Novell Unable to Persuade 21-Year-Old Holdout Juror in Its $1.2B Case Against Microsoft

Novell Unable to Persuade 21-Year-Old Holdout Juror in Its $1.2B Case Against Microsoft

Novell’s $1.2 billion lawsuit against Microsoft ended in a mistrial on Friday because of a 21-year-old holdout juror. The holdout was security guard Corbyn Alvey, who has a two-year criminal justice degree, according to KSL.com and the Associated Press. Alvey told KSL there were too many inferences that needed to be drawn to support a verdict for Novell. During the two-month trial, Novell had sought to prove Microsoft violated antitrust laws by withdrawing support for a feature on the Windows 95 operating system, forcing Novell to rewrite code for its WordPerfect software, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. As a result, Novell…

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