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9th Cir. Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against NVIDIA for Faulty Chips
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
NVIDIA Corporation makes a bunch of computer chips, including graphics processing units (GPUs) for all your sweet gaming machines. In 2006, NVIDIA began...
En Banc Granted in Ariz. Judge's Campaign Funding Case
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Arizona elects its judges in counties with fewer than 250,000 people (everywhere but Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties). It also has a Code of Judicial...
High Roller's Suit Against Wynn Over Unpaid Debts Can Proceed
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
In 2010, German gambler Konstantin Zoggolis had taken out credit from the Wynn casino in Las Vegas to the tune of about $1.3 million. Wynn said it was time to...
5 Judges Issue 3 Dissents From Habeas Grant to Interrogated Teen
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Yesterday, we (again) brought you the tale of Tio Sessoms, a then-teenaged suspect who kinda-sorta asked for counsel. The en banc Ninth Circuit, on its third...
On SCOTUS Remand, Teen Gets Habeas Relief From En Banc 9th Cir.
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
In 1999, a then-19-year-old burglary and murder suspect named Tio Dinero Sessoms was interrogated by police officers. They did not advise him of his Miranda...
3 Questions After Model Mayhem's CDA Sec. 230 Immunity Denial
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
From 2006 to 2011, Emerson Callum and Lavont Flanders posed as talent scouts on ModelMayhem.com, a social network for aspiring models. The duo would lure women...