Alaina Lancaster

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

November 26, 2019 | The Recorder

"Your defense law firm and all the defense law firms have tried for 30 years to keep employment cases out of court," said U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

November 22, 2019 | The Recorder

Uber dodged two negligence claims for failing to control the circulation of its identifying decals in a lawsuit where the signage was used to lure a sexual assault victim. The Jane Doe rape survivor's putative damages claim, however, lives on.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

November 21, 2019 | The Recorder

"This will be the first case filed on behalf of a wife and mother of two who was kicked out for no other reason than her same-sex marriage," Davis Wright Tremaine's Paul Southwick said. "I think it could set a precedent for institutions that are religiously affiliated and enroll LGBTQ people."

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

November 20, 2019 | The Recorder

Next week, the company will begin providing answers to the agency's 19 interrogatories issued in June.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

November 20, 2019 | Law.com

We follow up on a groundbreaking district court decision expanding constitutional rights to people coming through the border, and two data hostage negotiators share their best practices for talking it out with bad actors.

By Alaina Lancaster

11 minute read