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Microsoft accuses former employee of cloud data theft

Microsoft has suspicions that an ex-employee retained strategic data after he left the firm for a position at rival... Read more

12 February, 2011

ACS:Law campaign targeted innocents, says ex-worker

...A former employee of ACS:Law, which sent out demands for money to suspected... Read more

15 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Exec faces $1m fine in LCD price-fixing case

A former employee of Taiwanese display manufacturer Chi Mei has been charged with participating... Read more

15 October, 2010 by Ben Woods
A decade of tech scandals

A decade of tech scandals

In 2006, a former employee at US telecommunications giant AT&T revealed that the Bush administration... Read more

27 November, 2010 by Staff
Company is leaning on unpaid overtime! 1.1

Company is leaning on unpaid overtime! 1.1

The bill of the second unpaid overtime work charges reached it from former employee while achievements did not readily rise.What would you do when... Read more

1 October, 2011

Ex-Intel worker pleads guilty to trying to help Taliban

A former Intel engineer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and attempting to travel to Afghanistan to enlist against the US Read more

7 August, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft, former employee settle litigation

Microsoft and a former employee have settled litigation involving allegations of patent infringement and trade secret... Read more

18 November, 2009 by Elinor Mills

HP denies spying on former employee

...court filing on Tuesday, Hewlett-Packard denied allegations that it pretexted a former employee with whom it is engaged in a legal dispute. In 2005... Read more

1 March, 2007 by Ina Fried

Court battle highlights email rights

The outcome of a lawsuit between Intel and a former employee could have far-reaching implications for the way email communications are... Read more

1 April, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

Ex-Microsoft man jailed for software sales

Former employee sentenced to four years imprisonment for his part in illictly obtaining... Read more

22 November, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Software engineer sentenced to prison

A former employee of Symantec has been sent to jail for his part in... Read more

3 May, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

AOL done for slander

Former employee wins $5m in compensation... AOL Time Warner has been ordered to... Read more

7 June, 2002 by Heather McLean

EMC wins spying case

Former employee hunted down... EMC has been back in court defending its right... Read more

22 November, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

SpinVox uses humans for voice-to-text conversion

...its information from a source inside SpinVox, as well as from a former employee of one of the call centres. SpinVox sells software that lets... Read more

23 July, 2009 by David Meyer

Microsoft suit alleges ex-worker stole trade secrets

...Microsoft has sued a former employee for allegedly lying when he applied for a job there and... Read more

2 February, 2009 by Elinor Mills

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