Alaina Lancaster, based in San Francisco, covers disruptive trends and technologies shaping the future of law. She authors the weekly legal futurist newsletter What's Next. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @a_lancaster3
November 13, 2019 | The Recorder
Judge Poised to Unlock Confidential Documents in Essure Mass Tort"Justice will be done in public, putting a limit on how corporate America thinks it can operate in secret without accountability," said Lori Andrus, of Andrus Anderson in San Francisco.
By Alaina Lancaster
3 minute read
November 13, 2019 | Law.com
What's Next: Does America Need A Federal Privacy Agency? + Spies in the Valley + California Spills DetailsLawyers are sounding off on the push to create a federal agency to oversee user privacy.
By Alaina Lancaster
8 minute read
November 07, 2019 | The Recorder
UnitedHealthcare Sued for Failure to Cover Autism Treatment"This is exactly the sort of discrimination against mental health coverage that the Parity Act is supposed to eliminate," said Caroline Reynolds of Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, D.C.
By Alaina Lancaster
3 minute read
November 06, 2019 | The Recorder
Read the Complaint: Twitter Employees Charged in Plot to Spy on Users for Saudi GovernmentThe defendants allegedly accessed the email addresses, IP addresses and dates of birth attached to Twitter accounts to feed back to Saudi officials.
By Recorder staff
3 minute read
November 06, 2019 | Law.com
Will Big Tech's Antitrust Moment Swing Open Encryption Backdoors? + Facebook Faces Regulatory Disclosures + No 4th Amendment Protection for WiFi MoochersSecurity policy experts disentangle encryption from the antitrust suspicion surrounding Silicon Valley.
By Alaina Lancaster
9 minute read
November 06, 2019 | The Recorder
California AG Joins the Fray Probing Facebook's Privacy PracticesA court petition for documents related to Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal marks Becerra's office's first public foray into the swirl of litigation against the company.
By Alaina Lancaster | Ross Todd
4 minute read
November 05, 2019 | The Recorder
AT&T Agrees to $60M Settlement With FTC Over Data ThrottlingThe suit, which began in 2015, alleged that the telecommunications company slowed data speeds despite the fact that customers had purchased unlimited mobile data plans.
By Alaina Lancaster
2 minute read
November 04, 2019 | The Recorder
Facebook's Regulatory Discovery Could Be Fair Game in Proposed Privacy Class ActionIn addition to repurposing regulatory production documents, a federal judge could ask the company to provide more information on how its millions of apps interact with users. Gibson Dunn's Orin Snyder rebutted that there were "not enough engineers on the globe" to perform the task.
By Alaina Lancaster
4 minute read
November 04, 2019 | The Recorder
FBI's Use of Wireless-Tracking Software Does Not Trigger 4th Amendment, Appellate Court RulesThe ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit continues to sketch the limits of the Fourth Amendment in digital searches.
By Alaina Lancaster
3 minute read
November 01, 2019 | The Recorder
'Crisis of Unprecedented Magnitude': Chief Judge Urges Senate to Fill Vacancies in Central District of Calif.Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips of the Central District of California penned a letter to Sens. Lindsey Graham, Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, asking that they move to fill the open seats in her district.
By Alaina Lancaster | Ross Todd
5 minute read
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