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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Jury deadlocks on key issue in Google-Oracle trial
A federal jury failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case against Google, blunting the impact of its finding that Google relied on another company's technology to build its ...
May 08, 2012 |
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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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Four Canadians indicted on US gambling charges
US authorities seized the gambling website Bodog on Tuesday and announced the indictment of four Canadians on charges of illegal sports betting and money laundering, including founder Calvin Ayre.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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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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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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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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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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Oracle seeks to add to $1.3B fine against SAP
(AP) -- Oracle wants to make SAP's $1.3 billion penalty for stealing intellectual property even bigger.
Dec 11, 2010 |
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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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Brocade's ex-CEO convicted in stock options case
(AP) -- The former chief executive of networking gear maker Brocade Communications Inc. was convicted Friday of felony charges connected to backdating stock options.
Mar 27, 2010 |
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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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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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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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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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