Alaina Lancaster

October 31, 2019 | The Recorder

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education face a certified class of former for-profit college students who claim delays in processing their 210,000-plus loan forgiveness applications have damaged their credit.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

October 30, 2019 | Law.com

Here's a sneak peak of what the world might look like if the biggest tech platforms were forced to grant access to law enforcement.

By Alaina Lancaster

13 minute read

October 30, 2019 | The Recorder

The company's lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher contend in a new court filing that Uber drivers' classification as contractors remains unchanged despite the California Supreme Court's 'Dynamex' decision, the passage of the state's AB 5, and a recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

October 29, 2019 | The Recorder

California's Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court ruling that found a Huntington Beach mandate requiring city attorneys to graduate from ABA-accredited schools was constitutional.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

October 25, 2019 | The Recorder

Women dominated this round of Superior Court appointees, with female judges filling eight of the open judgeships.

By Alaina Lancaster

2 minute read

October 25, 2019 | The Recorder

Judge Brian Walsh of Santa Clara Superior Court wrote that he was not persuaded YouTube's unrestricted mode and advertising platform "are freely open to the public or are the functional equivalent of a traditional public forum like a town square or a central business district."

By Alaina Lancaster

6 minute read

October 23, 2019 | The Recorder

House Financial Services Committee members repeatedly asked for confirmation that Facebook and Libra will wait for the approval of U.S. regulators to bring the product to market.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

October 23, 2019 | Law.com

Technologists and law enforcement are once again at odds over calls to limit encryption or to create backdoor access channels for criminal investigations.

By Alaina Lancaster

12 minute read

October 22, 2019 | The Recorder

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that arbitrators must disclose their ownership role in an ADR service if their interest is "sufficiently substantial" and they engage in "nontrivial business dealings" with a party.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

October 18, 2019 | The Recorder

Activist Omar Abdulaziz claims Twitter failed to safeguard his user information, such as a Twitter password, private email address and telephone number, in August 2013, when the company hired Al Zabarah, when the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia allegedly hired to dig up intelligence on Abdulaziz and his connections.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read