Alaina Lancaster

September 27, 2019 | The Recorder

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

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

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

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

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

September 23, 2019 | The Recorder

Consumers claim that they would not have paid the artificially inflated travel insurance prices had they known that the airline negotiated a brokerage fee with the sellers.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

September 19, 2019 | The Recorder

Content-marketing company Stackla alleges that Facebook revoked the company's access to its platforms to protect its own reputation in light of Cambridge Analytica backlash, not for any legitimate violations of their agreement.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

September 18, 2019 | The Recorder

A panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that the district court did not do enough to separate privileged information from sensitive facts that could be embarrassing to the government.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

September 18, 2019 | Law.com

An appeals court ruled in favor of Uber drivers in an order that could open the floodgates for litigation against the ridesharing industry.

By Alaina Lancaster

12 minute read

September 16, 2019 | The Recorder

After a July settlement with 200 job seekers claiming the company didn't hire them because of their age, Google faces a lawsuit from a 72-year-old former employee who said the tech giant's investigation of alleged discrimination and retaliation was inadequate.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read