Corporate legal affairs

Corporate legal affairs

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  Couple convicted of stealing GM trade secrets

  A former General Motors engineer with access to the automaker's hybrid technology was convicted Friday along with her husband of stealing trade ... 

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  Ind. financier gets 50 years for $200m swindle

  An Indiana financier and former chief executive of National Lampoon convicted of swindling investors out of about $200 million was sentenced Friday ... 

• Court to decide if human genes can be patented

  The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the ... 

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  Greater email privacy won't hinder law enforcement

  Over objections from law enforcement officials, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that would require police to obtain a search ... 

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  Twinkies maker Hostess ready for its big bake sale

  The future of Twinkies is virtually assured. Hostess Brands Inc. got final approval for its wind-down plans in bankruptcy court Thursday, setting the ... 

• Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas

  Two Army veterans and their wives on Wednesday sued the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying veterans and their spouses during a parade ... 

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  3 BP employees arraigned on Gulf oil spill charges

  Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig ... 

• Charged exec cooperating in W.Va. mine blast probe

  Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men widened their net Wednesday, filing criminal charges against a ... 

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  Watchdog: US should explain probe of halal company

  A national civil rights organization called on U.S. authorities Wednesday to explain their investigation into a leading maker of food for observant ... 

• Judge orders tobacco companies to say they lied

  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that ... 

• Judge bows out of 'pink slime' suit over ABC ties

  A federal judge has recused himself from presiding over a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC because his daughter-in-law works as a producer ... 

• HP investor sues company for handling of 2 deals

  Hewlett-Packard now has a legal headache to compound its misery as the company tries to recover from a series of setbacks that have hammered its stock ...