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Federal Courts Tenth Circuit Rules for Microsoft in Antitrust Lawsuit

Tenth Circuit Rules for Microsoft in Antitrust Lawsuit

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Tenth Circuit has ruled that Novell Inc. has no viable claims left after an eight-week long trial against Microsoft that occurred in Utah in 2011, reports...

Federal Courts 10th Cir. Orders Resentencing of Death Row Inmate for '94 Slaying

10th Cir. Orders Resentencing of Death Row Inmate for '94 Slaying

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals questioned the use of testimony by victims' relatives in recommending the death penalty to a defendant this...

Federal Courts Parolees Have a Diminished Expectation of Privacy, 10th Reminds

Parolees Have a Diminished Expectation of Privacy, 10th Reminds

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

All parolees have a diminished expectation of privacy, the Tenth Circuit reminds us, in a case that denied the defendant's motion to suppress a search. Several...

Federal Courts Utah Sexual Solicitation Statutes Survive 1st Amend. Challenge

Utah Sexual Solicitation Statutes Survive 1st Amend. Challenge

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Earlier this week the Tenth Circuit reviewed two sections of the amended Utah Sexual Solicitation Statute for First Amendment facial challenges by several...

Federal Courts Molestation or Not, Ineffective Counsel Also Inappropriate: Court

Molestation or Not, Ineffective Counsel Also Inappropriate: Court

By Betty Wang, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

When defendant David Glen Heard pleaded guilty in district court to two counts of violating Oklahoma's lewd molestation statute, he didn't realize that there...

Federal Courts Lavish Judge Retreats and EPA Haze Rehearing Petition

Lavish Judge Retreats and EPA Haze Rehearing Petition

By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Tenth Circuit didn't have any cases making jurisprudential history this week, though it has managed to stay in the news. One item can have serious...

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