Daily News Briefs: April  4, 2000
Date: Tuesday, 04 Apr 2000 10:30:50 -0700

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Subject: NEWS
Date: Tuesday, 04 Apr 2000 10:30:50 -0700
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 10:30:50 -0700

Top News
Microsoft violated antitrust law, judge rules
Britain to allow cloning embryos to get spare parts
Court Blocks U.S. in Abortion Case
Court Says a Partner Can Veto an Embryo Implantation
Legal Service Groups' Rights Debated
Mass. applies consumer safety regulations to guns

Cyberlaw News
Net Tobacco a Smoking Issue

Criminal Law
Infamous death row inmate's son charged with capital murder

Unusual Legal News - Eat My Justice!
Suit filed over temperature of Dunkin Donuts' hot chocolate
TV Stations Warned Over Singers' Skirts

Top News

Microsoft violated antitrust law, judge rules
FindLaw News

A federal judge today found that Microsoft Corp. violated the Sherman
Antitrust Act, ``maintained its monopoly power by anticompetitive
means'' and attempted to monopolize the Web browser market. U.S.
District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson also ruled that Microsoft
violated another section of the law by ``unlawfully tying its Web
browser to its operating system'' and could be sued under state
anti-competition laws.

http://news.findlaw.com/news/s/20000403/msjudgerule.html

Britain to allow cloning embryos to get spare parts
Washington Times

The cloning of human embryos for medical research, which could allow
scientists to create spare parts for the body, is expected to be
approved by the British government after an inquiry concluded that the
potential benefits outweighed the ethical problems. A panel of experts
led by Dr. Liam Donaldson, the nation's chief medical officer, has
agreed to recommend changes to the law to allow the use of cloned
embryos to create tissue to treat the sick.

http://208.246.212.80/world/default-200043222835.htm

Court Blocks U.S. in Abortion Case
FindLaw News

The Supreme Court today refused to let the Clinton administration join a
Nebraska doctor's fight against a restrictive state abortion law. The
justices, in a brief order, rejected a request by Solicitor General Seth
Waxman that a government lawyer be allowed to participate when the
closely watched Nebraska case is argued before nation's highest court
April 27. The refusal was an unusual setback for the government's
highest-ranking courtroom lawyer. Such requests are granted far more
often than they are rejected.

http://news.findlaw.com/news/s/20000403/usabortion.html 

Court bars forced procreation
Court Says a Partner Can Veto an Embryo Implantation
New York Times

The highest court in Massachusetts, ruling in a case that pitted a woman
who wanted to implant frozen embryos in her womb against her ex-husband,
who wanted no more children with her, has come down firmly on the
ex-husband's side, saying that no one should be forced to become a
parent. The opinion, issued on Friday, is expected to influence court
decisions around the country in a nascent area of the law: how to treat
high-tech baby-making, and in particular, how to decide the fates of
frozen embryos when the couples who have made them in the course of
fertility treatments separate or divorce.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/scotus/articles/040400embryo-divorce.htm  

Legal Service Groups' Rights Debated
FindLaw News

The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Congress can bar groups
funded by the Legal Services Corp. from filing lawsuits that seek to
change welfare laws. The justices said they will hear the Clinton
administration's argument that it can lawfully pay for people to go into
court and seek benefits under the current welfare law but bar funding
for legal challenges to the law.

http://news.findlaw.com/news/s/20000403/legalservice.html  

Mass. applies consumer safety regulations to guns
FindLaw News

Like toy guns and teddy bears, handguns will now be subject to consumer
product safety regulations in Massachusetts as the state on Monday
became the first in the nation to apply such laws to firearms. The
regulations, which survived court challenges, effectively ban cheap
pistols known as "Saturday Night Specials" and require all handguns sold
in the New England state to include child-proofing measures,
tamper-proof serial numbers and safety warnings, Massachusetts Attorney
General Tom Reilly said.

http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/s/20000403/N03219952.html

Cyberlaw News

Tech-Deals - Internet Contracts - The Details
http://techdeals.findlaw.com
Meg Whitman & eBay, Dr. Koop's deal with drkoop.com & more
Amazon, AOL, eBay, Excite, iVillage, Netscape, TheStreet.com, Yahoo!

Net Tobacco a Smoking Issue
Wired News

As the debate over Internet taxes rages on, Native American merchants
continue to leverage their tax-exempt status to carve out a slice of the
e-commerce pie. Free from state, local, and federal tariffs, these
reservation-based businesses are able to sell cigarettes and other
high-tax items online at a fraction of the cost of brick and mortar
stores. This economic opportunity for Native Americans has lawmakers and
public health advocates squaring off against anti-tax groups and Native
American-rights supporters in a debate similar to those over gambling on
tribal lands.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35271,00.html

Criminal Law

Bad seed-Infamous death row inmate's son charged with capital murder
Fox News

The 21-year-old son of an infamous Texas death row inmate has been
jailed on a capital murder charge stemming from a shooting death in
Houston last week, authorities said Monday. If prosecutors choose to
seek the death penalty in the Gary Hawkins case, conviction could result
in Gary Graham and Hawkins becoming the only father-son duo among the
more than 450 condemned murderers in Texas.

http://www.foxnews.com/national/0404/d_ap_0404_1.sml      

Unusual  Legal News

Suit filed over temperature of Dunkin Donuts' hot chocolate
Boston Globe

A Vermont Dunkin Donuts shop should be held liable for injuries a young
girl suffered when hot chocolate spilled into her lap, according to a
suit filed by the girl's mother. The suit was filed in Washington County
Superior Court by Diane Bradeen who claims her daughter Katrina suffered
burns on her lap when the hot drink was spilled.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/094/region/Suit_filed_over_temperatureof:.shtml 

TV Stations Warned Over Singers' Skirts
Reuters/Excite! News

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday he would consider revoking the
licenses of Cambodian television stations if they continued to show
sexually provocative programs. "I can withdraw the licenses from all TV
stations and order them to stop broadcasting," he said, accusing the
stations of showing "sexy young singers wearing short skirts."

http://news.excite.com/news/r/000403/11/odd-skirts
 

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