This Sidley Update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
After having some of their claims dismissed last October, the plaintiffs leading the charge against HP Inc. in a consumer class action over its LaserJet
Last Friday, a Northern District of California court issued a 24-page opinion in the case over HP Inc.’s internet-based updates that purportedly slow and
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Robinhood s Bid To Toss Hacking Suit Meets Skeptical Judge
Law360 (April 27, 2021, 11:19 PM EDT) A California federal judge said Tuesday she s unlikely to toss a lawsuit accusing the stock-trading platform Robinhood of failing to adequately protect users accounts from hackers, despite Robinhood s arguments that there was no data breach and that users, not the brokerage, failed to secure their accounts.
U.S. District Judge Susan Van Keulen said at the outset of a Zoom hearing that she thought the users had sufficiently alleged that a breach had occurred and that the Robinhood users, who lost funds when their accounts were hacked, needn t provide more detailed allegations to keep their claims alive.
A motorist pulled over for speeding on the westbound I-580 freeway toward Livermore in late February is facing up to 40 years in prison on charges that police found 133 pounds of methamphetamine in his car, according to court documents.
Norberto Terriquez Hernandez, a suspected drug courier, was charged March 1 in the U.S. District Court in Oakland with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Besides prison, he also could face a fine of up to $5 million, the criminal complaint said.
A California Highway Patrol officer pulled Hernandez over at Grant Line Road in an unincorporated area of eastern Alameda County on Feb. 26. Hernandez was driving more than 70 mph in a white 2011 Chevrolet truck with a camper shell and had made several traffic violations, a prosecution affidavit supporting the charge said.