Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until December

Re:Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until De... by redthrowaway on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @07:44PM (#15397189)

How is it that Alsup ended up with both of these high profile cases?

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Re:Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until De... by azernik on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @08:01PM (#15397286)

Cases aren't allocated by any random process - once you're known as the guy who does tech things, you're likely to grab those cases.

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Re:Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until De... by rayiner on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @09:40PM (#15397683)

Northern district of California is a proper venue based on the civil rules (defendant's HQ almost always is), so the plaintiff files there. After that, it’s randomly assigned to one of the 14 judges, so there was roughly a 0.5% chance of Alsup getting both.

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Re:Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until De... by nraynaud on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @07:55PM (#15397248)

is just because he works in the area where tech companies have their headquarters?

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Re:Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until De... by theduncan on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @11:18PM (#15398055)

Also Judges can request cases, and it might be that since he understands what the tech mumbo jumbo is, he got the case.

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Re:Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until De... by vqc on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @12:49AM (#15398326)

Really? I didn't know federal judges can request cases. Is that specifically a N.D. Cal. thing? I always thought cases were randomly assigned to a judge in the relevant district.

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Re:Judge blasts Waymo v. Uber lawyers, delays trial until De... by diwu1989 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @08:06PM (#15397312)

Yes, it defines the venue for civil cases.

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