The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released a draft strategic plan for the next four years, vowing to continue its focus on cases where there is “a pattern, practice or policy of alleged discrimination and/or class cases where the alleged discrimination has a broad impact.”
The SEC has suspended Aiken Continental’s GC from appearing or practicing before the commission for five years. The SEC alleges Chalmer Detling II made material misrepresentations and omissions in connection with the 2006 offer and sale of $2.96 million of industrial development revenue bonds on the company’s behalf.
The International Trade Commission handed Apple a major victory on Monday, finding that Android phones made by HTC infringe one of Apple’s patents. The ITC commissioners ruled that all infringing HTC phones will be barred from being imported to the U.S
The ethics scandal involving Scott Storms, the former general counsel of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, just won’t die. On Monday, a grand jury indicted Storms’ former boss for helping Storms set up a new job with Duke Energy while he still worked on Duke cases before the commission.
The International Trade Commission is poised to issue a final decision in the first fully litigated patent infringement case in the U.S. between Apple and an Android phone maker, HTC. The decision could reshape the market for smartphones and the rollout of high-speed 4G networks.