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Free exercise, greenhouse-gas regulation, and a slew of other relists from the long conference

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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive. North Dakota v. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. The court in the North Dakota case had denied the defendants’ request to present a necessity defense. Resolute Forest Products, Inc. Greenpeace International , No.

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