Alaina Lancaster

February 04, 2020 | The Recorder

Customers whose information was sold on the dark web after malware infected retailer Hanna Andersson's Salesforce e-commerce platform will face "a lifetime risk of identity theft," according to a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

February 04, 2020 | Legaltech News

Lex Machina's Legal Analytics platform is entering Los Angeles Superior Court and Texas' Harris County District Court and Harris County Court. However, the company doesn't plan to stop there.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

January 31, 2020 | The Recorder

The delay in the trial that was set to push off Friday in California state court in Contra Costa County marks the second time in as many weeks that a court has put the brakes on a scheduled trial to allow Bayer to pursue a comprehensive settlement in cases accusing the herbicide Roundup of causing cancer.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

January 29, 2020 | The Recorder

Facebook chief financial officer Dave Wehner announced the proposed deal in an earnings call with financial analysts. Plaintiffs lawyer Jay Edelson, who was helping lead the lawsuits brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, confirmed the amount and said lawyers hope to present the settlement to the court "in the coming weeks."

By Ross Todd | Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

January 27, 2020 | The Recorder

A probation department's warrantless searches of a high school boy's electronic devices are "appropriately tailored" given that he used his cellphone for extortion and to store child pornography, ruled California's Sixth District Court of Appeal.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

January 24, 2020 | The Recorder

Covington & Burling's Douglas Sprague, the former head of the white-collar crime unit in San Francisco's U.S. Attorney's Office, is representing Airbnb in its dispute with Harvey Hernandez and the Miami-based real estate developer's company NGD Homesharing over $11 million in capital supplied to help bolster short-term rental offerings in urban markets.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

January 22, 2020 | The Recorder

Apium alleges that Aquabotix Technology Corp. refuses to pay royalties on a swarming ocean vehicle the companies developed together.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

January 22, 2020 | Law.com

Chief District Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District of California has had little precedent to lean on while handling a securities lawsuit against Ripple.

By Alaina Lancaster

8 minute read

January 21, 2020 | The Recorder

Judge Teri Jackson will join the court's third division after blazing the trail for other women of color at the San Francisco County Superior Court in 2002.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

January 21, 2020 | The Recorder

Defunct ride-hailing company Sidecar will have the opportunity to amend its antitrust claims against Uber by Feb. 4.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read