Ben Hancock

October 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in San Francisco made clear Wednesday that there could be turbulence ahead, even if the $4 billion acquisition clears DOJ review.

By Ben Hancock

9 minute read

October 18, 2016 | The Recorder

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. has reached a $50 million settlement to get out of a class action alleging that the animation studio held down employee wages through a "no-poach" conspiracy with other companies.

By Ben Hancock

9 minute read

October 18, 2016 | The Recorder

Attorneys for the National Abortion Federation seemed to lose the argument Tuesday that anti-abortion activists can be contractually barred from turning over to law enforcement secretly recorded videos of a federation conference without first getting court approval.

By Ben Hancock

9 minute read

October 17, 2016 | The Recorder

Anti-abortion activists will try to convince a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that a district court judge violated their First Amendment rights by blocking the release of videos they allege reveal schemes to profit from selling fetal organs.

By Ben Hancock

11 minute read

October 14, 2016 | The Recorder

A California appeals court on Thursday sided with lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher that whether a father's loan was meant to be repaid is a factual question to resolve at trial.

By Ben Hancock

17 minute read

October 13, 2016 | The Recorder

Owen, Wickersham & Erickson's Linda Joy Kattwinkel recently spoke with The Recorder about her path from artist to attorney and the challenges of protecting a famous character in the Internet age.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read

October 12, 2016 | The Recorder

Jack DiCanio, the firm's head of litigation in Palo Alto, entered an appearance Tuesday in federal court for Marc Abramowitz.

By Ben Hancock

15 minute read

October 06, 2016 | The Recorder

Applying the 'Spokeo' standard, Judge Joseph Spero said a bare violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act was not sufficient harm to confer standing.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read

October 05, 2016 | Law.com

It's no secret that Big Law firms and courthouses around the country have struggled with diversity. But even amid incremental progress on those fronts, alternative dispute resolution has been a stubborn enclave of homogeneity.

By Ben Hancock

1 minute read

October 04, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Recent discrimination lawsuits against Silicon Valley companies take issue with expressions that, according to plaintiffs lawyers, are age-oriented euphemisms meant to disguise institutional bias against older workers.

By Ben Hancock

12 minute read