Ben Hancock

June 30, 2017 | The Recorder

A Wisconsin federal magistrate judge has become the latest to rule that forcing Google to hand over email data stored overseas doesn't amount to an extraterritorial application of the law.

By Ben Hancock

5 minute read

June 29, 2017 | The Recorder

A federal judge on Thursday indicated that she will allow a case against food delivery company GrubHub to go to a bench trial, in what could be a bellwether case for the gig economy.

By Ben Hancock

3 minute read

June 27, 2017 | Litigation Daily

Boris Feldman, a Silicon Valley litigator at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, has been on what you might call a crusade to drive all securities fraud class actions into federal court. And he just might succeed.

By Ben Hancock

5 minute read

June 27, 2017 | The Recorder

The decision by the European Commission will force the company to change the way it displays some search results, but also marks the opening of what is likely to be a long court battle and more civil litigation against the tech giant.

By Ben Hancock

5 minute read

June 27, 2017 | The Recorder

The court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that could determine whether securities fraud class actions can move forward in state courts.

By Ben Hancock

9 minute read

June 26, 2017 | The Recorder

Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky ignited a nationwide uproar when he sentenced a Stanford athlete to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

By Ben Hancock

2 minute read

June 26, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

A SCOTUS decision could introduce some clarity over whether prosecutors can enforce warrants for private data stored abroad in the cloud.

By Ben Hancock

9 minute read

June 23, 2017 | The Recorder

The Department of Justice on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a landmark appeals court decision handed down last summer in favor of Microsoft Corp. that put company data stored overseas mostly out of reach of U.S. law enforcement.

By Ben Hancock

5 minute read

June 22, 2017 | The Recorder

Attorneys for Google's driverless car division say Morrison & Foerster lawyers had access to a portion of the stolen files at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit against Uber.

By Ben Hancock

4 minute read

June 21, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Greater tech industry consolidation could lead to cases that test the bounds of traditional competition law.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read