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Compensatory damages equal to amount plaintiff paid for home affirmed in fraud case.

Day on Torts

Further, where the fraud was related to the purchase of plaintiff’s home, and the jury awarded plaintiff the amount she paid for the home in compensatory damages, that award was affirmed. M2021-01335-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 17175608 (Tenn. 23, 2022), the issues revolved around plaintiff’s purchase of a home. In Hogue v.

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Elon Musk and his companies sued for $258B over alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme

JURIST

Ultimately, Johnson sold his Dogecoin in June 2022 for a loss of approximately 70% of his investment. According to Johnson, this caused the crypto’s price to fluctuate. Johnson claimed he purchased Dogecoin in April of 2021 as a result of Musk’s conduct.

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August 2022 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

On 21 August 2022, China Justice Observer released the 2022 version of the List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments. The full version of the 2022 List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments is available here. Written by Dr. Meng Yu and Dr. Guodong Du, co-founders of China Justice Observer*.

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„El clásico“ of Recognition and Enforcement – A Manifest Breach of Freedom of Expression as a Public Policy Violation: Thoughts on AG Szpunar 8.2.2024 – Opinion C-633/22, ECLI:EU:C:2024:127 – Real Madrid Club de Fútbol

Conflict of Laws

Since the Spanish court had ordered the defendants to pay a sum for damages it deemed to be compensatory in nature, in light of Art. 45(2) Brussels I Regulation, the enforcing court could not come to the opposing view that the damages were in fact punitive. Recital 32 of the Rome II Regulation). 11 CFR (AG Opinion, para.

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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

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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OpenSea, LooksRare, BAYC Yuga Labs Named in $6 Million Negligence Lawsuit

The Fashion Law

Fast forward to February 1, 2022, and Armijo states that he wanted to “trade one of his Mutant Ape NFTs for two or three NFTs from another popular NFT collection known as Cool Cats.” Mutant Ape #1819 sold on February 4, 2022, and Mutant Ape #7713 initially sold on February 14, 2022 and was resold two days later.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

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. Decisions in all of the cases are expected by the end of the term in June 2022.