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A Virginia jury ordered Pegasystems Inc (NASDAQ:PEGA) to pay its software rival Appian Corporation (NASDAQ:APPN) $2.04 billion in damages for misappropriating trade secrets. The jury also found that Pegasystems violated the Virginia Computer Crimes Act.  The jury further found Pegasystems' misappropriation of Appian's trade secrets willful and malicious.  Appian brought the case to trial to…

The ubiquitous use of dating apps and other online messaging platforms has led to an explosion in people receiving unsolicited nude pictures of someone they have never met. Some states want to penalize that.

Trial began with jury selection on 11 April in Virginia

One right-wing commentator claimed that Youngkin was welcoming a form of "terrorism"

Washington Post computer servers allowed Depp lawyers to sue in commonwealth

As Depp’s $50m defamation lawsuit plays out in court in Virginia, Clémence Michallon looks at the former couple’s legal history

Proceedings began on 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia

Depp testified at length about alleged physical and verbal abuse he sustained at Heard’s hands, as well as her drug and alcohol use.

Amid an explosion of people receiving unsolicited nude pictures via dating apps and text messages, some states are cracking down.

Over weeks of testimony, jury has heard from string of witnesses including couple’s former marriage counselor, their friends and Depp himself. Testimony has painted captivating and disturbing portrait of actors’ doomed marriage, laying bare violent fights, drug use and vicious words to each other. Here are some of most dramatic…

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