San Mateo County Superior Court suspends jury trials until Jan. 8
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File Photo. The San Mateo County Hall of Justice in Redwood City, Calif.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - All jury trials in San Mateo County Superior Court have been suspended through Jan. 8, 2021, court officials announced Monday.
The order was made Due to the significant surge in COVID-19 cases statewide, the corresponding orders for residents to stay-at-home, and an emergency order from state Supreme Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye.
The San Mateo court has also closed most clerk s offices to the public and suspended walk-in transactions to minimize foot traffic.
Certain in-person hearings are also suspended.
Jonathan  Karesh
Jury trials have been suspended for the next 30 days starting on Monday over public safety concerns due to COVID-19, the San Mateo County Superior Court said on Thursday.
Jonathan Karesh, presiding judge of the San Mateo County Superior Court, decided to delay court dates because of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and the subsequent safety concerns. Karesh wanted to reduce the risk of exposing jurors and employees to COVID-19. He weighed the balance of providing an essential public service and protecting people from risk through jury trials. Around 1,000 people show up for consideration for jury duty in a week, and he wanted to try and reduce that risk.
In March, the Delaware Supreme Court held in
Salzberg v. Sciabacucchi, 227 A.3d 102 (Del. 2020) that Federal Forum Selection Provisions, corporate bylaw or charter provisions that require claims under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act ) to be brought in federal court, are facially valid under Delaware s General Corporation Law. Wilson Sonsini represented Stitch Fix, Inc. and Roku, Inc. and their respective directors in the
Sciabacucchi case, and previously issued an alert describing the
Sciabacucchi opinion. The Delaware Supreme Court, however, expressly left open the question of whether Federal Forum Provisions were enforceable, leaving that decision to the various state courts in which Securities Act claims were filed. Three recent decisions in California have considered the enforceability of Federal Forum Provisions adopted by Restoration Robotics, Inc., Uber, Inc., and Dropbox, Inc., as a matter of first impression, and each found the provisions enfor