Alaina Lancaster

August 19, 2020 | The Recorder

"Amazon drivers have been essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic, and it is shameful that the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, has been able to get away with not properly paying the drivers for all of their time and depriving them of all employment protections through their misclassification as independent contractors," said lead plaintiffs counsel Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

August 19, 2020 | Law.com

As calls for greater police transparency grow louder, some states are pushing through legislation to open up police misconduct records.

By Alaina Lancaster

10 minute read

August 18, 2020 | The Recorder

For the educator who wishes to develop his or her own lesson plan and course materials, careful compliance with the TEACH Act is the safest route to avoiding copyright problems, says Rollin Ransom, the managing partner of Sidley Austin's Los Angeles office.

By Rollin A. Ransom

6 minute read

August 17, 2020 | The Recorder

The class action complaint comes on the heels of Epic Games' lawsuits against Apple and Google after the companies removed online game Fortnite from their app marketplaces.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 14, 2020 | The Recorder

For those doing business with financially troubled companies, questions regarding whether and how to continue doing business with them will necessarily arise, wrote Farella Braun + Martel's Gary Kaplan and Janice Reicher.

By Gary Kaplan and Janice Reicher

6 minute read

August 14, 2020 | The Recorder

The continued widespread business uncertainty caused by COVID-19 and the associated higher market volatility provide a fertile environment for event-driven securities litigation, says Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's Stephen Blake.

By Stephen Blake

7 minute read

August 13, 2020 | The Recorder

The antitrust suit filed by attorneys from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, claims Apple "is flexing its enormous power in order to impose unreasonable restraints and unlawfully maintain its 100% monopoly over the iOS In-App Payment Processing Market."

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

August 13, 2020 | The Recorder

The delivery service is the latest gig economy company facing an injunction brought by California officials to reclassify workers as employees.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 13, 2020 | The Recorder

The court decided the case was not the right vehicle to determine whether social media companies such as Facebook violate criminal defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights when they refuse to comply with subpoenas for users' communications.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

August 12, 2020 | The Recorder

The court largely denied local governments' petitions to review FCC orders limiting their authority to regulate 5G infrastructure.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read