Ben Hancock

April 17, 2017 | The Recorder

The woman who accused UC-Berkeley's former law school dean of sexual harassment blasted the settlement that left him with tenure and tens of thousands of dollars in funding.

By Ben Hancock

7 minute read

April 17, 2017 | The Recorder

The woman who accused UC-Berkeley's former law school dean of sexual harassment blasted the settlement that left him with tenure and tens of thousands of dollars in funding.

By Ben Hancock

7 minute read

April 16, 2017 | National Law Journal

Sujit Choudhry, the former law dean, will pay $50,000 to his accuser's attorneys and another $50,000 to charity. He will also be allowed to remain a tenured professor "in good standing" until spring 2018.

By Ben Hancock

3 minute read

April 15, 2017 | Litigation Daily

For a trial lawyer, sometimes backing away from a fight is the smartest move to make. That was the lesson that Sullivan & Cromwell partner Garrard Beeney said stuck with him as he argued his way to an $814.9 million arbitration win for BlackBerry that was handed down this week.

By Ben Hancock

3 minute read

April 15, 2017 | National Law Journal

Sujit Choudhry, the former law dean, will pay $50,000 to his accuser's attorneys and another $50,000 to charity. He will also be allowed to remain a tenured professor "in good standing" until spring 2018.

By Ben Hancock

6 minute read

April 14, 2017 | Litigation Daily

For a trial lawyer, sometimes backing away from a fight is the smartest move to make. That was the lesson that Sullivan & Cromwell partner Garrard Beeney said stuck with him as he argued his way to an $814.9 million arbitration win for BlackBerry that was handed down this week.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read

April 10, 2017 | Law.com

 The legal profession is hardly immune to the changes being wrought by technology. And Stanford University's CodeX Center—a partnership…

By Ben Hancock

2 minute read

April 05, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act, in what was hailed as a landmark decision by gay rights advocates who have fought for years to expand workplace protections.

By Ben Hancock

6 minute read

April 04, 2017 | Litigation Daily

Overruling years of precedent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday concluded that discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act.

By Ben Hancock

13 minute read

April 04, 2017 | National Law Journal

Overruling years of precedent, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday concluded that discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Civil Rights Act.

By Ben Hancock

12 minute read