Alaina Lancaster

July 02, 2020 | The Recorder

The class action complaint asks the Northern District of California to require YouTube to open up its Content ID copyright identification tool to everyone.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

July 01, 2020 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh issued specific guidelines on adding new law firms to the litigation after pushing back on attorney billing in major class action cases over the last couple years.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

July 01, 2020 | Law.com

A lawsuit filed by Robins Kaplan claims Plaid has violated the privacy rights of millions of consumers.

By Alaina Lancaster

8 minute read

June 30, 2020 | The Recorder

Although lawsuits are a certainty, liability is not. Any lawsuit seeking damages for COVID-19 injuries must surmount several procedural and substantive legal hurdles, says Alston & Bird's Matt Wickersham.

By Matt Wickersham

7 minute read

June 29, 2020 | The Recorder

"Ordinarily we would defend a citizen's right to engage in self-destructive behavior. But this is about more than any one person—defying the mask order is bad for everyone," write Stephen M. Duvernay and Brandon V. Stracener of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law.

By Stephen M. Duvernay and Brandon V. Stracener

6 minute read

June 29, 2020 | The Recorder

After the death of its founder Novato-based Professional Financial Investors Inc. requested an SEC investigation into potential misconduct. In a letter to its more than 1,500 investors June 28, the company's chief restructuring officer confirmed three decades of serious misconduct.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

June 29, 2020 | The Recorder

"Plaintiff's boyfriend was repeatedly struck with hands, feet and batons," wrote Tofer & Associates attorney James Doyle and Jamir Davis of the J. Davis Law Firm. "He was thrown to the ground and was forced to use his hands to protect his head and neck areas, as the baton blows would have likely resulted in death."

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

June 26, 2020 | The Recorder

Dowling & Marquez in San Francisco is representing real estate investors who claim the sidewalks in the neighborhood during the COVID-19 outbreak have become "unsanitary, unsafe and often impassable."

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

June 25, 2020 | The Recorder

"If consumers don't know that Plaid exists, they certainly cannot consent to Plaid taking their data," wrote attorneys from Robins Kaplan in a lawsuit alleging that Plaid Inc. illegally tracks millions of consumers' financial data.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

June 24, 2020 | The Recorder

"We've seen enough to make it difficult to shock us. But not, as it turns out, impossible," the panel said in overturning a trial judge's sentence.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read