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Ben Hancock is the Data Editor for ALM Media and Law.com. He is based in San Francisco.
April 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Garrett Ordower is joining Lake Whillans in New York, where he'll help vet cases for potential investment.
By Ben Hancock
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April 18, 2017 | The Recorder
UC-Berkeley has agreed to pay $1.7 million to the woman who accused its former law school dean of sexual harassment.
By Ben Hancock
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April 18, 2017 | The Recorder
According a copy of the settlement agreement, Tyann Sorrell, the ex-law dean's former assistant, will receive an initial lump sum payment followed by monthly payments over 10 years.
By Ben Hancock
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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
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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
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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
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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
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April 5, 2017 |
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
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April 4, 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
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March 26, 2017 | International Edition
Federal appeals court rejects attempt to loosen restrictions on external investment in US law firms
By Andrew Denney and Ben Hancock
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