Ben Hancock

March 21, 2017 | The Recorder

The Ninth Circuit becomes the latest court to rule that web TV company FilmOn is not a "cable system" eligible for low statutory royalties.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read

March 17, 2017 | The Recorder

Joanne Hoeper had alleged she was fired after pursing an illegal kickback scheme.

By Ben Hancock

5 minute read

March 16, 2017 | The Recorder

At the first hearing, the judge wondered if Google is claiming trade secret protection for technology already disclosed in patent filings or to highway safety regulators.

By Ben Hancock

15 minute read

March 15, 2017 | The Recorder

UC-Hastings Dean David Faigman said in an email to students, staff and faculty Wednesday morning that someone partially burned a mezuzah hanging on a student's door, in what he said "appears to be a cowardly act of anti-Semitism."

By Ben Hancock

4 minute read

March 15, 2017 | Legaltech News

Depending on the court's ruling, the legal mechanism most companies rely on to transfer personal data outside the European Union could start to unravel.

By Ben Hancock

11 minute read

March 15, 2017 | Litigation Daily

When I first sat down to meet Rosanna Garcia, the CEO and co-founder of an AI jury selection software startup called Vijilent, she already knew I grew up in Seattle. I hadn't told her that yet. But she knew anyway.

By Ben Hancock

9 minute read

March 14, 2017 | The Recorder

A monthlong courtroom clash between Facebook Inc., Ireland's data protection regulator, and Austrian privacy activist Maximilian Schrems is set to wrap up on Wednesday.

By Ben Hancock

11 minute read

March 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The bill approved Thursday by the House of Representatives would mandate disclosure of third-party financing in class actions. The industry was nowhere to be seen.

By Ben Hancock

19 minute read

March 10, 2017 | The Recorder

A California judge said in a tentative ruling that she's inclined to reject the $7.75 million deal that sparked criticism from other plaintiffs lawyers.

By Ben Hancock

4 minute read

March 08, 2017 | Legaltech News

Amazon Inc. has agreed to hand over recordings from an "Echo" device that was in the home of a murder suspect in Arkansas.

By Ben Hancock

4 minute read