April 17, 2017 | The Recorder
Dean's Accuser Calls Berkeley Harassment Settlement an 'Insult'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
Dean's Accuser Calls Berkeley Harassment Settlement an 'Insult'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
Berkeley Law, Ex-Dean Settle Suits Over Alleged Sexual HarassmentSujit 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
Litigator of the Week: The Brains Behind BlackBerry's $815M BlowoutFor 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
Berkeley Law, Ex-Dean Settle Suits Over Alleged Sexual HarassmentSujit 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
Litigator of the Week: The Brains Behind BlackBerry's $815M BlowoutFor 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
What's Next in Legal Tech? A Podcast From Stanford's FutureLawThe 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
In Gay Rights 'Gamechanger,' Appeals Court Bars Employment Bias Based on Sexual OrientationA 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
In Gay Rights 'Gamechanger,' Appeals Court Bars Employment Bias Based on Sexual OrientationOverruling 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
In Gay Rights 'Gamechanger,' Appeals Court Bars Employment Bias Based on Sexual OrientationOverruling 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
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