going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in the land. the case is smith v. the united states. it involves a 43-year-old alabama software engineer, timothy smith, who was convicted in 2020 of stealing trade secrets from a florida company. that case was tried in a northern district of florida court where smith was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison. a year and a half later, the 11th circuit court of appeals overturned his conviction, claiming that the florida court was the wrong venue for the case. in its ruling, the appeals court wrote, quote, we can say that venue would be proper in the southern district of alabama, where smith was located when he took the trade secrets. but venue was not proper in the northern district of florida, because smith never committed any essential conduct in that location.
A U.S. federal court in Cincinnati sentenced a Chinese national to 20 years in prison on Wednesday after he was convicted last year of plotting to steal trade secrets from several U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, the Justice Department said.
The US Justice Department has charged two Chinese intelligence officers, accusing them of attempting to obstruct an investigation into the telecommunications conglomerate Huawei. 🌎 Chinese Spies Attempted To Obstruct Huawei Investigation in US.