder

In a case originally defended by Kamala Harris, the court's chief justice dissented, arguing that the governor's powers did not grant him the power to concur with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to allow casino-style gaming on land taken into federal trust for an Indian Tribe.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 28, 2020 | The Recorder

A petition seeking to reverse Johnson's removal from California's Second District Court of Appeal asserts that the most egregious charges against the judge, who was accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women, do not meet the clear and convincing evidence standard.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 27, 2020 | The Recorder

White & Case and Hunton Andrews Kurth are representing Facebook in two suits against defendants in the U.K. and Belarus that aim to enforce the company's terms of service.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 26, 2020 | The Recorder

I was unfailingly impressed with how hard jurors worked and how desperately they tried to do the right thing. They aren't perfect—any more than the doctors and bridge-builders and airline pilots to whom we daily entrust our lives are perfect.

By William W. Bedsworth

9 minute read

August 26, 2020 | The Recorder

The financial institution tapped several Big Law heavy hitters for the appeal, including a Hogan & Lovells team led by Neal Katyal, as well as attorneys from K&L Gates; Munger, Tolles & Olson; and Proskauer Rose.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

August 26, 2020 | Law.com

One lawyer says the Chinese company is more likely to prevail on its due process claims than challenging the president's authority to issue certain orders.

By Alaina Lancaster

7 minute read

August 25, 2020 | The Recorder

The economic uncertainty created by COVID-19 has regulators like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement ramping up its efforts to identify and prevent fraud in the wake of COVID-19, says Hogan Lovells' Ann Kim and Jamie Hennelly.

By Ann C. Kim and Jamie Hennelly

4 minute read

August 24, 2020 | The Recorder

A panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that downloading the Uber app in an area where the company does not offer its wheelchair-accessible vehicle service is a futile gesture.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read