News tagged with federal jury
Password-protected comments off limits to boss, jury rules
In a time when chat rooms, social networking and online forums are commonplace, how far can a company go in monitoring them for negative comments from discontented employees before they are guilty of "cybersnooping"?
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Atty: MN woman can't pay for sharing songs
(AP) -- A Minnesota woman ordered to pay a recording industry trade group $1.5 million for illegally sharing music online doesn't plan to pay those damages as her attorneys continue to argue the amount is unconstitutional, ...
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Study shows judges' backgrounds matter in high court selection
Some federal judges are tossing out civil cases based on their own opinions, a disturbing trend that makes background checks even more important in the search for a new associate justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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Internet thieves piggyback on legitimate users
Theft of Internet service is on the rise, and experts say only a few of the culprits are being caught.
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case
(AP) -- The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry - if the big ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading
(AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.
Jul 06, 2009 |
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RI judge tosses patent verdict against Microsoft
(AP) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., the latest move in a six-year legal skirmish.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Minnesota song-sharing case heads for 3rd trial
(AP) -- A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will instead begin preparing ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Julian Assange back in court to fight extradition
(AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was due back in court Tuesday for the latest installation of his fight against extradition to Sweden, where the 40-year-old Australian is accused of rape and molestation.
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Federal probe of eBay may turn on quest for rival's 'secret sauce'
With eBay Inc. and Craigslist entrenched in a scorching legal feud last year, a Delaware judge observed that eBay's "curious" decision to partner with the San Francisco online classified ad power back in 2004 was "an opportunity ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers
(AP) -- The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office says a federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case
(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.
Aug 01, 2009 |
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Jurors deadlock in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft
(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday failed to reach a verdict in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in a case so important to the computer giant that it put Bill Gates on the ...
Dec 17, 2011 |
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Copyright charges for NinjaVideo operators
Four Americans and a Greek national have been indicted on conspiracy and copyright infringement charges for alleged involvement with a website, NinjaVideo, which offered illegal downloads of movies and television ...
Sep 09, 2011 |
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