Canada likely to approve extradition of Huawei’s CFO to the U.S.: legal experts

Canada has until midnight on Friday (0500 GMT Saturday) to announce its decision. On Friday, in a potentially significant development, Canada is expected to announce that the extradition hearing against Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s Chief Financial Officer can proceed, opined legal experts. In December 2018, Canadian police had Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO in Vancouver at…

Huawei Device Co Ltd & Huawei Device USA Inc to be arraigned on Feb. 28, 2019

Huawei faces gale force headwinds with intelligence agencies linking its telecom devices as potential Trojan Horses which can be tapped by Chinese intelligence. According to information available in court filings, two units of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd are set to be arraigned on February 28 in Seattle on a 10-count indictment on charges of conspiring…

U.S. launches formal charges against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd & CFO Meng Wanzhou

The charges will test Beijing’s ability to compartmentalize the alleged violations of sanctions on Iran by Huawei from the ongoing trade negotiations. In a development of far reaching implications for U.S.-China bilateral relations, the United States has charged Huawei Technologies Co Ltd with criminal conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran. The U.S. Justice Department…

Google win lawsuit against consumer group over its photo sharing and storage policies

The U.S. District ruled in favor of Google since the plaintiffs did not suffer any “concrete injuries.” A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit filed by consumers against Google on the grounds of lack of “concrete injuries.” A group of consumers had claimed that Google’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy. U.S. District…

South Korean prosecutors indict 9 for leaking Samsung Display’s OLED 3D lamination technology to China

South Korea’s Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office has concluded that Samsung Display 150 billion 3D lamination technology was sold by the CEO and 8 employees of Toptec Co Ltd for $13.85 million to China. In a development that goes to corroborate much of the narrative coming out of the United States and which underscores one of…

Japan’s Financial Services Agency grants cryptocurrency industry self-regulatory status

Following hacker attacks which left crypto exchanges shorter by millions of dollars earlier this year, Japan intends to nurture growth while ensuring strict regulatory compliance for the cryptocurrency industry. On Wednesday, Japanese watchdog Financial Services Agency (FSA) stated, it has given the country’s cryptocurrency industry a self-regulatory status. As a result Japan Virtual Currency Exchange…