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The co-founder of a startup accusing the Boeing Co. of plotting to steal its intellectual property to build a copycat electric jet acknowledged during cross-examination Monday that his company kept willingly sharing trade secrets with the aviation giant after discovering the alleged misappropriations.

A federal judge said Thursday that BNSF Railway Co. will likely have to fork over profits from its entire 1,500-mile oil shipment route to compensate a Washington tribe for nearly a decade of train trespassings across a less-than-mile-long easement, but the judge said the disgorgement won't be the hundreds of millions the tribe is seeking.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for his failure to implement an effective anti-money laundering program at the global crypto exchange, as a federal judge rejected a more severe punishment sought by the government citing concerns about sentencing disparity.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for his failure to implement an effective anti-money laundering program at the global crypto exchange, as a federal judge rejected a more severe punishment sought by the government citing concerns about sentencing disparity.

Milliman Inc. said its directors had a limited duty related to alleged risky investments in employee retirement plans because responsibilities were delegated to a committee, in response to the Seattle federal judge who questioned during a trial's closing arguments Wednesday why the board "really didn't do much of anything."

Amazon must face claims in a proposed class action that its automatic renewal for Prime, Kindle and other services violates California and Oregon consumer laws, according to a Washington federal judge who said Monday that it was unclear if the retail giant did enough to make it easy to cancel after a free trial.

A federal magistrate judge said he was not convinced that a Washington software company's managing chart was "strikingly similar" to a chart created by a management consultant who has accused the software firm of infringement, questioning Tuesday if there was enough to show that the defendants had direct access to the protected chart.

A former Norton Rose IT worker has accused the firm of discrimination for refusing to accommodate his religious belief against getting a COVID-19 vaccination, alleging in a complaint filed in Texas federal court that the firm fired him after he said he didn't feel peace from the Holy Spirit about receiving the vaccine.

Monsanto has again urged an appellate court to reverse a nearly $200 million jury verdict for PCB poisoning, arguing the Washington Supreme Court's recent decision throwing out the state's eight-year limit on malpractice claims did not invalidate the state's products liability statute of repose.

Amazon must face claims that it was negligent and its conduct was extreme and outrageous because it allegedly continued to allow the sale of a dangerous chemical on its platform, even after being warned that it was intentionally being used for suicides, a Washington state court judge ruled Friday.