Hospital Pushed To Defend Clawback Bid For Overpaid Wages
By Greg Lamm
A Washington state appellate panel on Wednesday challenged a hospital
system to explain why it shouldn't be forced to live with overpaying wages
in the wake of a ransomware attack that crippled its payroll system,
emphasizing that the hospital made a deliberate choice to estimate what it
owed workers.
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Pfizer Settles Conn. Trade Secrets Case Against Ex-Execs
By Aaron Keller
Pfizer Inc. and a rival company launched by two of its former executives on
Wednesday stipulated to the dismissal of a trade secrets dispute, pounding
a predictable yet final nail through the case that once saw a judge force
Pfizer to reveal its communications with the FBI to the defendants.
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Flint Engineering Firm Must Turn Over Media Strategy Docs
By Danielle Ferguson
A Michigan federal judge said Wednesday that an engineering firm facing
negligence claims for its alleged role in the Flint water crisis must share
some of its communications with public relations firms, ruling the
consultants were tasked with influencing public opinion rather than helping
with litigation.
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Texas Abortion Ban Has 'No Mercy' For Suffering, Judge Told
By Hannah Albarazi
Texas women challenging state laws that blocked them from obtaining
medically necessary abortions offered emotional testimony Wednesday before
a Texas state judge, with one plaintiff recounting — between fits of sobs —
the trauma of having to continue a non-viable pregnancy and then watching
her daughter slowly die after birth.
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$4B In Border-Barrier Work Won Without Open Competition
By Rae Ann Varona
The federal government awarded $4 billion in border-barrier construction
contracts without open competition to expedite barrier construction along
the southwestern U.S. border while also prioritizing barrier panels without
certain security features, a U.S. Government Accountability Office director
said Tuesday.
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Stratasys Blasts Nano's Track Record In Tender Offer Denial
By Al Barbarino
Stratasys Ltd., the Israel-based 3D printing company being hotly pursued as
a buyout target by multiple U.S. competitors, said Wednesday that its board
has rejected a revised tender offer submitted by Massachusetts-based Nano
Dimension the prior day, blasting Nano and its CEO for their "track record
of value destruction."
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Cable Group Supports Unlicensed Spectrum For Wi-Fi Growth
By Christopher Cole
A major cable industry group urged the Federal Communications Commission to
support unlicensed and shared spectrum arrangements that it says would
boost the growth of Wi-Fi.
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Coalition Formed To Close 'Streaming Loophole' In FCC Regs
By Christopher Cole
A TV industry coalition will push the Federal Communications Commission to
revisit whether to make online streaming services negotiate with
broadcasters to carry their channels and comply with other FCC regulations
that apply to cable and satellite TV providers.
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Ex-Deloitte Worker Who Beat IP Rap Gets Lighter Bail Package
By Ivan Moreno
A West Virginia federal judge has agreed to lift some of the pretrial
release conditions of an ex-Deloitte employee whose charges in a trade
secrets theft case were dismissed, but he can't have his passport and is
still forbidden from getting a new one.
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Bipartisan Sens. Eye Crypto AML Amendment To Defense Bill
By Aislinn Keely
A bipartisan group of senators with mixed views on cryptocurrency jointly
proposed an amendment Wednesday to the defense spending bill that would
direct multiple federal regulators to examine and update their policies to
combat potential money laundering and close other regulatory gaps
introduced by crypto services.
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