Comcast is asking the U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan to dismiss MaxLinear’s misappropriation of trade secrets counterclaims in their entirety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim, said Comcast’s memorandum of law Friday (docket 1:23-cv-04436) in support of its motion to dismiss.
DOJ informed Alpha and Omega Semiconductor on Jan. 19 that it has closed, without bring criminal charges, its three-year investigation into the company’s compliance with export control regulations against Huawei and its subsidiaries, said the chipmaker Thursday. The company “is pleased with this decision” and intends to continue cooperating with the Commerce Department’s ongoing Huawei civil investigation, it said. At Commerce’s request, Alpha and Omega Semiconductor hasn't shipped product to Huawei since December 2019, it said.
Newly promoted at Indie Semiconductor: Peter Gulden to executive vice president-radar systems and software; Abhay Rai to chief product officer; and Michael Wittmann to chief operating officer ... Resilio, file synchronization solutions company for content creation workflows, hires Signiant’s Thomas Bush as vice president-strategic accounts, media and entertainment ... ViewLift, digital content distribution platform for sports and entertainment streaming, adds John Rose, Boston Consulting Group managing director and senior partner, and also former EMI Group, and Steve Byrd, former Sportradar head-global strategic partnerships, to its board.
Computer & Communications Industry Association taps Brian McMillan, former chief counsel and legislative director to Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as vice president-federal affairs ... Nielsen hires Buzzfeed’s Carole Robinson, also former Viacom, as chief communications officer ... Salem Media Group promotes Nic Anderson to vice president-government affairs and Mike Murphy to general manager-Twin Cities, succeeding Anderson ... LastPass hires Wrike’s Esther Flammer as chief marketing officer ... Toluna, market research company, promotes Scott Axcell to chief marketing officer ... AnalytixInsight, data analytics company, announces resignation of Prakash Hariharan as president, CEO and board chair; Hariharan will remain a board member and special adviser; company names director Vince Kadar board chair and Chief Operating Officer Natalie Hirsch interim president-CEO ... Onit, legal workflow solutions company, hires E2open’s Michael Farlekas as CEO, effective March 1; current CEO and co-founder Eric Elfman will move to the role of vice chairman ... Hitachi Vantara, Hitachi’s hybrid cloud management subsidiary, taps NetApp’s Octavian Tanase as chief product officer ... LocatorX, IoT supply chain company, adds CNBC market analyst Steve Grasso to its advisory board ... National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology, which is expected to operate Chips for America National Semiconductor Technology Center once established, hires Deirdre Hanford, from Synoposis, as organization’s first CEO … George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center taps Roger Nober, ex- BNSF Railway, as director.