Alaina Lancaster

July 23, 2020 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge James Donato said the updated settlement seemed to address his concerns but asked attorneys to get creative to increase claims rates. The Northern District of California judge said "this could be a breakthrough moment" for developing a model for large settlements involving online entities.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

July 23, 2020 | The Recorder

As California COVID-19 cases continue to climb, the court has decided to limit the number of people allowed in a courtroom for criminal proceedings to 10 individuals.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

July 23, 2020 | The Recorder

If confirmed, San Diego Jones Day partner R. Shireen Matthews will be the first South Asian woman to join the Southern District of California bench.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

July 22, 2020 | The Recorder

"Let's be clear, the court and the California Bar have set us up for failure," says Shandyn Pierce, a 2020 graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law.

By Shandyn Pierce

7 minute read

July 22, 2020 | The Recorder

The lawsuit, filed by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, compares YouTube's handling of cryptocurrency scams that have used images of Wozniak, Bill Gates and Elon Musk to Twitter's response to last week's hack leveraging the accounts of high-profile users.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

July 22, 2020 | Law.com

Two judges appeared skeptical of privacy lawsuits targeting the social media giant.

By Alaina Lancaster

10 minute read

July 21, 2020 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said that she is "convinced that the size of the settlement fund is largely a function of the size of the settlement class, and 'not entirely attributable to class counsel's skill'" in an order Tuesday granting final approval of a class action settlement over Yahoo data breaches.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

July 20, 2020 | The Recorder

When it comes to patent due diligence, how do you know which experts to pull from the bench and who to leave on the sidelines?

By Chad Shear and Teresa Lavoie

7 minute read

July 20, 2020 | The Recorder

"I'm sitting in the ceremonial courtroom alone, and I look out and try to envision what a jury trial for three months would look like here, maybe 12 jurors and 5 alternates, maybe more," said U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, as parties in the federal case against Elizabeth Holmes work to pinpoint a trial date that's safe in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

July 17, 2020 | The Recorder

"The bar exam is not worth saving," says Susan Smith Bakhshian, a professor and director of bar programs at LMU Loyola Law School.

By Susan Smith Bakhshian

5 minute read