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USA v. Yu et al

  1. February 14, 2023

    Feds Say Chip Thief Should Pay For 'Intended' ADI Losses

    Federal prosecutors urged a Boston federal judge to hold a man who was convicted of stealing trade secrets liable for $660,000 in losses he allegedly intended to inflict on Analog Devices Inc., saying he competed directly with the company using its own microchip.

  2. November 29, 2022

    Ex-ADI Worker's Bias Claim Revived In Trade Secrets Case

    A Boston federal judge said Tuesday he "jumped too quickly" to deny a former Analog Devices Inc. engineer's bid to clear his trade secrets theft conviction due to alleged anti-Asian bias by prosecutors, vacating the ruling and approving limited discovery.

  3. November 22, 2022

    Convicted Ex-ADI Engineer Says Judge Tainted Jurors

    A former Analog Devices Inc. engineer said Tuesday that a judge recently chided by the First Circuit for a faulty verdict form made similar mistakes in his case, which may have led to jurors finding him guilty of illegally possessing his employer's trade secrets. 

  4. November 17, 2022

    Ex-ADI Engineer Treated Fairly By Prosecutors, Judge Finds

    A former Analog Devices Inc. engineer cannot nix what's left of a trade-secrets case by arguing he was the victim of a racially motivated prosecution, a federal judge said Thursday.

  5. November 15, 2022

    Ex-ADI Engineer Accuses Feds Of 'Blatant' Bias In Jury Strike

    A former Analog Devices Inc. engineer who was acquitted of all but a single charge in a trade-secrets case renewed his argument Monday that the prosecution was tainted by anti-Asian bias, accusing the government of trying to strike a juror for no reason other than his race.

  6. September 07, 2022

    Conviction On Lone Charge Stands In ADI Trade Secrets Case

    A former Analog Devices Inc. engineer on Wednesday lost a bid to erase his conviction on a lone charge of stealing a prototype computer chip from his former employer to kickstart his own side business after a jury rejected 11 other counts brought by prosecutors.

  7. August 16, 2022

    Feds Fight To Keep Lone Conviction In ADI Trade Secret Case

    Prosecutors argued to preserve a former Analog Devices Inc. engineer's lone-count conviction in a case alleging he stole the prototype design of the company's microchip and used it to start a competitor, according to a motion filed Monday.

  8. June 29, 2022

    Feds Scrap Trade Secrets Case Against Ex-ADI Worker's Wife

    Federal prosecutors in Boston dismissed charges against the wife of a former Analog Devices Inc. engineer after the husband largely beat a case alleging he stole company trade secrets to jump-start his own computer chip business.

  9. June 23, 2022

    Ex-ADI Engineer Tries To Sink Lone Trade Secrets Conviction

    A former Analog Devices Inc. engineer who was acquitted on all but one charge alleging he stole company trade secrets to jumpstart a side business selling computer chips argued Thursday the lone guilty finding wasn't supported by evidence.

  10. May 26, 2022

    Ex-ADI Engineer Cleared Of Most Charges In Trade Secret Trial

    A Boston federal jury on Thursday acquitted a former Analog Devices Inc. engineer on all but one charge in a case alleging he stole company trade secrets to jump-start a side business selling computer chips and violated export laws by shipping the schematics overseas.