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On February 4, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Knoxville, Tennessee, announced that it had upheld convictions against engineers Clark Roberts and Sean Howley for stealing trade secrets from tire company Goodyear in 2007, but said that it would reverse and remand the men’s sentences.
The internet is constantly evolving, and in some cases new technologies can blur the line between actions that are legal and illegal. As such, many business owners may wonder how the information provided via social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can be considered a trade secret.
Laura Plumlee, a resident of Watsonville, California, filed a class-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer – the manufacturer of Zoloft – alleging that the company deceptively marketed it for its effectiveness despite having reason to believe otherwise.
In an ongoing effort to help women across the United States who have experienced painful complications due to failed transvaginal mesh implants, U.S. Drug Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group for the medical and pharmaceutical industry, is urging affected women to file lawsuits against manufacturers of the devices.
On Friday, January 25, an 18-wheeler carrying a gigantic compressor motor was crossing freight train tracks at the intersection of U.S. Highway 290 and Telge Road in northwestern Harris County when, for an unknown reason, it became trapped on the crossing.
U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance has approved the proposed $4 billion settlement to resolve the 14 criminal charges filed against British Petroleum (BP) for actions that both contributed to and followed the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill of April 2010.
