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Alaina Lancaster

Alaina Lancaster

Alaina Lancaster, based in San Francisco, covers disruptive trends and technologies shaping the future of law. She authors the weekly legal futurist newsletter What's Next. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @a_lancaster3

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June 10, 2020 | Law.com

What's Next: A Fight Over Surveillance Tech in a City Vowing to Reform Police + The 'Medical Gaslighting' of Black America + Punishing a Bad AI

Privacy advocates ask a judge to prohibit a California city's use of a controversial piece of surveillance equipment.

By Alaina Lancaster

12 minute read

June 09, 2020 | The Recorder

'Cynical Multimillion-Dollar Hoax': DOJ Charges Medical Tech Company With Fraud Amid COVID-19

Arrayit Corp. has been charged with the DOJ's first criminal securities fraud prosecution related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

June 04, 2020 | The Recorder

Judge Orders Trade Secrets Defendant to Stop Doing Business With Allegedly Stolen Clients

A federal judge in Sacramento granted a preliminary injunction brought by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's on behalf of ExamWorks, which will bar former employees of the medical exam provider from working with "100,000 potential customers" wrapped up in the trade secrets dispute.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

June 02, 2020 | National Law Journal

Mayer Brown Leads Legal Challenge to Trump's Executive Order Targeting Social Media Companies

The lawsuit claims the president's order violates the free speech protections of social media companies and its users.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

May 29, 2020 | The Recorder

Yuuup!: 'Storage Wars' Star David Hester Just Lost His Court Battle With Public Storage

In an opinion Friday, California's Fourth District Court of Appeal found that the reality TV personality now "finds himself at war with defendant Public Storage," but that Hester lost this most recent breach of contract battle with the global self-storage company.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

May 28, 2020 | The Recorder

BitClave to Refund Investors $25.5M in SEC Settlement

The agency said the San Jose cryptocurrency firm led an unregistered initial coin offering of its Consumer Activity Tokens.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

May 27, 2020 | The Recorder

LA Deputies Improperly Searched House for Drugs & Guns Using Administrative Warrant, 9th Circuit Rules

The split panel found the execution of the warrant was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment since the "primary purpose" was to gather information on a criminal case.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

May 27, 2020 | Law.com

What's Next: Does the AI Commission Care About Our Privacy? + Telehealth's Post-Pandemic Future + Uber Shaves Down Legal Team

Privacy might not be the top concern for a Congressionally appointed commission that could shape the future of AI law.

By Alaina Lancaster

8 minute read

May 22, 2020 | The Recorder

Gibson Dunn Helps Rachel Maddow Beat One America News Network Defamation Suit

"For her to exaggerate the facts and call OAN Russian propaganda was consistent with her tone up to that point, and the Court finds a reasonable viewer would not take the statement as factual given this context," U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant of the Southern District of California.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read