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Alaina Lancaster

Alaina Lancaster

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

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October 16, 2019 | Law.com

What's Next: Airbnb Gets Run Out of Town + Blocked Marketer and Facebook Make a Deal + What Lawyers Get Wrong About Web Accessibility

San Francisco is cracking down on Airbnb, plus Facebook and Stackla have called off their litigation.

By Alaina Lancaster

12 minute read

October 14, 2019 | The Recorder

Blocked Marketer and Facebook Agree to Dismiss Suit Over Privacy Backlash

Stackla Inc. and Facebook filed a joint stipulation to dismiss Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

October 09, 2019 | The Recorder

Appeals Court Says Olympic Committee Not Negligent for Abuse of Taekwondo Athletes

The justices for the Second District Court of Appeal determined the U.S. Olympic Committee did not have a duty of care, because it lacked a direct relationship with coaches and athletes.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

October 09, 2019 | Law.com

What's Next: Yale Law Students Aim at Texas in Fight Over Drones + Are Trade Secrets Hurting Criminal Defendants + Lawyers See Tsunami of Online ADA Complaints Coming

A fight over how drone laws are affecting journalists is unfolding in Texas, and a Berkley law professor says claims of trade secrets are being used to hamper criminal defenses.

By Alaina Lancaster

11 minute read

October 07, 2019 | The Recorder

With SCOTUS Declining to Take Up Domino's Website Accessibility Case, Lawyers Expect New Wave of ADA Suits

Some lawyers say the high court's silence is a loud proclamation that inaccessible websites violate the ADA, while others say it echoes a void of guidance on the issue.

By Alaina Lancaster

6 minute read

September 27, 2019 | The Recorder

Court of Appeal Upholds $45M Verdict for Children of Woman Killed by Drunken Driver

The Second District Court of Appeal ruled that each case must be decided on its individual facts and that comparing verdicts is of "limited utility."

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

September 25, 2019 | The Recorder

What's Next for Legalist, the Litigation Funding Wunderkinds With $100M to Burn

Eva Shang, the 23-year-old CEO of Legalist, shares the company's plans for its second round funding totaling $100 million.

By Alaina Lancaster

6 minute read

September 25, 2019 | The Recorder

Blocked Marketer Loses Bid for Restored Access to Facebook Platforms

U.S. District Chief Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District of California said content-marketing firm Stackla did not persuade her that Facebook's decision to block the company from its social media sites was a pretext for protecting the social media platform's reputation.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

September 25, 2019 | Law.com

What's Next: Lit Funding's Future Could Be in the Hands of a Gen Zer + The Show Business of Antitrust Enforcement + Facebook's New Privacy Problem: Scorned Marketers

A Harvard dropout has an algorithm for litigation funding, and Facebook faces more litigation.

By Alaina Lancaster

13 minute read

September 24, 2019 | The Recorder

FTC Antitrust Head Says Big Tech Investigations Are Attempt to Right Potential Wrongs

Bruce Hoffman, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, said that some reports of anti-competitive activity in Big Tech hearken back to the government's antitrust case against Microsoft in the late '90s.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read