Alaina Lancaster

December 30, 2019 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller of the Eastern District of California said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups convinced her that Assembly Bill 51 could disrupt the creation of employment contracts if preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

December 21, 2019 | Law.com

"This is the fourth consecutive verdict in favor of Johnson & Johnson in these cases and the eighth defense verdict this year," said a Johnson & Johnson spokeswoman.

By Nate Robson | Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

December 19, 2019 | The Recorder

The firm denies it created the mass arbitration guidelines, but said it was right to work with the arbitration organization on its DoorDash cases.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

December 17, 2019 | The Recorder

San Francisco-based Emergent Law asserts that "there is no likelihood of confusion" between it and South Carolina-based Emergent Law because of their differing geographic markets and client bases.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

December 17, 2019 | The Recorder

Attorney Cyrus Sanai filed complaints against Alex Kozinski more than a decade ago over the former Ninth Circuit chief judge's public server which contained pornographic material. Now, Sanai says he's suing to clear his own name and reform judicial misconduct procedures in the process.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

December 13, 2019 | The Recorder

Joseph Cotchett, of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, argues that it is "inconceivable" that Apple did not know of the patent blocking incoming texts and calls while driving issued two years prior to the launch of the company's "Do Not Disturb" feature.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

December 09, 2019 | The Recorder

A San Diego paralegal is trying to salvage fees he says he lost as a result of the company's policy of "unrestricted access" to other financial institutions.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

December 05, 2019 | The Recorder

The testimony opened a multi-week administrative hearing in San Francisco as the company and its Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe counsel continue to defend against the U.S. Department of Labor's claims of systemic pay disparities leveled in a 2017 lawsuit.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

December 04, 2019 | Law.com

DoorDash's mounting arbitration fees in the face of a mass arbitration strategy could throw a wrench into the current arbitration model.

By Alaina Lancaster

10 minute read

November 26, 2019 | The Recorder

In a reply brief, defendants referred to the trial judge as "an attractive, hard-working, brilliant, young, politically well-connected judge on a fast track for the California Supreme Court or Federal Bench."

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read