Attorney Litigating New York Punitive Damages 
NewmanFerraraLLP
JANUARY 8, 2023
Case Grounded on Fraud and Misrepresentation In mid-November, Kristie Brownell filed a proposed class action in a New York federal court against Starbucks Coffee Co. , the world’s largest coffeehouse chain. Will Starbucks wake up and smell the coffee? # # # SOURCE Brownell v Starbucks Coffee Company (Class Action Complaint).
The Fashion Law
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
On the heels of the high fashion retailer and the magazine publisher pushing back against the models’ claims in respective motions to dismiss, and a New York federal court stripping down the case, Condé Nast is trying to get the rest of the case – including the plaintiffs’ right of publicity and unjust enrichment claims – tossed out. .
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 2, 2022
The massive verdict in favor of actor Johnny Depp yesterday constitutes a rare victory of a public figure under the difficult New York Times v. Even with the reduction of the $5 million in punitive damages to $350,000 under the statutory state cap for punitive damages, Depp was technically awarded $10,350,000.
The Fashion Law
MAY 12, 2021
Coscarelli sets the stage in the newly-filed 30-page complaint, asserting that “after winning Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and becoming a best-selling cookbook author, [she] founded ‘by Chloe’ – a first-of-its-kind fast-casual vegan restaurant chain” with New York-based ESquared Hospitality after pitching the concept to its CEO James Haber in 2014.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 24, 2022
Another interesting example would be a series of cases where a Chinese court in Guangzhou recognized and enforced compensatory damages awarded in three U.S. EB-5 Visa fraud judgments, but rejected the punitive damages awarded therein, echoing the same rule laid down in the 2021 Conference Summary.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 4, 2022
The civil litigation between Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) just took a “Big Lebowski” turn. We previously discussed an interesting challenge by Prince Andrew to the applicability of the the age-of-consent in New York to the case. ” the Dude responds “I! .” While the U.S.
The Crime Report
JULY 12, 2021
A casual reader might see Emily Bazelon’s recent lengthy New York Times Magazine piece “ I Write About the Law. Doing justice for Briley required a new lens—a lens that can identify system-driven wrongful convictions. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner? ” It’s better-written than most. Finding Resiliency. Restoration.
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