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. After a jury trial in the U.S.
At the Lectern
JUNE 1, 2023
Superior Court , the Supreme Court today broadens the protections given by a statute that exempts public entities from “damages imposed primarily for the sake of example and by way of punishing the defendant.” ’ ” The court affirms the Second District, Division Three, Court of Appeal’s published opinion. .”
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SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2023
The justices rejected the bank’s contention that because the Turkish government owns a majority share of the bank, known as Halkbank, it is immune from prosecution under a federal law that generally prohibits lawsuits against foreign governments in U.S. courts for its role in a conspiracy to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
The Mexican government has filed a federal complaint in Massachusetts against Interstate Arms Corp. The Mexican government has filed a federal complaint in Massachusetts against Interstate Arms Corp. The government claims that up to 90 percent of all guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes were trafficked from the U.S.,
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2021
involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Governments pay compensation to victims of crime from taxpayer funds with broad public support. . The maxim “good man, good result” governs the public space. We’ve interposed a layer of government lawyers to assist judges in operating their machines. Why would that be true?
At the Lectern
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Superior Court , where review was granted in September to decide if Government Code section 818 , which bars punitive damages against government defendants, precludes recovery under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1 , subdivision (b), which permits an award of up to treble damages after a child is sexually abused as a result of a cover up.
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