Textron wins $279 million verdict in US patent case against Chinese drone maker DJI

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -U.S. aerospace company Textron Inc won a $279 million verdict on Friday against Chinese drone maker DJI Technology, persuading a federal jury in Waco, Texas that DJI willfully infringed its patents. The jury agreed with subsidiary Textron Innovations Inc after a week-long trial that DJI’s drones violate its rights in two…

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Ex Barclays banker says faced racial hostility after whistleblowing

By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – A former Barclays banker alleges he was undermined, harassed and denied appropriate compensation and promotion because of his Cameroonian background after raising concerns about how the bank constructed some financial models. Louis Samnick, 44, who left Barclays in 2021 after a decade at the bank, is the second of…

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Ex-OpenSea manager’s trial kicks off in first NFT insider trading case

By Chris Prentice and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors will square off this week against a former employee of OpenSea, the world’s largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), whom they accuse of insider trading. The charges against Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea product manager, were the first in a series of high-profile…

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Is this solar panel American? Companies eyeing US subsidy await rules

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to challenge China’s dominance in solar panel manufacturing hinges in large part on rules his administration will soon release defining what it means for a product to be American-made, according to industry officials. The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act is offering billions of dollars in…

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