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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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