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Biography for Rebecca Day

Rebecca Day, Senior editor, joined Warren Communications News in 2010. She’s a longtime CE industry veteran who has also written about consumer tech for Popular Mechanics, Residential Tech Today, CE Pro and others. You can follow Day on Instagram and Twitter: @rebday

Recent Articles by Rebecca Day

Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder and chief architect of Arista Networks, agreed to pay a $923,740 penalty to settle an insider trading fraud case, said the SEC in a news release Tuesday. Bechtolsheim, Arista chairman at the time of the cited misconduct, also agreed, "without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC’s complaint," to be barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company for five years, it said.Read More >>

The defendants in a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Amazon over a scheme to sell counterfeit Amazon Fire TV remotes in its store are in default, and the prerequisites for default judgment have been met, said Amazon’s ex parte motion Monday (docket 2:23-cv-01060) for default judgment and permanent injunction against Li Qiang, Shenzhen Yinxi Electronic Commerce and “John Doe” defendants in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.Read More >>

Internet Archive's theory that its controlled digital lending (CDL) program is protected by fair use under the Copyright Act would have “devastating consequences” for the music, movie and news media industries if the 2nd U.S. Circuit Appeals Court reversed a lower court's decision, said an amicus brief Friday (docket 23-1260) from the Recording Industry Association of America, National Music Publishers’ Association, Motion Picture Association and the News/Media Alliance.Read More >>