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New York Times Loses Effort to Block Kai Spears Defamation Action

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On March 20, Spears’s attorney demanded a public retraction of the statements pursuant to Ala. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions. Here is Alabama’s Section 6-5- 186 “Prerequisites to recovery of vindictive or punitive damages in action for libel.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Maine High Court Said State Law Would Not Preempt Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court answered certified questions from the First Circuit concerning state law preemption of a City of South Portland ordinance that prohibited bulk loading of crude oil onto vessels in the City’s harbor.