A urologist testifying as an expert for a doctor accused of stealing a rival's cosmetic penile implant told a California federal jury on Thursday that the alleged trade secrets are not trade secrets at all, and have been known in the field of urology for decades.
An economist testifying in a California federal trial for a class of former Cognizant Technology employees alleging they were terminated because they weren't of South Asian or Indian descent said Wednesday that the class members were 8.4 times more likely to suffer a so-called "bench" termination after they'd completed a project.
A day after delivering combative cross-examination testimony, a urologist suing a rival for allegedly stealing trade secrets for a cosmetic penile implant apologized on Friday to the California federal trial's judge and jury, saying he gets "upset" because his "life has been ruined by these people."
A urologist suing his rival for allegedly stealing trade secrets on a cosmetic penile implant spent a combative day on the witness stand Thursday in the California federal trial, giving vague or noncommittal answers while receiving frequent admonishments from the judge for veering off topic or not answering a question.
A urologist told a Los Angeles federal jury on Wednesday that he created the first Food and Drug Administration-approved cosmetic penile implant, only to be "betrayed' by a fellow urologist who stole his company's trade secrets and made it public by filing a patent application based on the confidential information.