Alaina Lancaster

August 07, 2019 | Law.com

Jehovah's Witnesses want to unmask a Reddit user, and contracted attorneys fees come under scrutiny in a California settlement.

By Alaina Lancaster

11 minute read

August 02, 2019 | The Recorder

The motion asks U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. to dismiss a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California on the same grounds that he threw out claims in a district court case earlier this year.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

August 01, 2019 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar raised concerns that contract counsel's estimated fee is nearly nine times higher than their hourly rates.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

August 01, 2019 | The Recorder

“The poster is outside the territory of the U.S.; the church's main concerns have been addressed by the takedown,” said Judge James Donato at a hearing Thursday morning. “Isn’t that enough to call it a day?”

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

July 31, 2019 | The Recorder

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which intervened on the anonymous user’s behalf, is asking U.S. District Judge James Donato to reconsider a magistrate judge's subpoena decision that would give Watch Tower's lawyers access to a Reddit poster's identity.

By Alaina Lancaster

5 minute read

July 31, 2019 | Law.com

It may be up to counties and states to ward off any threat to the 2020 presidential election, and not the federal government.

By Alaina Lancaster

10 minute read

July 25, 2019 | The Recorder

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith found, though the evidence at trial could support a finding that RoundUp caused Alva and Alberta Pilliod to contract non-Hodgkin lymphoma, that general and specific causation was disputed.

By Alaina Lancaster

3 minute read

July 25, 2019 | The Recorder

Following a series of reproductive malpractice suits in California, Dov Fox, director of the University of San Diego's Center for Health Law Policy and Bioethics, talks through how challenging it can be for patients to get justice.

By Alaina Lancaster

6 minute read

July 24, 2019 | The Recorder

A Ninth Circuit panel ruled that the right to arbitration is forfeited when a party pursues a judicial forum, affirming a district court order rejecting a motion to compel arbitration in a class action brought against Aegis Senior Communities by residents.

By Alaina Lancaster

4 minute read

July 24, 2019 | Law.com

The legal community has some strong opinions on Facebook's settlement, and Regulation A+ could serve as a road map for future ICOs.

By Alaina Lancaster

10 minute read