Evidence produced against Apple Inc., Google Inc. and some Silicon Valley cohorts about an alleged conspiracy not to recruit each other’s employees has sparked new lawsuits claiming other tech and entertainment companies engage in the same anti-competitive conduct.
Read More »Republicans lose bid to sue SEC over campaign limits
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won dismissal of a lawsuit by state Republican parties in New York and Tennessee claiming its rule limiting some campaign contributions from investment firms violates the right to free speech.
Read More »Apple, Google resume mediation in antitrust case over hiring
Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have resumed mediation discussions with workers after a judge took the unusual step of rejecting a $324.5 million settlement of claims they and other Silicon Valley companies conspired to not recruit each other’s employees.
Read More »Apple could fix rejected anti-poaching deal for pocket change
A new settlement may take as little as $55.5 million more to make it comparable with an earlier accord approved for other companies before workers secured the right to bring the case as a class action.
Read More »Apple loses bid for Samsung sales ban after patent win
Apple Inc. failed again to win a sales ban on Samsung Electronics Co. products found to infringe its smartphone patents, even after requesting what it described as a more limited prohibition.
Read More »Drug sentences to be cut retroactively after U.S. agency’s vote
Federal drug offenders may get their sentences cut by an average of two years under changes to U.S. guidelines in a move praised by Attorney General Eric Holder, who has made fair sentencing and prison overcrowding two of his signature issues.
Tagged with: Criminal Law
Read More »Ex-Adobe computer scientist seeks to undo antitrust hiring deal
Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. are seeking final approval of a $324.5 million settlement of claims they schemed to not recruit each other’s workers, as one ex-employee is set to tell a judge the companies are getting off too cheaply.
Read More »LinkedIn ordered to face claims it misused user email lists
LinkedIn Corp. must face a lawsuit claiming the company violated customers’ privacy rights for marketing purposes by accessing their external email accounts and downloading their contacts’ addresses.
Read More »Utah gay marriage recognition delayed by appeals court
Utah was allowed to put off recognition of marital benefits for same-sex couples who married during a two-week period after a federal judge in December struck down the state’s ban on such unions.
Read More »Judge Koh’s gavel reshapes tech industry in Silicon Valley
Lucy H. Koh’s fingerprints are on your Gmail account, your smartphone, and, if you’re a Silicon Valley engineer, possibly your prospects for changing jobs.
Read More »Kansas can stop Planned Parenthood funds, appeals court says
Kansas won an appeals court decision that lets it block federal funds for two Planned Parenthood clinics that claimed the state was punishing the organization for its support of abortion rights.
Tagged with: Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri
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