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Ben Hancock

Ben Hancock

Ben Hancock is the Data Editor for ALM Media and Law.com. He is based in San Francisco.

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July 20, 2016 | The Recorder

Modest Settlement in Uber Tipping Class Action

The deal calls for the ride-hailing giant to pay $344,000 to drivers who weren't told that part of a 20 percent gratuity went to the company.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read

July 19, 2016 | The Recorder

Hyperloop Fires HyperShot Back at Ex-Employees

High-speed train company brings barrage of counterclaims against co-founder's 'gang of four'

By Ben Hancock

10 minute read

July 18, 2016 | The Recorder

S.F. Judge Signs off on Warriors Arena Project

Mission Bay development meets environmental standards, but more litigation likely in works.

By Ben Hancock

10 minute read

July 14, 2016 | The Recorder

HP Unravels Tech Workers' Overtime Pay Collective Action

A federal judge found that a group of Hewlett Packard tech employees were too dissimilar to pursue their wage case collectively.

By Ben Hancock

10 minute read

July 13, 2016 | The Recorder

GrubHub Can't Shake Driver Suit

But at hearing where both sides claimed small wins, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley told plaintiffs attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan to find a new class rep.

By Ben Hancock

10 minute read

July 07, 2016 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Jeffrey Thomas of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Jeffrey Thomas knew how he had to set it up. After working for years on Hewlett-Packard's breach of contract suit against Oracle Corp., his strategy was clear when the phase-two jury trial began this May, with $3 billion on the line.

By Ben Hancock

23 minute read

July 06, 2016 | The Recorder

IP Firm Halts Novel Copyright Class Action

Durie Tangri prevailed in a suit that was seen as a test case for a lesser known provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read

July 05, 2016 | The Recorder

Xfund Founders' Feud Sparks New Suit

The Harvard-linked venture capital fund accuses former partner Hugo Van Vuuren of trying to seize control of the fund's bank accounts and website.

By Ben Hancock

8 minute read

July 05, 2016 | The Recorder

Glaser Weil Lawyers Want Out of Salacious Suit Against Valley Investor

Patrica Glaser and Jill Basinger have reported a "breakdown in communications" with a client who accuses Silicon Valley venture capitalist Michael Goguen of sexual abuse and breaching a $40 million contract.

By Ben Hancock

13 minute read

July 01, 2016 | The Recorder

HP Wins $3 Billion in Suit Against Oracle

A Santa Clara jury bought the company's argument that Oracle had damaged its Itanium server business.

By Ben Hancock

21 minute read