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Federal Courts Court Finds Offer and Acceptance in Email

Court Finds Offer and Acceptance in Email

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Get ready for a flashback to first-year Contracts, with a modern twist. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that a bank and a hospital had formed...

Federal Courts Cancel the Subscription: SCOTUS is Over Sua Sponte Issues?

Cancel the Subscription: SCOTUS is Over Sua Sponte Issues?

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A Colorado inmate is heading back to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge his murder conviction 25 years after a court convicted him. Patrick Wood...

Federal Courts ADX Prison Transfer Didn't Violate Terrorists' Due Process Rights

ADX Prison Transfer Didn't Violate Terrorists' Due Process Rights

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The ADX Florence supermax prison has been described as "the Alcatraz of the Rockies" and "a clean version of Hell." It's not surprising that prisoners hope to...

Federal Courts No Substantial Evidence: Tenth Circuit Reverses ALJ's Ruling

No Substantial Evidence: Tenth Circuit Reverses ALJ's Ruling

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Thanks to Astrue v. Capato -- and most federal benefits cases we’ve come across in the last year -- we're stuck with this idea that the courts are constantly...

Federal Courts Gregory Phillips Up for 10th Cir: the Power of Law School Friends

Gregory Phillips Up for 10th Cir: the Power of Law School Friends

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Wyoming-born, Wyoming-raised, and Wyoming-educated, you might just call Attorney General Gregory Phillips "Mr. Wyoming." Generations of his family have come...

Federal Courts Felon-in-Possession Priors: Propensity Evidence or Intent?

Felon-in-Possession Priors: Propensity Evidence or Intent?

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Propensity evidence or proof of knowledge? It's a tricky question. Timothy "New York" McGlothin's apartment was searched after he was identified as a suspect...

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