*Newfoundland lawyer preparing class action lawsuit. OTTAWA, Jan 16- A Newfoundland lawyer said he will launch a class action lawsuit on Thursday against the Canadian government which lost a portable external hard drive containing the personal information of 583,000 Canada Student Loan borrowers.
WASHINGTON, Jan 16- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has become more aggressive in seeking full hard drives from the companies and individuals it investigates, startling defense lawyers who question whether the agency is allowed to obtain such information.
NEW YORK, Dec 27- As Marvell Technology Group Ltd embarks on a legal process to void a $1.17 billion damages verdict in a patent dispute with Carnegie Mellon University, it has some reasons to be optimistic.
Dec 26- A federal jury on Wednesday ordered Marvell Technology Group Ltd to pay $1.17 billion in damages in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Carnegie Mellon University, court records show.
Dec 18- An executive of Taiwan- based AU Optronics was found guilty of fixing the prices of certain liquid crystal displays used to make the screens of televisions and computer monitors, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. Rival LG Electronics agreed to pay a $400 million fine in 2008, while Samsung Electronics Co Ltd cut an early deal to avoid prosecution.
Dec 13- When Apple Inc marketing head Phil Schiller launched the new iMac in October he enthused about its " Fusion Drive", a storage option combining the cost and capacity benefits of hard drives with the speed of flash memory. "Hybrid drives will be the future of mass market cheap storage," said John Rydning, an analyst at technology research firm IDC. "