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The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

JonathanTurley

Gore , striking down a punitive damage award. The case involved the practice of the company to repair and repaint cars damaged in transit without telling the customers. It would be akin to the car owner’s value going up with the paint job but still hitting BMW with punitive damages.

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The Chronology of Practice: Chinese Practice in Private International Law in 2019

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He Qisheng, Professor of International Law, Peking University Law School, and Chairman at the Peking University International Economical Law Institute, has published the 7th Survey on Chinese Practice in Private International Law.

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Blind Justice or Blind Rage: New York’s Legal System Faces Ultimate Test With Obscene Trump Award

JonathanTurley

For example, in 1996, the justices limited state-awards of punitive damages under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In that case, BMW was found to have repainted luxury cars damaged in transit without telling buyers. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School.

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Chronology of Practice: Chinese Practice in Private International Law in 2020

Conflict of Laws

This post has been prepared by He Qisheng, Professor of International Law, Peking University Law School, and Chairman at the Peking University International Economical Law Institute, has published the 7th Survey on Chinese Practice in Private International Law. Laws and the SPC’s interpretation.

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Risky Business: Appearance of ‘Risk’ Manager Sends Oberlin Students into Frenzy over the Danger of ‘Risk Aversion’

JonathanTurley

The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Recently, many people were appalled when students shut down a federal appellate judge from speaking at Stanford Law School. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.

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The Uncomfortable Truth About Wrongful Convictions

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But although it introduces an intriguing team of siblings that includes Bazelon’s sister, Lara, a law school Innocence Clinic director, it’s essentially a familiar, generic tale. ” as just one more in what by now is a long, long parade of exoneration stories. It’s better-written than most.