JURIST

JANUARY 30, 2024

A defense lawyer for former US President Donald Trump filed a letter in US District Court on Monday that argued a judge in a recent defamation lawsuit should have recused himself from the case. The unnamed source stated they worked as a partner at the same law firm and knew of the close relationship. million verdict awarded to Carroll.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a $25 million judgment and jury verdict Friday finding that a California man, Edwin Hardeman, developed cancer from exposure to agribusiness Monsanto’s weed-killer, Bayer’s Roundup. Monsanto also asserted that decades of studies indicate Roundup is safe for human use.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

The Senate’s amendment added that in a civil action based on violating the bill, “[The] plaintiff may recover from the person: (A) Compensatory damages; (B) Punitive damages; and (C) Reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and expenses.”

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. The court ruled that Article 3 standing’s redressability element is satisfied if the plaintiffs’ claim is based on a completed violation of a legal right. Further, according to the court, nominal damages by themselves can redress a past injury.

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JURIST

AUGUST 2, 2022

As a result of the settlement, SEPTA committed to implementing anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policies and providing training for its employees in addition to almost $500,000 in compensatory damages to the affected employees. Additionally, SEPTA must also pay the three affected individuals compensatory damages of $496,000.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 18, 2023

Supreme Court held that a deaf student seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the denial of a free and appropriate education may proceed without exhausting the administrative processes of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) because the remedy sought is not one IDEA provides.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 1, 2023

Natural Resources Defense Council , the Supreme Court ruled that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute as long as that interpretation is reasonable. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to reconsider its ruling in Chevron. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 5, 2022

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled Thursday that damages for emotional distress are not recoverable in a private lawsuit to enforce either the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act. This decision clarifies what damages are available to individuals who sue under federal anti-discrimination statutes.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

.” The suit was filed by Chicago-based Edelson PC and seeks to apply Myanmar law to the plaintiffs’ claim in an attempt to circumvent § 230 of the Communications Decency Act —a US law that protects tech companies from content posted by users. ” Plaintiffs demand a jury trial.

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SquirePattonBoggs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In its decision, the Court took the uncommon step of sua sponte certifying a question of state law (here, Ohio law) to a state supreme supreme court (the Ohio Supreme Court). Why it did so reveals some key insights into how the Sixth Circuit thinks about state-law certification. Tompkins , 304 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Share The Supreme Court issued orders on Tuesday morning from the justices’ private conference last week. The list of orders was largely uneventful, as the court did not add any new cases to its merits docket for the term. Epic went to the Supreme Court in April, asking the justices to weigh in. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

which the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday, is about the types of remedies that plaintiffs may recover when they prove violations of certain federal anti-discrimination laws — in particular, whether such plaintiffs may recover damages for emotional distress. The district court dismissed Cummings’ case, and the U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The class action complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleged that in 2019 Musk and his corporations, SpaceX and Tesla, purchased, developed, promoted, and operated Dogecoin. Elon Musk, SpaceX, and Tesla Thursday were sued for $258 billion by Dogecoin investor Keith Johnson.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 7, 2021

Share This week we highlight petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether an award of punitive damages that doubles the compensatory damages can comport with due process and how a defendant can prove ineffective assistance of counsel in rejecting a plea offer. On appeal, the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 1, 2021

Supreme Court held that two students had standing to sue their college for violating their free speech rights, even though their suit sought only nominal damages. Supreme Court’s Decision. By a vote of 8-1, the Supreme Court reversed. In Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski , 592 U.S. _ (2021), the U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The AG places particular emphasis on the severe deterring effect these sums of damages may have – not only on the defendant newspaper and journalist in the case at hand but other media outlets in general (AG Opinion, paras. 45(2) Brussels I Regulation, i.e., prevents the enforcing court from reviewing the decision as to its substance.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a case questioning whether a lawsuit seeking only symbolic damages can go forward after the government changes the unconstitutional policy being challenged, or whether the case is instead moot – that is, no longer a live controversy. Background. In an unsigned opinion, the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 23, 2024

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. The first block then focused on the origin, scope, and, particularly, on the purpose of punitive damage awards. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the term’s most closely-watched cases. However, in defending its controversial abortion law, the State of Mississippi has asked the Court to overturn its prior decisions in Roe v. Board of Education, in which the Court overruled precedent and established new constitutional law.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2021

The civil suit was filed last Thursday in the Lynchburg Circuit Court in Virginia and claims damages on three counts of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and statutory conspiracy. wanted Liberty to pay severance and retirement benefits to him if Granda revealed the Granda Allegations, and Falwell Jr. Falwell Jr.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The damages in my view are excessive and absurd after the court acknowledged that no one lost a dime in these exchanges. That is precisely why the New York Court of Appeals should act to redeem the integrity of the legal system by setting aside or drastically reducing this award. New York Gov.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 24, 2023

Ultimately, Parker hopes to recover compensatory damages, restitution, punitive damages, legal fees, and costs, together with a judicial declaration as to the parties’ rights and responsibilities. ” ( Complaint , paragraph 1.) ” ( Complaint , paragraph 101.)

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 3, 2021

Written by Béligh Elbalti (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics – Osaka University). Assume that you successfully obtained a favourable judgment from a foreign court that orders the losing party to pay punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages. Introduction.

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Patently O

APRIL 15, 2024

Laurain and EZPZ , relies on the doctrine of unclean hands to deny relief to the patentee (Laurain and EZPZ), affirming the district court’s judgment. As the Supreme Court explained in Keystone Driller Co. The appellate court agreed that this conduct was “offensive to the integrity of the court.”

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2022

Please note that in the German case , the Saarbrücken Regional Court of Germany refused to recognize and enforce a Chinese judgment on the ground of lack of reciprocity, despite the fact that, as early as 2013, China confirmed that there was reciprocity between the two countries.

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Blumberg

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As experienced business law attorneys, we’re well acquainted with various remedies and preparation techniques for managing breached business contracts. Essentially, expulsion needs to be executed in good faith or the business is at risk of being sued for damages. Gary Handin The Law Offices of Gary I.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

That eagerness could prove the court’s undoing, however. It is relatively rare for civil damages to trigger constitutional review, and it is still far from clear that this case will rise to that level. The New York law is unique in allowing massive penalties without the loss of a single dollar by a bank. In 1996, the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Montana Department of Revenue , the Supreme Court ruled that although states are not required to subsidize private education, states that choose to do so cannot exclude religious schools from receiving funding simply because they are religious. A new case on public funding and religious education. Last year, in Espinoza v. In Carson v.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 29, 2021

Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference included: Supreme Court OK’s commutation of three-strikes sentence. The court granted review in Pulliam v. The appellate court concluded the Rule doesn’t limit attorney fees, disagreeing with Lafferty v. The court denied depublication.]. Jenkins (Jan.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2021

The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in the case of a Georgia student who was stopped from handing out religious literature and speaking about his faith on the campus of his public college. The question before the court on Tuesday in Uzuegbunam v. After the U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and seek compensatory and punitive damages, including attorneys’ fees and costs, for physical and emotional injuries caused by the defendants. He was sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution for damages caused to buildings.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In addition to compensatory damages in the amount of $50 million, Evangelista claims that she is also entitled to “punitive and/or exemplary damages for the wanton, willful, fraudulent, reckless acts of ZELTIQ which demonstrated a complete disregard and reckless indifference for the safety and welfare of the general public and to Ms.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. punitive damages.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Because the court was running a little behind this year and just released its last opinions on Thursday, the court also held the mop-up conference on Thursday, and the order list will be released Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.

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