Federal judge rules Maui County ban on GMO crops invalid
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Maui County ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered crops is pre-empted by federal and state law and invalid.
Biotechnology
Jun 30, 2015
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Judge orders Facebook and Zuckerberg to turn over documents
Facebook and its founder must release documents and electronic correspondence to a defense lawyer whose client has fled from criminal charges that he falsely claimed a majority ownership in the social media giant, a federal ...
Business
Apr 4, 2015
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Judge: Man charged in Facebook fraud case apparently fled
A New York man has apparently escaped his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled rather than face charges that he fraudulently claimed an ownership stake in Facebook, a judge said Tuesday as he revoked bail and questioned ...
Business
Mar 10, 2015
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Silicon Valley no-poaching deal appears headed for approval
Aside from a few "nits," a federal judge appeared poised on Monday to sign off on a $415 million settlement that would end a five-year legal battle over alleged illegal hiring practices in Silicon Valley.
Business
Mar 3, 2015
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Federal jury orders Apple to pay $532.9M in patent dispute
(AP)—Apple has been ordered to pay nearly $533 million by a federal jury that found Apple's iTunes music store uses software that infringes on patents held by a Texas company.
Business
Feb 25, 2015
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Judge sides with government in lawsuit over surveillance
A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the government in a lawsuit alleging the National Security Agency is illegally engaging in the bulk collection of Internet and telephone records in the hunt for potential terrorists.
Internet
Feb 11, 2015
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Advocates: Dams put dinosaur-like river fish at risk
Wildlife advocates claimed in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the dinosaur-like pallid sturgeon could be wiped out in stretches of rivers in Montana and North Dakota if the federal government doesn't deal with dams that ...
Ecology
Feb 2, 2015
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Lenders' lawsuit against Target moves forward
A federal judge says several banks suing Target Corp. over its data breach have a plausible case for negligence and can proceed with the lawsuit.
Security
Dec 3, 2014
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Notorious hacktivist shares methods, motives
Cocaine dealers, bank robbers and carjackers converge at Manchester Federal Prison in rural Kentucky—and then there is Jeremy Hammond, a tousle-haired and talented hacker whose nimble fingers have clicked and tapped their ...
Security
Nov 10, 2014
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Hacker gets prison for cyberattack stealing $9.4M
An Estonian man who pleaded guilty to orchestrating a 2008 cyberattack on a credit card processing company that enabled hackers to steal $9.4 million has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a federal judge in Atlanta.
Security
Oct 24, 2014
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