Author: Benjamin Riley

Saving the Japanese YWCA Building by Benjamin K. Riley November 15, 2019 – Ben Riley published an article in the Daily Journal about Saving the Japanese YWCA building – a pro bono case in which he represented the Japanese-American community of San Francisco.  View a PDF copy of the article.

Sometimes It Pays to Opt for a Jury in Business Disputes by Benjamin K. Riley and Robert H. Bunzel Ben Riley’s and Rob Bunzel’s article on Sometimes It Pays to Opt for a Jury in Business Disputes is published in Litigation Magazine, Volume 45, No. 4 (Summer 2019), at 12. View PDF article.

How Not to Regret Your Direct: Exploring the Human Story by Benjamin K. Riley September/October 2018 – Ben Riley’s article on How Not To Regret Your Direct: Exploring The Human Story, originally published in the ABA Litigation Magazine in 2015, was recently selected as a Best of ABA Sections: Litigation. An abridged version of the […]

Trying a Trade Secret Case: A Road Map by Benjamin K. Riley Spring 2017 – Trade secret trials challenge and engage all of a trial lawyer’s essential skills and training. Dealing with state-of-the-art technology–intricate circuit designs, sophisticated manufacturing processes, or highly complex formulas–is often a huge challenge, but there are other pitfalls for the unaware […]

Catch the Conscience! – Scripting a Winning Opening Statement by Benjamin K. Riley February 2017 – The opening statement is your first and perhaps best opportunity to convince the jury that your client should win. The jurors know very little about the case, are anxious to get started, and give you their full attention. Their […]

BZB Alert! President signs “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016” by Benjamin K. Riley May 2016 – For many years, litigants have had original federal court jurisdiction for Patent, Trademark and Copyright cases, but the fourth major area of Intellectual Property law — Trade Secrets — has been governed by state law with no federal […]

“Trade Secret Damages,” Chapter 9, Calculating and Proving Damages by Benjamin K. Riley (co-author) November 2016 – The law of trade secrets protects information that provides independent economic value because others do not generally know that information. The holder of a trade secret seeks to capitalize on the business advantage that derives from ownership of […]

How Not to Regret Your Direct: Exploring the Human Story by Benjamin K. Riley Winter 2015 – How often do we look back and wonder whether we could have done things better, worked harder, been clearer, obtained a better result? Especially with those trial skills we don’t often get to practice. Presenting a powerful and […]

Secrets Service by Benjamin K. Riley November 2008 – It’s Friday afternoon. One of your most important clients calls and says that its key technologist is leaving the company and is starting a similar job with a competitor on Monday. The client believes that many of the company’s most important trade secrets will go with […]