Alaina Lancaster

May 08, 2020 | The Recorder

Matthew Becker, of Becker Law Practice in Sacramento, said he plans to file other suits on behalf of nonessential businesses, noting that about 90% of the flood of inquiries he's gotten have come from members of the cosmetology industry.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

May 07, 2020 | The Recorder

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman criticized the State Bar of California after it moved forward with a motion for a temporary restraining order against LegalMatch, despite the company submitting its application to register as a lawyer referral service.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

May 06, 2020 | Law.com

The case could demonstrate the sometimes adversarial coexistence of copyrights and artificial intelligence.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

May 06, 2020 | Law.com

Foley Hoag is representing an interested party subpoenaning Twitter in an attempt to hold Myanmar accountable for genocide.

By Alaina Lancaster

9 minute read

May 05, 2020 | National Law Journal

"It has been decades since the Judiciary's judgeships needs were comprehensively addressed by Congress, and the pandemic has further highlighted the strain many courts are experiencing due to overwhelming caseloads and an inadequate number of judges," the administrative group wrote.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

May 05, 2020 | The Recorder

In a potentially ominous note for other gig economy companies, the government lawyers said they will be making sure that other companies are correctly classifying workers under California law.

By Ross Todd | Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

May 04, 2020 | The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Judge Daniel Bress said his colleagues' decision denying the federal government's motion to stay an injunction in a case over a presidential proclamation requiring certain migrants to enter the U.S. with an approved health plan is "yet the latest example of our court allowing a universal injunction of a clearly constitutional Executive Branch immigration policy."

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

May 01, 2020 | The Recorder

San Francisco Superior Judge Ethan Schulman denied a motion that would have reclassified Lyft drivers as employees, so that they can reap the state's paid sick leave, agreeing with a federal judge who found that such a ruling would jeopardize drivers' access to federal coronavirus relief.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

April 30, 2020 | The Recorder

"Defendants' readiness to sacrifice the privacy rights of the TikTok App's users is particularly troubling given their demographic makeup, which consists of many minor users," wrote lawyers from Hausfeld and Burns Charest in a class action complaint filed Thursday.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

April 30, 2020 | The Recorder

Access to all district locations will continue to be limited for at least another month.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read