Alaina Lancaster

February 21, 2020 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley of the Eastern District of California ruled that the page is a public forum and Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones violated the organizers' First Amendment rights when he blocked them in his capacity as a state actor.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

February 19, 2020 | The Recorder

The DOJ told the U.S. Supreme Court that computer code can be copyrighted under the Copyright Act in an amicus brief filed Wednesday.

By Alaina Lancaster | Ross Todd | Scott Graham

1 minute read

February 19, 2020 | The Recorder

In a departure from prior case law, California's Second District Court of Appeal ruled that baseball organizations have a higher duty of care to spectators after a 12-year-old was hit in the face by a foul ball.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

February 19, 2020 | Law.com

Employment lawyers are sharing their predictions for the future of California's mandatory arbitration law.

By Alaina Lancaster

8 minute read

February 18, 2020 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California said he'll deal with the discovery dispute, which plaintiffs counsel alleges has dragged on for nearly a year, at a pretrial conference.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

February 14, 2020 | The Recorder

The move provides closure to the five-year dispute between defunct fitness tracking company Jawbone and Fitbit and four workers who faced looming trials.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

February 13, 2020 | The Recorder

In a reversal from a prior decision against Google earlier this year, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that while a shelf or server rack could be considered a place of business, it's not enough to determine venue without the presence of an employee.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

February 12, 2020 | The Recorder

"The use of facilities for their intended purpose, without more, does not constitute an act of harassment simply because a person is transgender," wrote Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima.

By Alaina Lancaster

6 minute read

February 12, 2020 | Law.com

A federal judge issued a warning to both sides before greenlighting mass arbitration against a gig economy company.

By Alaina Lancaster

9 minute read

February 10, 2020 | The Recorder

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced its decision denying an en banc rehearing of a case that affirmed a preliminary injunction requiring a prison to provide an incarcerated trans woman sex-reassignment surgery. The dissenting judges criticized the lower court's decision to mandate "an evolving standard of care."

By Alaina Lancaster | Ross Todd

4 minute read