Prosecutors have urged a California federal judge to sentence ex-Google software engineer Linwei Ding to nearly 6 years in prison for stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets, while Ding argued that the government’s suggestion is based on speculative evidence and he deserves only home confinement since he was acquitted of economic espionage. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

A California federal judge acquitted an ex-Google software engineer of espionage charges Thursday while upholding his trade secret theft conviction, ruling that although trial evidence showed his trade secret theft was “ad hoc, disorganized and feeble,” such evidence isn’t enough to prove he intentionally colluded with the Chinese government. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

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A 44-year-old electrical engineer accused of stealing and distributing trade secrets to competitors after a Pasadena, California, aircraft avionics company fired him has been found guilty after a bench trial in California federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Wednesday. Law360: acquitted — Read More