Alaina Lancaster

August 05, 2020 | Law.com

Facebook has been accused of not doing enough to prevent political misinformation, particularly around the coronavirus pandemic and mail-in voting fraud.

By Alaina Lancaster

8 minute read

August 04, 2020 | The Recorder

"I've seen this happen in 2008," said M.C. Sungaila, Buchalter's first official chair of its appellate practice. "My experience is that as long, as some kind of economic equilibrium or health is reached within a year or two of disruption, the appellate practice is generally not affected."

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 04, 2020 | The Recorder

"In some ways, while these decisions have all pushed LGBTQ rights forward, they have not gone far enough," says Boies Schiller Flexner's Joshua Schiller.

By Joshua Schiller

8 minute read

August 03, 2020 | The Recorder

"In general, California gets a bad rap as being hostile to business, but the true fact is we have a tremendous number of innovators here—both individuals and companies—and I am heartened to see the California Supreme Court appears to be taking an approach that is pro-innovation," said Stephen Newman at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in Los Angeles.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

July 31, 2020 | The Recorder

Fenwick & West's John McNelis shares his recipe for obtaining an autonomous vehicle testing permit and the extra legwork needed to obtain the permit to transport members of the public.

By John McNelis

6 minute read

July 31, 2020 | The Recorder

Dentons' Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair highlight steps that lawyers and law firms are taking to recognize and attempt to remedy inequities inherent in the practice of law.

By Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair

6 minute read

July 31, 2020 | The Recorder

"Today's charging announcement demonstrates that the elation of nefarious hacking into a secure environment for fun or profit will be short-lived," said U.S. Attorney David Anderson in a statement.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

July 30, 2020 | The Recorder

Maffick LLC claims Facebook falsely identified the social media company as state-controlled media, causing a 50% drop in monetization of its social media content.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

July 30, 2020 | The Recorder

"All it takes is a single activist to have a more optimistic view than the market and a belief that their ideas will help to close a perceived gap between price and value," write Sidley Austin's Derek Zaba and Kai Liekefett. "With this backdrop, general counsel and their legal teams would be wise to consider how prepared they are for activism in a COVID-19 world."

By Derek Zaba and Kai Liekefett

6 minute read

July 30, 2020 | The Recorder

Business owners and investors should understand the very real potential for an uptick in "business divorces" and may wish to examine their current positions with respect to their own partners, investors, businesses and investments, says Weinberg Gonser's Lee Weinberg.

By Lee Weinberg

8 minute read