Conflict of Laws
MARCH 23, 2024
by Salih Okur (University of Augsburg) On 8 and 9 March, scholars from more than a dozen different jurisdictions followed the invitation of Tobias Lutzi to discuss recent trends in punitive damages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. The conference contained five panels overall, which were split into three blocks.
At the Lectern
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The opinion reversed an award, including $2,500,000 in punitive damages, against an insurance company regarding the sale of the company’s annuity, because, the appellate court concluded, the person who sold the annuity was not the company’s agent. Lewis (2021) 11 Cal.5th County of San Mateo (2006) 139 Cal.App.4th
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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.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 30, 2023
11-116 (available here ) Arslan, Ilyas “The 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters”, Uluslararasi Ticaret ve Tahkim Hukuku Dergisi 10 (2021), pp. University of Pittsburgh Law Review 82 (2021), pp.
Constitutional Law Reporter
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
S. _ (2021), the U.S. By a vote of 5-4, the justices held that only a plaintiff concretely harmed by a defendant’s violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has Article III standing to seek damages against that private defendant in federal court. In TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez , 594 U. Supreme Court’s Decision. Robins, 578 U.S.
Conflict of Laws
APRIL 4, 2023
11-116 (available here ) Arslan, Ilyas “The 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters”, Uluslararasi Ticaret ve Tahkim Hukuku Dergisi 10 (2021), pp. University of Pittsburgh Law Review 82 (2021), pp.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 2, 2022
In addition to more intense storms, the municipalities allege other physical climate change impacts, including coral reef degradation and massive algal blooms, as well as social, educational, and economic losses, including increased immigration from the municipalities and damages to the agricultural industry.
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